Showing posts with label sports. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sports. Show all posts

Friday, October 02, 2009

2016 Olympic Games: the host will be Rio de Janeiro

The 2016 Olympic Games elected organizer is  the city of Rio de Janeiro.
Brazil will organize the Olympics in 2016 and the FIFA World Cup in 2014.

Olympic Games 2016: Tokyo eliminated after second round

After second round, the Committee eliminates Tokyo.Now the final round.
The finalists are Madrid and Rio de Janeiro. The 2016 Olympic Games host will be announced at 18:30 (GMT+1).

Voting 2016 Olympic Games: Chicago eliminated in the first round

After first round of votation, Chicago has been eliminated. The other three candidates continue alive.
Now, the second round.

Deciders are voting: Olympic Games 2016

Now the International Olympic Committee is voting. In one hour we'll know the name of the city for 2016 Summer Olympic Games.
Which country will organize this Olympic Games? Brazil (Rio de Janeiro), Spain (Madrid),  Tokyo  (Japan) and USA (Chicago) are the candidates. The result in one hour.
You can follow the session in live on BBC.

2016 Olympic Games: the final decision

In few hours, the Olympic Committee will announce which of the four cities (Chicago, Madrid, Tokyo, Rio de Janeiro) will be the sede for the 2016 Olympic Games.
Will be in America (north or south)? Perhaps will be in Europe? Or maybe in Asia? At 18:00 we'll know the final decission.
All the cities have movilized their representatives for support this candidature, including the country representatives: Barack and Michelle Obama, J.L. Rodriguez Zapatero and the spanish king Juan Carlos I, President Lula Da Silva and prime minister Yukio Hatoyama. Of course, a wide representation of world of sport, including the mitic soccer player Pelé.
You can follow the latest news on BBC (english) or on El País (spanish, text and video in real-time).