Friday, October 2, 2009

Olympics Host - In 1968 (MEXICO); On 2016 ....

Stamp from MEXICO depicting the 1968 Olympic Games they hosted.


For the 2016 Olympics, the final four cities vying for the right to host the Games are: Chicago (USA); Madrid (Spain); Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) and Tokyo (Japan).

It was just announced that in the final voting of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) members, Chicago was eliminated in the first round and did not participate in the next round. Then in the second round, Tokyo received the least number of votes.

In the final round of balloting; Rio de Janeiro and Madrid were left as contenders. Results will be due out in an hour as voting is currently ongoing in Copenhagen.




.......ITS RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL who's going to host the 2016 Olympic Games.

It will be the first time that the Olympics will be held in South America.
 
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