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Olympics – Carlos Nuzman – The Father Of Rio 2016
Dignitaries and representatives from four countries, US, Spain, Brazil and Japan were galore in the Bella Center Convention Center, Copenhagen, Denmark; eagerly awaiting the announcement of Jacques Rogge, the President of the International Olympic Association at 1830 hours as to who would host the 2016 Summer Olympics; Bella center was buzzing with activities; the final process of selecting the venue through voting by the 97 members out of 106 members of IOC, was on for the four candidate cities, Chicago, US, Madrid, Spain, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil and Tokyo, Japan. The center witnessed hectic parleys and diplomatic activities to woo the members to vote for their country.
Each of the four countries had its own motives and ambitions seeking its bid to host the Summer Olympics of 2016.While US under the leadership of its President Obama, tried its best to win the bid for Chicago, who led his country’s delegation all the way from US to Denmark and by making his brief speech for eight minutes before the IOC members. The underlying motive was to do something for the ailing economy.
The delegation from Spain was led by its King, the Mayor of Madrid Alberto Ruiz Gallardin and the Octogenarian Honorary life member of IOC, Mr. Samaranch, to bat for Madrid.
The delegation from Brazil was led by its President Lula along with other eminent sport persons including the football legend Pele.
The delegation from Japan was led by the Japanese Prime Minister, Yukio Hatoyama and the Governor of Tokyo Shintaro Ishiharo and a number of former Olympic Champions.
Yardsticks for selection of a candidate city as host:
IOC members before launching the final bidding process prepares an evaluation report about each candidate city whose country has applied for the bid. The criteria for evaluating a country are based on the following factors:-
1) The Government support,
2) The legal issues and the public opinion,
3)General Infrastructure,
4) sport venues,
5) Olympic village,
6) environment condition and its impact,
7) accommodation,
Transport concept,
9) safety and security,
10) experience from past sport events and
11) finance.
On the basis of the above mentioned criteria, the list of candidate cities was short listed from 7 to 4.
The Bidding Process:
Though the final selection of venue might have been slated to 2, October, 2009, the method of selecting the host from amongst the candidate cities was a lengthy process.
The International Olympic Committee launched the bidding process for 2016 Olympics on May, 16, 2007.All member countries of the IOC were called for to apply for the bid.
On September, 14,2007, IOC announced a list of 7 candidate cities, Baku, Azerbaijan, Doha, Qatar, Madrid, Spain, Prague, the Czechoslovakia, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, Tokyo, Japan.
By preparing an evaluation report, on the basis of the criteria mentioned above, IOC eliminated Baku, Doha and Prague on June 5, 2008.The evaluation report was released on September, 2, 2009 and the final date of the bid was fixed on October, 2, 2009, in Copenhagen, Denmark,
On the bidding day, only 97 members out of 106 members of IOC had to elect the host through voting from the candidate cities.
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Temporary measures will also be activated once the torch had been lit. The West Coast Express will add half a dozen more weekday trips and 16 more weekend trips for an 80% capacity increase during the Games. Some 180 more buses and 30 more HandyDART vehicles will join the Metro Vancouver fleet. SeaBus and SkyTrain schedules will implement extended hours. Current parking restrictions will be enforced 24-7 in particular downtown areas. City foot traffic will increase substantially when certain roads are re-designated as pedestrian corridors. And none of these improvements will inhibit local business nor hamper residential access. Did we mention that Vancouver’s a world leader in transportation?
In the second round of election, Rio secured 46 votes, Madrid 29 and Tokyo 20. Hence, Japan had to make its exit, after the second round was over. Since, no candidate city had secured more than 50 + votes in the second round of voting, a third and final round of voting was necessitated.
In the third round of voting, the contest was narrowed between Brazil and Spain, in which Brazil scored 66 votes and Spain scored only 32 votes; thereby Rio De Janeiro became the winner candidate.
The Historic Announcement:
On 2, October,2009;1830 hours; The IOC President, Jacques Rogge made the historic announcement that Rio De Janeiro would host the summer Olympics of 2016, creating a sensation across the world and making the people of Brazil ecstatic.For the first time in the history of Olympics, Rio De Janeiro, a city of Brazil, a South American country has been chosen to host the 2016 Summer Olympics.
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