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	2012 Summer Olympic bids - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The bid was dealt a setback when New York State refused to approve the construction of the West Side Stadium which was to be a main venue for the Olympics, and hampered the bid in the short-run.
		However, the New York bid was revived with the utilization of a new Mets Stadium as the primary venue for athletics and the ceremonies.
		Moscow represented Russia in the bid for the 2012 Summer Olympics.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/2012_Summer_Olympic_bids (1700 words)

	2012 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXX Olympiad, will be held in London, United Kingdom from 27 July to 12 August 2012.
		By the bid submission deadline of 15 July 2003, nine cities had submitted bids to hold the 2012 Olympics.
		The London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (LOCOG) was put in place to oversee the development of the Games after the success of the bid, and held their first board meeting on 7 October 2005.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/2012_Summer_Olympics (1548 words)

	Information & news on 2012 Summer Olympic Games
		The 2012 Summer Olympics were expected to attract some 11,000 athletes plus around 10,000 Olympic "team" personnel such as coaches, track and administrative officials and hierarchy.
		The Olympic bid should demonstrate quite clearly that the candidate city will be able to hold Olympics in keeping with the general ethos of the games and provide facilities for a successful games from all aspects.
		SPORTS INCLUDED IN After an exhaustive examination of each city's bid and a final scrutiny by a visiting team of IOC inspectors, the members of the Olympic Committee vote for the city they consider to be the most appropriate and the winner is announced.
	www.olympicgames-news.com /2012olympics.html (708 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > Sports -- 2012 Summer Games bid cities to make pitches to Olympic officials
		BERLIN – Less than three months before the vote, the five cities vying for the 2012 Summer Games are getting a chance to make their pitches to a big Olympic audience.
		With more than 30 International Olympic Committee members expected to attend, the meeting offers the last major showcase for the bid cities before the session in Singapore at which the host city will be selected July 6.
		The bid delegates are staying in Berlin for several days, plenty of time for lobbying in the hallways and making personal connections that might swing votes in Singapore.
	www.signonsandiego.com /sports/20050416-0806-oly-2012bids.html (747 words)

	Joint Press Conference on New York City’s Proposal to Host the 2012 Summer Olympic Games
		The Olympics brings out the best in every athlete and in many ways it brings out the best in every nation and it certainly brings out our best hopes for what an international community could be; one based on shared excellence, one based on our shared goal of humanity.
		And obviously, people are talking to various countries about the importance of this bid but there should be an absolutely clear message that we think this is the greatest place to have the Olympics and I’m just really proud to be a part of the ceremony.
		The Olympic delegation, the 115 people who will vote and remember there’s less in the first round because of the way the voting works, they will vote for what’s best for the Olympic movement, they will vote for what’s best for their sport they’ll vote what’s best for their country.
	www.state.gov /secretary/rm/2005/48710.htm (4206 words)

	S.F.'s golden promise to Olympics / Bid leaders hope financial surplus beats N.Y.'s big building plan
		The bicoastal bids present the USOC with a match of diverse opponents: the beauty and international appeal of the Bay Area vs. the powerful mystique of a New York City rising from the ashes of a terrorist attack.
		New York's bid is driven by development, with proposed projects on the West Side of Manhattan for the Olympic Stadium and a subway extension from Times Square, and in Queens for high-rise apartments serving as the Olympic Village.
		The Olympic budget drawn up by the Bay Area Sports Organizing Committee features a bargain-basement figure of $211 million for capital investment projects, the biggest of which would be a rebuilt Stanford Stadium serving as the Olympic Stadium for opening and closing ceremonies and track and field.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2002/10/30/MN96160.DTL&type=printable (1742 words)

	London upsets Paris to win 2012 Olympics - Boston.com - Olympics - Sports (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Candidate cities competing for the Olympic bid were London, Paris, Madrid, New York and Moscow.
		The Olympic contest was inflamed by the recent tensions between Blair and Chirac, who have clashed over the Iraq war and European Union farm subsidies.
		London's Olympic project is centered on the massive urban renewal of a dilapidated area of East London, which will be turned into an Olympic park.
	www.boston.com /sports/other_sports/olympics/articles/2005/07/06/london_selected_to_host_2012_olympics (1176 words)

	BBC SPORT \| Other Sport \| Olympics 2012 \| Cities unveil Olympic bids
		London and Moscow have also revealed their bids; Madrid, New York, Istanbul, Leipzig, Rio de Janeiro and Havana are expected to launch theirs later.
		Bid committee director Essar Gabriel has promised there will be no white elephants which will be left to rust once the Games are over.
		Moscow hosted its first and only Olympics in July 1980, the first time the Games were held in a Communist country.
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport2/hi/olympics_2004/olympics_2012/3402847.stm (800 words)

