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Rio de Janeiro will host the 2016 Olympics after favourites Chicago suffered a crushing defeat.
The Brazilian city will become the first South American city to host the Games after an historic vote by the International Olympic Committee. IOC president Jacques Rogge, who opened the envelope containing the name of the winning city, said: "All four projects are of the highest quality - thank you for your hard work, energy and commitment. But in every competition there can only be one winner." Chicago had been the bookies' favourites to succeed London especially after US president Barack Obama flew into Copenhagen to address the IOC yesterday morning.See the full content of this document
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Historic Vote Sees Rio Win 2016 Olympics
The Obama magic did not work this ti...
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