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04:01 September 3rd, 2009

The 2016 Gold

Posted by: Daniel Sloan
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OLYMPICS/OPENING

Less than a month until the International Olympic Committee’s selection of the winning city in the 2016 Olympic bid campaign, and the IOC in a report Wednesday has the candidates in a dead heat.

All bid cities — Chicago, Madrid, Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo — will make a push before the Oct. 2 decision in Copenhagen, with billions of dollars in investment and national prestige at stake. 

  • Rio de Janeiro
  • Tokyo
  • Chicago
  • Madrid

22 comments so far

PARABÉNS BRASIL…ESTA FOI A MELHOR ESCOLHA

- Posted by patricia rebeca marques

Do You know who makes money from these games? Those who organize them. Rio has no public transport, no good hospitals, security is bad, bad guys dominate the police and corruption is widespread. I am from Rio.

- Posted by Paulo Nascimento

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