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Samba! Rio wins right to host the 2016 Olympics (AP)

03.10.2009 7:53   31 views   0 comments
Tags: Games, Lind, Tokyo, International, Chicago, Olympics, Olympic, Committee, International Olympic, Olympic Committee, Madrid, Janeiro, Olympic Games

A man hugs his dog after the announcement that Rio de Janeiro will host the 2016 Olympic Games on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Friday, Oct. 2, 2009. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)AP - Like sweet, sultry samba music, Rio hit all the right notes. Chicago had Barack Obama. Tokyo had $4 billion in the bank. Madrid had powerful friends. But none of that mattered. Rio de Janeiro had the enchanting story — of about 400 million sports-mad people on a giant untapped and vibrant continent yearning, hoping, that the Olympics finally might come to them. And the International Olympic Committee was hooked.




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