	ESPN.com - Official thinks new rules might defeat the purpose (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		MADRID, Spain -- New ethics rules for Olympic bid cities are too strict and should be revised by the IOC, a senior Olympic official said Monday.
		Denis Oswald, head of the Association of Summer Olympic International Federations, thinks it important for cities holding world championships to acquire the experience for staging an Olympics.
		Madrid, bidding to stage the 2012 Games, has an advertising contract with the organizing committee of the Tour of Spain but cannot promote its Olympic bid during the cycling race, Oswald said.
	sports.espn.go.com /espn/print?id=1552632&type=news (301 words)

	Summer Olympics In Paris? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The 1924 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the VIII Olympiad, were held in 1924...
		The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXX Olympiad, will be held in London,...
		France's fervent opposition to the Iraq war could be a factor in bringing the 2012 Summer Olympics to Paris, the city's bid leader said Wednesday.
	www.summerolympicsparis2012.com (473 words)

	CBC Sports: London wins 2012 Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The years of hard work, dedication and planning on behalf of the London bid team have resulted in a fantastic choice for the 2012 Summer Games," said John Furlong, CEO of the Vancouver organizing committee, in a statement.
		It was the fourth Olympic bid from Britain after failed attempts by Birmingham for the 1992 Olympics and Manchester in 1996 and 2000.
		Aiming for the Olympics for the third time in 20 years, Paris was considered one of the safest and best bets heading into Wednesday's voting.
	www.cbc.ca /story/sports/national/2005/07/06/Sports/london050706.html (718 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| Special reports \| London wins 2012 Olympics
		Paris had been praised for a near-flawless bid but the one thing members of a jubilant British team kept repeating was that the IOC had recognised London's ambitious plans promised a great legacy.
		Before the voting, Lord Coe, the London 2012 bid leader, presented IOC members with a passionate final presentation in which he said a London games would show "magic happens" and inspire young people around the world.
		The London 2012 tactic had been to court Madrid's supporters in the hope of securing their votes should the Spanish capital be eliminated.
	www.guardian.co.uk /olympics2012/story/0,14174,1522509,00.html (1350 words)

	Olympics venue bidding spurs environmentally friendly development — UN (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		– Congratulating London on its choice to host the 2012 Summer Olympic Games, the United Nations environmental agency today voiced pleasure that ecological concerns such as the use of renewable energy and reduction of global warming carbon emissions figured prominently in the bids of all the short-listed cities.
		During the bidding process UNEP established close working relationships with most of the short-listed cities, offering advice on environmental aspects of their bids.
		UNEP also has a Memorandum of Understanding with the Turin 2006 Winter Olympics Organizing Committee, and is preparing to sign a similar wide-ranging accord with the Beijing 2008 Olympic Organizing Committee for the summer games.
	www.un.org /apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=14913&Cr=olympic&Cr1= (319 words)

	CNN.com - Paris, London Olympic bids praised - Jun 6, 2005
		Moscow's bid, however, has a "lack of detailed planning" that made it "difficult for the commission to evaluate the project," the commission said.
		The candidate cities will be judged on their concept for the Olympics, the legacy it will leave and whether there is political will and financial muscle to deliver.
		In London, Sebastian Coe -- a former Olympic champion who is heading the city's bid -- said organizers were "delighted" by the upbeat reaction from the IOC commission.
	edition.cnn.com /2005/SPORT/06/06/olympic.report (505 words)

	USATODAY.com - Each Summer Olympic sport to be put to vote (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		BERLIN — Each of the 28 sports in the Summer Olympics will be put to a vote in July when the IOC decides whether to make changes in the program for the 2012 Games.
		The International Olympic Committee finalized the procedures Wednesday for the vote, which will be held when the general assembly meets in Singapore.
		The Association of Summer Olympic International Federations, an influential body representing all 28 sports, is pushing for all the sports to be retained.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/olympics/summer/2005-04-20-olympic-sports_x.htm (611 words)

	United States Olympic Committee - NYC's 2012 bid hits the ground running
		In the most competitive bid in Olympic history, Paris is overwhelmingly considered the front-runner.
		He said the pecking order among the 2012 candidates appears to have changed little since May, when the candidates list was trimmed from nine cities to five.
		For instance, the Olympic Village - which would be built in Long Island City in Queens, just across the river from the United Nations - was redesigned after an IOC report in May raised questions about the height of some of the high-rise buildings that would house the athletes.
	www.olympic-usa.org /117_28294.htm (1014 words)

