deawebo 77 Posted January 1, 2012 Report Share Posted January 1, 2012 http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/story/2012-01-01/japan-earthquake/52310810/1 Link to post Share on other sites
baron-pierreIV 1693 Posted January 2, 2012 Report Share Posted January 2, 2012 That's 8 less votes there for Tokyo in Round 1. Link to post Share on other sites
emre 92 Posted January 2, 2012 Report Share Posted January 2, 2012 That's 8 less votes there for Tokyo in Round 1. how 8.. but not 5 or 10? Link to post Share on other sites
baron-pierreIV 1693 Posted January 2, 2012 Report Share Posted January 2, 2012 how 8.. but not 5 or 10? It's an Asian candidate, so... Link to post Share on other sites
emre 92 Posted January 2, 2012 Report Share Posted January 2, 2012 It's an Asian candidate, so... those votes can go anywhere but not Doha please Link to post Share on other sites
deawebo 77 Posted January 3, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2012 Those "8" votes will be 4 Istanbul, 2 Doha, 2 Baku Not a good thing since Tokyo was maybe leading this race... Cant wait to see a Bid Index, but this may affect.... Link to post Share on other sites
Soaring 182 Posted January 3, 2012 Report Share Posted January 3, 2012 This earthquake alone won't affect the vote which is one and a half years from now. Everyone in the IOC knows Japan gets a few of these more notable quakes every year. They will just have to keep quake preps in their plans. I am still not sure who exactly we should declare as a frontrunner in this race. Link to post Share on other sites
deawebo 77 Posted January 3, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2012 I am still not sure who exactly we should declare as a frontrunner in this race. well... its between Tokyo or Istanbul by the moment, i mean the europeans are in crisis and Baku, not really, Doha... i dont think so. My thoughts Link to post Share on other sites
intoronto 650 Posted January 23, 2012 Report Share Posted January 23, 2012 Will this scare the IOC? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/16681136 Link to post Share on other sites
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