Chicago Booted From Olympic Running
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on October 3rd, 2009 4:44 am by HL
Chicago Booted From Olympic Running
The 2016 Summer Olympics will not find their home in the Windy City: Chicago was eliminated Friday in the competition to host the Games and the honor was given to Rio de Janeiro, marking the first time the Olympics will take place in South America. Reuters: COPENHAGEN, Oct 2 – Rio de Janeiro will host the 2016 Olympics after winning a landslide victory over Madrid in the final round of voting among International Olympic Committee members on Friday. … In the final round of voting, Rio polled 66 votes to 32 for Madrid. … In an astonishing start to the voting, Chicago, the odds-on favourite, went out in the first round, despite receiving unprecedented support from United States President Barack Obama and the first lady. Obama had become the first sitting U.S. president to address an IOC session. Read more READ THE WHOLE ITEM
The 2016 Summer Olympics will not find their home in the Windy City: Chicago was eliminated Friday in the competition to host the Games and the honor was given to Rio de Janeiro, marking the first time the Olympics will take place in South America.
Reuters:
COPENHAGEN, Oct 2 – Rio de Janeiro will host the 2016 Olympics after winning a landslide victory over Madrid in the final round of voting among International Olympic Committee members on Friday.
… In the final round of voting, Rio polled 66 votes to 32 for Madrid.
… In an astonishing start to the voting, Chicago, the odds-on favourite, went out in the first round, despite receiving unprecedented support from United States President Barack Obama and the first lady.
Obama had become the first sitting U.S. president to address an IOC session.
Related Entries
- October 2, 2009 ‘Left, Right & Center’: Jobs, Health, War, Sex!
- October 2, 2009 Editors’ Round Table: Moore’s Manifesto, Green Gadgetry and Czar Craziness
- October 1, 2009 Capitalism Means Never Having to Say You’re Sorry
- October 1, 2009 Making Tragedy Out of Farce
- September 29, 2009 A Brave New Baucus Bill Primer
Who’s in Charge: Obama, Congress or the Military?
The Washington Establishment clearly believes elected officials should defer to the military, no matter what that pesky Constitution says. READ THE WHOLE ITEM By David Sirota
The Washington Establishment clearly believes elected officials should defer to the military, no matter what that pesky Constitution says.
Related Entries
- October 2, 2009 ‘Left, Right & Center’: Jobs, Health, War, Sex!
- October 2, 2009 Editors’ Round Table: Moore’s Manifesto, Green Gadgetry and Czar Craziness
- October 1, 2009 Capitalism Means Never Having to Say You’re Sorry
- October 1, 2009 Making Tragedy Out of Farce
- September 29, 2009 A Brave New Baucus Bill Primer
