GamesBids.com: Fiftieth Anniversary Of Rome Olympics Promotes 2020 Bid

Fiftieth Anniversary Of Rome Olympics Promotes 2020 Bid
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GB Staff on Thursday, August 26, 2010  8:35am EDT
 
During the 50th anniversary celebrations of the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome there
will be a variety of activities taking place ahead of the city's bid for the
2020 Summer Olympic Games.
The 1960 Rome Games were the first Summer Olympics to be commercially broadcast.
A delegation of figures from the Italian National Olympic Committee and other
relevant organizations appeared at a ceremony Wednesday.
Several events in Rome, including a re-lighting of the Olympic flame, are
planned over the next couple of weeks.