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

03.10.2009 9:51   62 wyświetleń  0 komentarzy
Tags: President, Obama, Barack Obama, Michelle, Tokyo, Center, International, Summit, Chicago, Olympics, Olympic, Luke, Committee, International Olympic, Olympic Committee, Michelle Obama, Janeiro


U.S. President Barack Obama kisses his wife the U.S. first lady Michelle Obama after she made an address during the Chicago 2016 bid presentation at the 121st International Olympic Committee session at the Bella Center in Copenhagen, Friday, Oct. 2, 2009.  Chicago, Madrid, Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo are competing for the right to host the 2016 Summer Olympic Games.  The IOC will choose the winning city in a vote on Friday in Copenhagen.  (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, Pool)AP - The country's president was blunt. "It is," Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said, "Brazil's time."


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

03.10.2009 2:36   16 wyświetleń  0 komentarzy
Tags: President, Games, Lind, Tokyo, Center, Many, International, Brazilian, Chicago, Olympics, Olympic, Luke, Committee, International Olympic, Olympic Committee, Madrid, Janeiro, Olympic Games


IOC President Jacques Rogge, left, shakes hands with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula de Silva as Rio 2016 bid President Carlos Arthur Nuzman looks on during a news conference after being named host city for the 2016 Olympic Games during the 121st IOC congress at the Bella Center in Copenhagen, Friday, Oct. 2, 2009.  (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)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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Samba! Rio wins right to host the 2016 Olympics (AP)

03.10.2009 2:36   28 wyświetleń  0 komentarzy
Tags: President, Games, Lind, Tokyo, Center, Many, International, Brazilian, Chicago, Olympics, Olympic, Luke, Committee, International Olympic, Olympic Committee, Madrid, Janeiro, Olympic Games


IOC President Jacques Rogge, left, shakes hands with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula de Silva as Rio 2016 bid President Carlos Arthur Nuzman looks on during a news conference after being named host city for the 2016 Olympic Games during the 121st IOC congress at the Bella Center in Copenhagen, Friday, Oct. 2, 2009.  (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)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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Samba! Rio wins right to host the 2016 Olympics (AP)

03.10.2009 1:48   28 wyświetleń  0 komentarzy
Tags: President, Games, Lind, Tokyo, Center, International, Summit, Chicago, Olympics, Olympic, Luke, Committee, International Olympic, Olympic Committee, Madrid, Janeiro, Olympic Games


Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva reacts after it was announced that Rio de Janeiro has won the bid to host the 2016 Summer Olympic Games at the 121st International Olympic Committee session at the Bella Center in Copenhagen, Friday, Oct. 2, 2009. Chicago, Madrid, Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo competed for the right to host the 2016 Summer Olympic Games.( (AP Photo/ Claus Bjorn Larsen, Polfoto)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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Samba! Rio wins right to host the 2016 Olympics (AP)

03.10.2009 1:48   24 wyświetleń  0 komentarzy
Tags: President, Games, Lind, Tokyo, Center, International, Summit, Chicago, Olympics, Olympic, Luke, Committee, International Olympic, Olympic Committee, Madrid, Janeiro, Olympic Games


Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva reacts after it was announced that Rio de Janeiro has won the bid to host the 2016 Summer Olympic Games at the 121st International Olympic Committee session at the Bella Center in Copenhagen, Friday, Oct. 2, 2009. Chicago, Madrid, Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo competed for the right to host the 2016 Summer Olympic Games.( (AP Photo/ Claus Bjorn Larsen, Polfoto)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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