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The Race for 2016: Rio De Janeiro Wins! by Larry Eder

October 2, 2009

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In round one, Chicago had the least votes, and was eliminated. In round two, Tokyo was eliminated. In round three, it was down to Rio and Madrid.
IOC President Jaques Rogge thanked the four candidate cities. He then received the envelope, which contained the name of the winner. He took the envelope, showed the Olympic rings to the camera and announced that the 2016 Olympic Games would be hosted by Rio de Janeiro! The Olympics is going to South America!
Was I surprised? Yes, and no. I did think that Chicago had a chance, but it seems that minds were made up. More than anything, the IOC delegates see their mission is to promote the Olympic movement. Bringing it to another continent, South America, was overwhelming, as was the superbly moving presentation by the Rio team, including the President of Brasil. Right now, there are many stunned people in Chicago, Tokyo and Madrid. The truth is, the whole world was watching Jaques Rogge open that envelope, and announce the XXXI Summer Olympiad.
Congratulations to Rio de Janeiro for bringing the Olympics to South America!
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Larry Eder

Larry Eder has had a 50-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."

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