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.
Vídeo de apresentação da cidade do Rio de Janeiro para o comitê organizador (COI) das olimpíadas de 2016. “A paixão nos une” mostra a alegria do povo brasileiro, juntamente com a beleza natural da cidade Maravilhosa. Vídeo Emocionante!!!
I thought that, either or both, Oprah & Obama would have been popular, or at least been able to bribe the IOC members, to have the Olympics in Chicago in 2016.
President Obama’s decision to travel to Europe to campaign for Chicago as the host city for the 2016 Olympics generates flak, reports Jeff Glor. Bob Schieffer weighs in with Harry Smith.
At the Daley Center at what might have been their celebratory party, Chicagoans hold their breath for the revealing of the winner of the 2016 Summer Olympics. With Chicago out in the first round and Tokyo out in the second, it’s down to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and Madrid, Spain. Oh, and that cluster of people and cameras that I keep turning back to is surrounding a Brazilian lady who supported both Chicago’s and Rio’s bids. When Rio wins, she starts waving her Brazilian flag www.clintpidgewood.com