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IOC name four cities as 2016 candidates |
Chicago, Madrid, Tokyo and Rio de Janeiro are the cities shortlisted by the International Olympic Committee to host the 2016 Olympic Games.
Doha, Prague and Baku were eliminated from the nominal list of potential hosts by the IOC executive board.
"It was an impressive list to choose from," said IOC Communications Director Giselle Davies.
Bidding will continue until an IOC secret ballot in Copenhagen in Denmark on 2 October 2009.
Rio de Janeiro would be the first South American city to host the Olympics, having hosted the first Pan-American Games in 2007 ... More > |
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| Other News from Prague 2016 |
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Prague Could Drop Out Of 2016 Olympic Bid 14/12/2007
The Associated Press (AP) reports that Prague could withdraw its bid for the 2016 Summer Olympic Games unless it receives the necessary financial guarantees from the governmen...More>
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Prague Injects More Cash Into 2016 Bid 23/11/2007
Prague City Hall has donated another 30 million crowns to Praha Olympijska (Olympic Prague), for the Prague 2016 Summer Olympic Games bid, said city hall member Martin Langmaj...More>
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Prague 2016 Unveils Bid Plans 28/09/2007
Should Prague host the 2016 Summer Olympic Games the plan is to build three sport centres – a velodrome for cyclists in Prague or Brno; a swimming stadium that would be constr...More>
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Prague To Do Paperwork For 2016 Bid 13/09/2007
Prague’s City Hall will have its answers to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) acceptance questionnaire for the 2016 Summer Olympic Games bid ready by the end of Octobe...More>
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Prague Olympic Bid Criticized 20/03/2007
Former doping commissioner Jan Hnizdil has criticized Prague?s bid for the Summer Olympic Games in the daily Lidove noviny.
Prague Mayor Pavel Bem announced March 13 that t...More>
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Prague To Bid For Summer Games 14/03/2007
Prague?s executive voted to bid for the Summer Olympic Games in either 2016 or 2020, said Mayor Pavel Bern Tuesday.
Bern told a news conference, ?we will not be favoured to...More>
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