Chicago Is One Step Closer to the Olympics
To the incredible joy of many Windy City residents and athletes, Chicago is now one of the four finalists bidding for the 2016 Summer Olympic Games. On Wednesday in Athens, the International Olympic Committee announced their picks of “capable” cities: Chicago, Tokyo, Madrid, and Rio de Janeiro. (Doha in Qatar, Baku in Azerbaijan, and Prague of the Czech Republic were eliminated from the list.) The IOC will make its final decision on a host city on October 2, 2009 in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Local organizers are planning a pep rally at Daley Plaza at 11:30 a.m. on Friday to thank the city …read more
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