By Roger Blitz
Published: September 14 2007 16:45 Last updated: September 14 2007 16:45
Published: September 14 2007 16:45 Last updated: September 14 2007 16:45
Chicago is the early frontrunner to host the 2016 summer Olympics after the International Olympic Committee on Friday unveiled a shortlist of seven cities that have entered the race.
Madrid, which came fourth in the final 2012 ballot, and Tokyo, which hosted the 1964 Games, are also in the field. The other shortlisted cities are Rio de Janeiro, Prague, Doha and Baku.
Prague and Madrid will be at a disadvantage because another European capital, London, is hosting the 2012 Games, Olympics observers say. With Beijing hosting next year’s Games, IOC members may feel less pressurised to award the 2016 Games to another Asian country like Tokyo.
Rio, which failed to make the official candidate list for the 2012 race, hosted the PanAmerican Games this summer and no South American city has ever staged the Games. But it is already hosting football’s 2014 World Cup.
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