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IOC Analyzes Chicago 2016 Loss At Vancouver 2010 Games

Senior International Olympic Committee (IOC) member for the United States, Anita DeFrantz, discussed Chicago's failed bid for the 2016 Summer Olympic Games while in Vancouver
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Tokyo 2016 Bid Committee In The Red

Mainichi reports the Tokyo 2016 bid committee is expected to be more than 100 million yen in the red, and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government has ...
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Chicago 2016 Bid Never Connected?

Michael Payne, a former International Olympic Committee (IOC) executive, wrote in a magazine article released Wednesday that Chicago's bid leaders "totally missed the plot" ahead ...
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Rio 2016 Refutes Tokyo's Claims Of "Invisible Dynamics"

Rio 2016 officials have hit out at remarks by Tokyo's Governor Shintaro Ishihara in the press regarding the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) election process in ...
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The "Big Money" Was In Chicago: IOC President Jacques Rogge

At a press conference following the completion of the Olympic Congress in Copenhagen, IOC President Jacques Rogge agreed that Chicago would have been a better ...
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Madrid Didn't Listen To Samaranch

The Associated Press reports that former International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Juan Antonio Samaranch told the German agency DPA Monday that Madrid was handicapped by ...
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Nuzman To Head Rio 2016 Organizing Committee

Carlos Nuzman, leader of Rio de Janeiro's bid for the 2016 Summer Olympic Games and an International Olympic Committee (IOC) member, announced Saturday he would ...
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Copenhagen, Brazil?

Celebrations continue in Copenhagen the second day following Rio de Janiero's "historic" selection as host of the 2016 Olympic Games.The Rio delegation continues to occupy ...
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Rio 2016 President Reveals Bid Strategies - And New Map

The Rio 2016 bid committee woke up in Copenhagen this morning as the Rio 2016 organizing committee after Friday's decisive 66-32 victory over Madrid to ...
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Rio Celebrates 2016 Win

Nearly 50,000 people erupted in celebration when Rio de Janeiro was announced host of the 2016 Summer Olympic Games Friday, jumping and cheering in a ...
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