Obama urges IOC to pick Chicago for 2016 (AP)

Courtesy Yahoo! Sports - Top News  Fri, 10/02/2009 - 08:24

Juan Antonio Samaranch, the former IOC president, right, holds onto the arm of current IOC President Jacques Rogge during the Madrid 2016 bid presentation during the 121st International Olympic Committee session at the Bella Center in Copenhagen, Friday, Oct. 2, 2009.<br /><br />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.

Chicago, Tokyo, Rio de Janeiro and Madrid made final pitches to the International Olympic Committee to be selected later Friday as host of the 2016 Olympics, with President Barack Obama and Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva pitting their star power against each other in emotional pushes for their cities.


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