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The city of Chicago spent tens of millions of dollars over two years in an effort to bring the 2016 Summer Olympic Games to the Midwest United States. Those efforts ended on October 2nd when the International Olympic Committee (IOC) voted in favor of Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. As VOA’s Kane Farabaugh reports, the loss is a stunning defeat for the adopted hometown of President Barack Obama.

This is the victorious and historical Lula’s speech by Rio de Janeiro’s candidature (in Brazilian Portuguese) and the bid video for Olympic Games in 2016 (in English), beating Madrid, Tokyo and Chicago. Copenhagen, Denmark, 10/2/2009

Wild scenes erupted across Brazil as locals celebrated winning the Games. Rio de Janeiro was tonight named the host city of the 2016 Olympics beating Madrid.

The Moment Rio de Janeiro is announced as 2016 Olympic City

Rio 2016 Olympic Games – New Logo Promotion Video www.rio2016.com

A collection (by Xu Chi) of highlights in the Openning Ceremony of 29th Beijing Summer Olympic Games, August 8th, 2008. The background music is You and Me, theme song of the games, performed by Britain’s Sarah Brightman and China’s Liu Huan. Copyrights reserved by ??. Photos originates from AP, Xinhua, etc.

Olympics announcement for the Olympics of 1996, 1998, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2014, 2016 and choose the Host City for the Games, elected by the IOC members. songs: 1- Celine Dion – The power of the dream 2- Sayuris theme – Memoirs of a Geisha soundtrack 3- Nikki Webster – Under the Southern Skies 4- Tina Arena – The Flame 5- 2004 Emblem presentation Vangelis 6- Clepsydra 7- ? 8- Forever friends 2008 Beijing soundtrack 9- Charlotte church? – just wave hello 10-Tchaikovsky – The nutcracker ballet – Pas de deux 11-Cidade Maravilhosa traditional Brazilian song 96th IOC session Tokyo, Japan 1990, Atlanta selected to host 1996 Summer Olympics 97th IOC session Birmingham, UK 1991 Nagano selected to host 1998 Winter Olympics 101st IOC session Monte Carlo, Monaco 1993 Sydney selected to host 2000 Summer Olympics 106th 1OC session Lausanne, Switzerland 1997 Athens selected to host 2004 Summer Olympics 112th 1OC session Moscow, Russia 2001 Beijing selected to host 2008 Summer Olympics 117th 1OC session Singapore 2005 London selected to host 2012 Summer Olympics 119th 1OC session Guatemala City, Guatemala Sochi selected to host 2014 Winter Olympics 106st 1OC session Copenhagen, Denmark Rio de Janeiro selected to host 2016 Summer Olympics

www.actsofminortreason.com Chicago, Illinois was one of four cities vying for the 2016 Summer Olympic Games, along with Rio de Janiero, Tokyo, and Madrid. Thousands of people gathered in Chicago’s Daley Plaza to view the IOC voting ceremony – there was disbelief in the crowd when Chicago was eliminated in the first round of voting.

AroundTheRings.com LIVE from COPENHAGEN October 2, 2009