2016 Games: RIO

[jawnbc]

Wow, didn't see that coming at all:

Round one: Chicago out

Round two: Tokyo out

Either Rio or Madrid will be announced as the winner in a ceremony commencing at 09h30 PDT. BBC News and many other networks are carrying it live; otherwise there's a webstream at olympic.org.

This was almost universally seen as a Chicago vs. Rio contest. Chicago's ouster--especially after 2 Obamas and the one and only Oprah going to Copenhagen to lobby--is perhaps the most surprising defeat in Olympic Games awarding voting ever.

Edit: It's Rio!!!!!!!

Comments

[bix02138.livejournal.com]

<laughs>

can't host 'em but still, via nbc, get to pay for 'em. that's the sweet marriage of sports capitalism and the ioc.

[gfrancie.livejournal.com]

Yay for South America in general. It is about time.

[sorenr.livejournal.com]

FYI: I saw Barack Obama during my lunch break...

[saintcahier.livejournal.com]

Fighter jets, the World Cup, the Olympics... our dear heterobear president seems to be very willing those days to show up his irrational exuberance...