Comments on: Madrid 28, Rio 26, Tokyo 22, Chicago 18

By: rickmcchar38891

rickmcchar38891 — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 02:41:28 +0000

It won't be easy for Rio. But I agree that the process will be helpful overall for the long term development of Brazil and all of South America.

Chicago was the best bid. But Rio was second best. And close.

By: Ashley

Ashley — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 02:12:37 +0000

I am very glad that Rio ended up winning the vote and getting the games as North America and Europe seem to have received these games more then the share in recent history. I personally was glad to see that the power of Oprah and Obama was not enough to sway the vote in Chicago's direction. Nothing against Chicago, I just hate when politics, power and celebrity try to to interfere with sport (and yes I know it happens all the time, but not quite at the level of Obama and Oprah….neither of which had much interest in this process until very recently). I am happy with how it turned out and I think Rio will be a teriffic host

By: Geoffrey Taucer

Geoffrey Taucer — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 00:10:05 +0000

Yo Rio De Janerio, I'm really happy for you, and I'ma let you finish, but Chicago had one of the best Olympic bids of all time.

By: RickMcCharles

RickMcCharles — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 23:33:02 +0000

Right, Jasmine. Good point.

But the Spanish speaking South American and Central American countries I would think would vote for Rio. Did they vote for Madrid in the first and second round?

By: gymfan990

gymfan990 — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 18:47:29 +0000

You still don’t know what you are talking about. The voters got together and blocked the US so rio could win the vote. It was all fixed.

By: Jasmine

Jasmine — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 16:30:17 +0000

Just to clarify, Brazilians don’t speak Spanish, nor were they colonized by Spain. They speak Portuguese, as they were controlled by Portugal. Therefore, it is unlikely they would have participated in a “Spanish” voting bloc.