国产热热热精品,亚洲视频久久】日韩,三级婷婷在线久久,99人妻精品视频,精品九热人人肉肉在线,AV东京热一区二区,91po在线视频观看,久久激情宗合,青青草黄色手机视频

WORLD> Top News
IOC members agonize over 2016 Olympic host city
(Agencies)
Updated: 2009-10-01 02:14

COPENHAGEN: International Olympic Committee members were agonizing Wednesday over how to choose the host of the 2016 Games, with many said to be undecided just two days before the vote.

IOC members settling into their hotel in Copenhagen told The Associated Press that Tokyo, Madrid, Rio de Janeiro and Chicago are all capable of hosting the games and there is no clear favorite.

Samih Moudallal, an IOC member since 1998, said Friday's vote, when cities will be eliminated in successive rounds of secret balloting, will be like choosing between "four sons or your brothers."

Related readings:
IOC members agonize over 2016 Olympic host city Olympic movement set for 2016 climax
IOC members agonize over 2016 Olympic host city Obama adds muscle to US Olympic bid
IOC members agonize over 2016 Olympic host city Copenhagen braces for Olympic invasion

"How do you choose between your brothers?" Moudallal told the AP, adding that he has yet to make his choice. "You have to use your mind and your heart together.

"It's a very difficult choice."

And one Michelle Obama wants to help them with. The US first lady jetted into Copenhagen on Wednesday and was getting almost straight to work on meeting with IOC members before her husband, President Barack Obama, arrives Friday to give a final push to Chicago's bid.

With the contest so close, such personal VIP appeals could help sway the vote, although IOC members said they would likely not be decisive.

Spain's King Juan Carlos and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva were also arriving as last-minute lobbying shifted to high gear. Japan's new prime minister, Yukio Hatoyama, was expected to arrive Thursday.

As tension mounted, so did tempers. Despite fresh IOC warnings that the four candidate cities should avoid criticizing their rivals, the Spanish Olympic Committee's vice president, Jose Maria Odriozola, told the national Efe news agency that "Rio is the worst bid."

Contrary to bookmakers' predictions, he said Madrid and Tokyo are the favorites.

IOC votes can be highly unpredictable. Aside from the paramount questions of whether bidding cities' Olympic plans are technically and financially feasible, emotion, sentiment, geography, politics, self-interest and other factors also play a role.

   Previous page 1 2 Next Page  

剑川县| 阿合奇县| 阿拉尔市| 枝江市| 琼中| 财经| 房山区| 安新县| 鹿泉市| 湖州市| 怀宁县| 湖州市| 绥滨县| 惠安县| 东阳市| 三河市| 固阳县| 台东市| 绥江县| 安岳县| 尉氏县| 陈巴尔虎旗| 柳州市| 潜山县| 循化| 梧州市| 宜春市| 广灵县| 金塔县| 长沙县| 昔阳县| 乡城县| 新民市| 兴业县| 滦平县| 上思县| 卢湾区| 惠州市| 沿河| 黄山市| 淮滨县|