RememberOsaka Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/more/06/04/ioc.2016.ap/index.html CHICAGO!!! Guess that's to make up for the Cubs not having won a WS, the Bulls sucking since Jordan left, and all of the years of having a ****ty Bears quarterback. ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Chicago was among the four cities picked as finalists Wednesday for the 2016 Summer Olympics, setting the stage for a high-profile bidding contest between candidates from the United States, Europe and Asia. Also making the IOC shortlist were Madrid, Spain; Tokyo, and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Eliminated from the race were Doha, Qatar; Prague, Czech Republic, and Baku, Azerbaijan. The final field was selected by the International Olympic Commit The big four -- Chicago, Madrid, Tokyo and Rio -- all had been virtually assured of advancing to the final stage. The main issue had been whether Doha also would make the cut. The finalists now advance to a 16-month race that will culminate on Oct. 2, 2009, with a secret ballot by the full IOC at its session in Copenhagen, Denmark. An IOC evalutation report assessing the technical merits of each bid ranked Tokyo with the top overall marks, followed closely by Madrid. Chicago and Doha were tied for third, with Rio fourth. Prague and Baku were sixth and seventh. Chicago is a contender to take the Summer Olympics back to the U.S. for the first time since the 1996 Atlanta Games. Madrid is back again after a third-place finish in the vote for the 2012 Olympics, which went to London. Tokyo, which held the Summer Games in 1964, hopes to bring the Olympics to Asia eight years after Beijing. And Rio, which hosted the 2007 Pan American Games, would be the first South American city to get the Olympics. Doha, capital of a tiny but wealthy Arab Gulf country of about 1 million people, had loomed as the wild card as it sought to bring the Olympics to the Middle East for the first time. It cited its hosting of the 2006 Asian Games as evidence that it can handle the Olympics. Due to Qatar's searing summer heat, Doha proposed holding the games in October, outside the IOC's preferred time frame of July or August. Some rival bid officials had been worried that if Doha made the shortlist, the city -- while a long shot to win -- would have the capacity to take away crucial votes in the early rounds of voting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corcaigh Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 I like Chicago's chances. Madrid should be out as the London games will have just taken place in Europe in 2012. China is this year so going back to Asia for Tokyo seems too soon also. If Rio can convince the committee that they can run the games efficiently and safely, they could be the ones competing with Chicago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Clark Fan Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 As long as its never in DC area I am all for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reic Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 I should be out of college by then and well into my career, I could actually make it up to Chicago for this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GibbsFactor Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 What happened to DC and NYs bids for games? Was that just for 2012? I'm glad it's not any where near here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LegionOfDoom Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 Chicago would be nice....but I think it might go to Rio. Than maybe 2020 back in the US Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkinsOrlando Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 Does anyone actually watch the olympics anymore? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovetoaster Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 I was really hoping that Baku, Azerbaijan was going to get it. That place is awesome in the summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corcaigh Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 I was really hoping that Baku, Azerbaijan was going to get it. That place is awesome in the summer. They just didn't have enough parking spaces for the camels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paige3girl Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 Hopefully they can handle it better than Atlanta did! I went down for all the swimming and baseball in 1996 and it was almost impossible to get around anywhere. Stupid MARTA pretty much collasped because they had never seen so much traffic and they did not have enough cabs for the sheer volume of people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovetoaster Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 Hopefully they can handle it better than Atlanta did! I went down for all the swimming and baseball in 1996 and it was almost impossible to get around anywhere. Stupid MARTA pretty much collasped because they had never seen so much traffic and they did not have enough cabs for the sheer volume of people. Whenever I go to Atlanta, I can't get around there on a normal day without congestion everywhere at pretty any time. I can't imagine what it was like with the Olympics there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dchogs Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 i'd love to see olympic swimming in person. it'd be more fun to see that in rio than chi town. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McMetal Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 That epidemic of savage gun violence that has been erupting the past few months will surely be a big draw for tourists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buford T. Justice Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 We do not need that kind of attention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiplohmillers#1 Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 Baghdad for the 2020 games!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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