So I couldn't possibly post about the 2016 Olympic bid yesterday without posting the winner today. With that being said, the host of the 2016 Summer Olympics will be....
...(the suspense is killing me!)...
Rio de Janeiro!
I really can't say that I'm surprised, or disappointed (after all, now I have an excuse to travel to Brazil in 2016). No other contending city deserved it as much as Rio; South America has yet to host an Olypmic games in history. However, like most people, I was surprised at how quickly Chicago was eliminated from the competition. If anything I thought Tokyo would be first to go: China did host the last summer Olympics, and the city had the least amount of public enthusiasm from its citizens. Not only that, but Chicago had intense support, with President Obama and the First Lady personally flying to Copenhagen for the Olympic bid. Guess America will have to wait and see for 2020!
For in depth coverage of the decision making process, check out Yahoo!'s article:
"Rio wins right to host the 2016 Olympics"
http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/news?slug=ap-2016bids&prov=ap&type=lgns
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