	Summer Olympics London - 2012 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		London has defeated European rival Paris to host the 2012 Summer Games, bringing the Olympics back to Britain for the first time in more than half a...
		Bid: 2012 Summer Olympic Games When IOC Chooses Winner: July 6, 2005, Singapore Bid Status: London won bid on the 4th ballot defeating Paris 54-50.
		London's bid featured 28 sports, in line with other recent Summer Olympics, but the IOC voted to dro...
	www.summerolympicslondon.com (454 words)

	USATODAY.com - 2012 Olympic bid cities take campaign to Ghana (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		LONDON —; The race for the 2012 Summer Games moves to Africa this week, with the five bid cities taking their campaign to Ghana in the last major Olympic gathering before next month's IOC vote in Singapore.
		It's the first Olympic meeting since the June 6 release of the IOC's evaluation report assessing the five bids.
		Doctoroff is being accompanied in Accra by Mayor Michael Bloomberg and, in a bid to appeal to the African audience, former Mayor David Dinkins and Houston Rockets center Dikembe Mutombo, who was born in Zaire (now Congo).
	www.usatoday.com /sports/olympics/summer/2005-06-16-2012-bids-africa_x.htm?POE=SPOISVA (880 words)

	BBC SPORT \| London beats Paris to 2012 Games
		Paris was considered the front-runner for much of the campaign, and was highly rated in the initial evaluation and also by the inspectors after their visits earlier in the year.
		But it was widely recognised that bid leader Lord Coe, a high-profile personality within the IOC and other governing bodies, hauled London closer to the French capital as the vote approached.
		Madrid was seen as a consistent but not outstanding candidate, while New York's bid was dogged by problems over their proposed stadium, and Moscow was always seen as the rank outsider.
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/hi/front_page/4655555.stm (758 words)

	Paris Olympics 2012? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		However Paris 2012 was one of the five...
		Paris and London are neck-in-neck in the competition to host the 2012 Olympics, according to GameBids.com.
		BBC Sport assesses the strengths and weaknesses of Paris' bid to stage the Olympics in 2012.
	www.parisolympics2012.biz (408 words)

	INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - NEWS
		Besides the election of the host city for the Games of the XXX Olympiad in 2012, which is the highlight of the Session, a wide range of topics are covered.
		The future of the Olympic sports programme is also discussed during the meeting.
		The International Olympic Committee (IOC) today released the report prepared by its Olympic Programme Commission, containing the evaluation of the 28 sports currently on the programme of the Olympic Games, as well as five applicant...
	www.olympic.org /uk/news/events/117_session/index_uk.asp (610 words)

	oly05159 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The ruling panel of the United States Olympic Committee is expected to vote today against pursuing a bid for the 2008 Summer Games in favor of making a run at the 2012 Summer Games.
		Some Olympic observers say it would be prudent for the U.S. to try for the 2012 Summer Games instead of the 2008 Summer Games.
		John Kelley, head of the Houston bid, admitted when he submitted a bid package that he was looking at 2012 and 2016 and that ''2008 was our third choice.'' I would be a little surprised if we have a 2008 candidate city for the U.S.'' said Kelly.
	www.cincypost.com /sports/1997/oly051597.html (490 words)

	CNN.com - London wins 2012 Olympics - Jul 6, 2005
		International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge made the announcement after IOC members voted 54-50 to eliminate the French capital in the fourth and final round of secret ballots Wednesday in Singapore.
		"The International Olympic Committee has the honor of announcing that the Games of the 30th Olympiad in 2012 are awarded to the city of London," Rogge declared after opening a sealed envelope containing the result.
		The five cities bidding to host the 2012 Summer Games delivered their final presentations ahead of the vote.
	www.cnn.com /2005/SPORT/07/06/singapore.olympics (1080 words)

	2012 bid cities to present case to Olympic officials : HindustanTimes.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Less than three months before the vote, the five cities vying for the 2012 Summer Games are getting a chance to make their pitches to a big Olympic audience.
		Paris, London, New York, Madrid and Moscow are sending high-level delegations to a conference in Berlin this weekend to present their bids to Olympic sports federations leaders.
		With more than 30 International Olympic Committee members expected to attend, the meeting offers the last major showcase for the bid cities before the session in Singapore where the host city will be selected on July 6.
	www.hindustantimes.com /news/181_1323403,00070007.htm (443 words)

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