The Rio de Janeiro Olympics 2016 games are sure to be a great time for everyone involved. When the Rio de Janeiro Olympics 2016 games were announced, there was celebration all over the streets of this Brazilian city.
The Rio de Janeiro Olympics 2016 games come as a surprise to many that assumed that President Barack Obama, Michelle Obama and Oprah would be able to sway the IOC (International Olympic Committee) to select Chicago as the 2016 Olympic Games venue.
I, for one, am glad that the 2016 Olympics will take place in Rio de Janeiro. Not that I have anything against Chicago – I have been there several times. However, just last week honors student Derrion Albert was beaten to death with wooden planks. Crime in Chicago is just too prevalent for the city to receive a blessing such as the Olympics.
The Rio de Janeiro Olympics 2016 games will take place 7 years from now. However time will fly by and in the meantime, Rio de Janeiro has a lot of work to do to prepare for the events. This Brazilian City is the first South American country to host an Olympic event, according to ABC news.
ABC News reports how the President felt when the Rio de Janeiro Olympics 2016 games were announced: “The president was watching television when the news came across, and I think obviously the president is disappointed, as you might imagine,” White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs told reporters on Air Force One.
“I think he continues to believe — and we heard this from a number of people — that Chicago had a very strong if not the best bid. … I think he feels obviously proud of his wife for the presentation that she made and he doesn’t shy away from promoting America in this event or in any other venue as a way to showcase this country.”
While many people are surprised that Chicago and Tokyo did not get the Olympics in 2016, many people are pleasantly surprised that Rio de Janeiro did.
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It will be the first time a South American country has hosted an Olympic Games.
Earlier Chicago, the odds-on favourites, and Tokyo were eliminated from contention in the early rounds of voting.
Madrid’s surprising success in reaching the final round came after former IOC president Juan Antonio Samaranch made an unusual appeal for the Spanish capital, reminding the IOC members as he asked for their vote that, at age 89, “I am very near the end of my time.”
Chicago’s elimination was one of the most shocking defeats in IOC voting history. It had long been seen as a front-runner and got the highest possible level of support — from President Barack Obama himself.
But the emotional appeals from Obama and his wife Michelle — they both flew to Copenhagen to fight in Chicago’s corner — fell on deaf ears in the European-dominated IOC.
The IOC’s last two experiences in the United States were bad: the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics were sullied by a bribery scandal and logistical problems and a bombing hit the 1996 Games in Atlanta.
Obama had addressed the IOC saying: “I urge you to choose Chicago, I urge you to choose America.
“If you do, if we walk this path together, then I promise you this, the city of Chicago and the United States of America will make the world proud.”
The IOC were not impressed enough however as the closest race in recent Olympic history went down to the wire.
