2016 Olympics

[tittenman]

Four cities across four continents are waiting to hear if they have been chosen to host the 2016 Summer Olympics. Chicago, Madrid, Rio and Tokyo will discover their fate at 1800 BST on Friday, 2 October.


Live news: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympic_games/8283061.stm


Profile of the candidate cities:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympic_games/7884296.stm


Photographs:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympic_games/8286735.stm

 

[nightwanker]

Vancouver 2010

London 2012

Sochi 2014

??? 2016

The funny thing: in 2016 this thread will be bumped :thumbsup:

 

[GregCentauro]

I officially delegitimize the IOC. FreeOnes users have already decided:

The winner is Rio de Janeiro artysml:

http://board.freeones.com/showthread.php?t=340774

 

[holdol]

Chicago and Tokyo bounced!!

 

[Hot Mega]

Chicago and Tokyo bounced!!

Not sure how this is a shock...at least as far as Chicago is concerned.

I'm sure it didn't help them with one of the most talked about stories in news today is a 16 y.o. kid getting beat to death on one of their streets.:2 cents:

 

[turtle825]

Say goodbye to Chicago, Richard Daley.

 

[holdol]

Not sure how this is a shock...at least as far as Chicago is concerned.

Not shocked at all.............Christ, we've got bigger fish to fry!

 

[Dean Henneberg]

And besides, Chicago has 2 really bad baseball teams...one of them is anyway.

 

[rwill25]

Rio!!!!

 

[busenbust]

:wtf: Chicago no more?? How? Why??

 

[turtle825]

Congrats to Rio on winning the bid. Their bid was considered the "safe bid" from day one, and I'm sure the games will be handled just fine in Rio in 2016.

 

[TheOnlyOne69]

yessssssss Rio!

 

[GregCentauro]

Rattle, rattle; Samba samba! artysml: arty:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kgq1g-2cQ54

 

[Sicario]

Not sure how this is a shock...at least as far as Chicago is concerned.

I'm sure it didn't help them with one of the most talked about stories in news today is a 16 y.o. kid getting beat to death on one of their streets.:2 cents:

true.

Is it too late [for Chicago] put in a bid for the Special Olympics?

 

[TheOnlyOne69]

wow

Brazil will have the World Cup in 2014 and the Olympics in 2016

The 2 greatest sporting events within 2 years

 

[tittenman]

wow

Brazil will have the World Cup in 2014 and the Olympics in 2016

The 2 greatest sporting events within 2 years

Yep thats absolutely correct! Well done Rio and Brazil on securing the Olympics 2016.

 

[busenbust]

:weeping:

 

[Sicario]

:wtf: Chicago no more?? How? Why??

For starters:

- Crooked government in Chicago that includes all of Cook County as well.
- Economic debts.
- Violent crimes.
- Oprah Winfrey.

 

[turtle825]

It doesn't look like Chicago will attempt to bid for the 2020 games either. I'm guessing that if America does bid one of its cities in the 2013 IOC voting, it would most likely be LA.

 

[~~whimsy~~]

You just wait until corruption becomes an Olympic sport! Chicago will get all the gold medals and leave the rest in the dust!