IOC to select 2016 Summer Games Host City on Oct. 2 - Page 3

Stingray2004 · #41 Posted **Oct 2, 2009, 5:05 PM**

Congrats Rio! I love the city.

The Gods are certainly smiling upon Rio today.

deasine · #42 Posted **Oct 2, 2009, 5:51 PM**

Glad to see Rio won.

officedweller · #43 Posted **Oct 2, 2009, 7:02 PM**

By a landslide.
Madrid had 28 in the first round, 29 in the second and only 32 I think in the final round. Rio has over 60 votes by the third round.
Madrid's strong showing in the first round is what killed Chicago.

nickinacan · #44 Posted **Oct 2, 2009, 7:29 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by nova9

I bet you now that Americans now turn sour to the Olympic movement because they felt they were entitled to a games. Let's hope I am proven to be wrong.

Actually many Chicagoans didn't want the games. The city is currently in deep debt and there have been big cuts to both education and public safety. Everything venue-wise was supposed to be brand new which would have cost them a fortune. Essentially it came down to the bid being for the politicians. I am sure the citizens of Chicago are breathing a collective sigh of relief.

But I am very excited for Rio. It is about time that South America held the Olympics. They should have held them decades ago. But hey, money talks. GO RIO!!!

mr.x · #45 Posted **Oct 2, 2009, 7:39 PM**

Results of the vote:

Round 1
Madrid: 28 votes
Rio de Janeiro: 26 votes
Tokyo: 22 votes
Chicago: 18 votes

Round 2
Tokyo: 20 votes
Rio de Janeiro: 46 votes
Madrid: 29 votes

Round 3
Rio de Janeiro: 66 votes
Madrid: 32 votes

mr.x · #46 Posted **Oct 2, 2009, 7:40 PM**

This is going to be an awesome Olympics, akin to Sydney. I might actually consider going to these Games.

wrenegade · #47 Posted **Oct 2, 2009, 8:05 PM**

Way to go Rio!

With South Korea likely to get the 2018 Winter Games (They lost to us AND Sochi) A Madrid/Chicago (if they were to bid again) showdown would be tight for 2020 if voting were anything like this round. Although it still makes way more sense for the US to get it as the London games would only be 8 years past.

SpongeG · #48 Posted **Oct 2, 2009, 8:14 PM**

will purse snatching become an olympic event?

djmk · #49 Posted **Oct 2, 2009, 8:55 PM**

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Originally Posted by SpongeG

will purse snatching become an olympic event?

No, but the Samba should be!!!

This is going to be the sexiest Olympics ever

nova9 · #50 Posted **Oct 2, 2009, 9:44 PM**

God, Brazilians are by far one of the sexiest people on Earth! Definitely going to be watching these Olympics. And I'm definitely not trying to be offensive as I love Chicago, but when you saw scenes of the crowd, it was pudgy people wrapped in chilly clothing then you see Rio with the bikinis and tanned bodies. Stark comparisons.

And CNN has a very insightful video on chicago's bid being 'unwinnable'. It goes into the whole thing on equity with no games in South America until now but it also speaks to the arrogance and naivite of US pundits who seemed to have no perspective other than that of the American one - that they couldn't even fathom how people would even vote for someone other than the Chicago bid. (i can't seem to link to it but it's called 'Chicago's bid 'unwinnable''.

leftside · #51 Posted **Oct 2, 2009, 11:27 PM**

I'll be in Rio in a couple of months time

metroXpress · #52 Posted **Oct 3, 2009, 1:33 AM**

Congrats Rio!!

crazyjoeda · #53 Posted **Oct 3, 2009, 4:40 AM**

I was surprised to see Chicago got knocked out in the first round. I was talking to a guy from Chicago when I was traveling through Spain this past summer and he told me the Chicago Olympics were a done deal. LOL I told him my money was on Rio, I wish I could have seen his face this morning.

mr.x · #54 Posted **Oct 3, 2009, 7:56 PM**

MARACANÃ CLUSTER

Athletics

Soccer/Ceremonies

Marathon

Maracanã Live Site over Quinta da Boa Vista

COPACABANA CLUSTER

Beach Volleyball

DEODORO CLUSTER

Equestrian

Shooting

Modern Penthatlon

Slalom Canoeing

BMX

X-park

BARRA CLUSTER - OLYMPIC PARK

OTC

OTC

Olympic Park

Aquatics Center

Velodrome

Hockey

OTC - Hall 1

COT - Hall 2

Sponsor's Village

Tennis

BARRA CLUSTER - MPC/IBC

BARRA CLUSTER - OLYMPIC BEACH

BARRA CLUSTER - ATHLET'S VILLAGE

BARRA CLUSTER - MEDIA VILLAGE

BARRA CLUSTER - RIOCENTRO

Port/harbour (revitalization program)

http://www.rio2016.org.br/pt/Galeria/Imagens/Default.aspx

Venues proposal presentation video:

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Spork · #55 Posted **Oct 3, 2009, 8:26 PM**

Holy mother of god that looks expensive.

cornholio · #56 Posted **Oct 3, 2009, 9:35 PM**

|Hopefully they fix their crime problems quick because Rio is by all accounts one the most violent and dangerous cities in the world partially thanks to its lawless slums. I havent been there personally yet but my girlfriend has family and friends in Rio andf has been there dozens of times...shes from Sao Paulo and just came here two years ago.

Crime will be a big issue, and the stories I have heard from her are hard to beleive, and thers lots of them....mind you she calls Vancouver a boring little village where she feels safe anywhere and everywhere.

Also keep in mind Brazil is hosting the 2014 world cup....I dont think a country has ever hosted the two bigest events in the world within two years of each other.

whatnext · #57 Posted **Oct 3, 2009, 11:41 PM**

Citizens of Chicago, I congratulate you on dodging the Olympic bullet.

mr.x · #58 Posted **Oct 4, 2009, 2:43 AM**

LMAO.

Listen to the CNN anchor's reaction when it was announced that Chicago had been eliminated, it's priceless:

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VanHowe · #59 Posted **Oct 4, 2009, 4:23 AM**

The unthinkable.

flight_from_kamakura · #60 Posted **Oct 4, 2009, 5:40 AM**

^ weird post.

anyway, rio will be grand, 16 billion bones, that's a lot of money. one imagines that somewhere in there, there'll be enough for security and all that.