Brazilians are confident that if the International Olympic Committee practices what it preaches, then Rio de Janeiro will host the 2016 Summer Games. After all, a defining principle of the modern IOC is “universality” — the idea that every country should have the chance to participate actively in what it calls the Olympic Movement. Another [...]
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The secretary general of the Comite of Candidates of Rio de Janeiro-2016, Carlos Roberto Osorio, expressed optimism in the coming election to hold the Olympic Games that year. The director who is visiting Cuba presented the Brazilian project for the games that is also requested by Tokyo, Madrid and “Chicago. We are very optimistic. We [...]
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Friday’s vote by the International Olympic Committee in Copenhagen to select the host city for the 2016 Summer Games is too close to call. Any of the four candidate cities – Chicago, Madrid, Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo – could win. Then again, any city could go out in the first round of the secret [...]
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Rio de Janeiro proposes to hold all sporting events within the city limits—apart from the football (soccer) tournaments which would be held in the cities of Belo Horizonte, Brasília, Salvador and São Paulo—making the Games more compact and technically feasible. The competition venues will be located in four Olympic zones—Barra, Copacabana, Deodoro, and Maracanã—and divided [...]
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Tokyo is touting “the most compact and efficient Olympic Games ever” with a dramatic setting on the waterfront. Previously an area used primarily for industry and shipping, Tokyo will have a chance to redevelop a rundown area (as London and Barcelona did in previous hostings), revitalizing the waterfront with housing, retail, and entertainment venues, some [...]
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Chicago’s bid for the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games consists of three main components. A vision that reaches out to the world in friendship through sport The vision of Chicago 2016 is to celebrate the Olympic Movement’s power to unite all humanity. We will stage a truly joyous festival of sport in the heart of [...]
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The future Olympic Stadium, located in the East area or the heart of the Games, is an important part of the Olympic project of Madrid 2016. Originally built in 1994 with a capacity of 22,000 spectators, the Madrid coliseum will enlarge its capacity to 70,000 spectators for the year 2016. This building will host the [...]
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The bidding process for the 2016 Summer Olympic Games was officially launched on May 16, 2007. The first step for each city was to submit an initial application to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) by September 13, 2007, confirming their intention to bid. Completed official bid files, containing answers to a 25-question IOC form, were [...]
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