Tokyo will host the 2020 Olympic
Games; this was decided by
the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in Buenos Aires. The Japanese city beat
Istanbul on the second voting when choosing what city was going to be the host
for the Games of the XXXII Olympiad.
On the first voting the Japanese capital and was the
most voted one, while Istanbul and Madrid received the same number of votes so
it took a tiebreaker in which the Turkish city won by 49-45.
It will be the second time the Games are organized in
the Japanese capital, which also hosted the 1964 edition. Japan also received
twice the Winter Games: in Sapporo in 1972 and Nagano in 1998.
Happiness and tears! In this link you will see the moment in which Jacques Rogge announces the great news
and the celebration of Japanese delegates in Buenos Aires.
On the other side of the ring, we can see the Spanish Deception: tears and disbelief
due the elimination of Madrid as a host for the 2020 Olympic Games. Those sent
to Buenos Aires and the thousands who gathered in Madrid, suffered this surprise
exit.
As
soon as the President of the International Olympic Committee Jacques Rogge confirmed that Madrid was NOT
going to be the host when they’ve lost the tiebreaker with Istanbul, the faces
of many of the hundreds of Spanish who arrived to Buenos Aires were shocked and
several could not hold back the tears.
They
expected to be chosen for once and for all, and after three frustrations, the
Spanish people simply wanted the Iberian capital to be the host. After all they’ve
hard-worked and lobbying power that the city’s unfolded in the past days, they truly
believed they were going to be the ones. Accompanied in Buenos Aires by
President Mariano Rajoy and Prince Felipe of Bourbon, the delegation received
the bad news..
I like it!
RispondiEliminaIt's raining bad news for Spain!