Americans were stunned this past week when the International Olympic Committee elminated Chicago from hosting the 2016 Olympics during the first round of voting. After investing nearly four years and $50 million, along with having a dramatic last minute speech by President Obama, the committee disapproved of Chicago’s wishes to host the Olympics. During the voting process that took place on Thursday morning there were several protesters standing outside with the rest of the watch party. With the struggles of our economy today, it’s easy to see why there would be protesters, as the people of Chicago refuse to pay the high taxes that would come from holding the 2016 Olympics.
The win was decisive as Rio de Janeiro beat Madrid’s 32 votes by having 66 of their own. Chicago got just 18 votes in the first round, with Tokyo squeezing into the second round with 22. Madrid was leading after the first round with 28 votes, while Rio had 26. In the second round, Tokyo found themselves to be eliminated with just 20 votes. Madrid got 29, qualifying it for the final round face-off with Rio, which by then already had a strong lead with 46 votes.
Members of the IOC were aggravated and disturbed by President Obama’s appearance at the event. The members of the committee felt threatened by all the members of security that surrounded the president and they didn’t apprecieate being told that they weren’t allowed to go in particular rooms and areas of which the president was nearby. One member of the IOC said "To have the president of the United States and his wife personally appear, then this should happen in the first round is awful and totally undeserving," with another committee member saying "This morning the city was closed because of Barack Obama."
The venue for the 2016 Olympics is causing for some much heated arguments on the issue of safety, as for the people who will be attending this event in Rio de Janeiro.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJ-twB38UWk
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment