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After Beijing, see you in London
(China Daily)
Updated: 2005-07-07 06:04
The tan-suited London delegates in the convention hall leaped out of their
seats, arms raised in jubilation and cheering wildly.
In London, crowds cheered and waved flags as they watched the announcement
from Singapore on a giant screen in Trafalgar Square, and in the east London
area where the main Olympic complex will be based.
People react after London was awarded the 2012
Olympics, in the Paris townhall, Wednesday July 6, 2005.
[AP] | In Paris, a hush fell over a crowd of
thousands of Parisians gathered expectantly outside City Hall yesterday as rival
London defeated the French capital.
Many looked stunned. Some cupped their faces in their hands; others stood
silently watching scenes of jubilation erupting in the British capital from TV
screens.
The results of the first three rounds came as no surprise. Moscow was always
considered the longhshot, with New York and Madrid outsiders. Moscow went out
with 15 votes in the first round, New York dropped out next with 16, then Madrid
with 31.
Paris had the perceived advantage of bidding for a third
time, as the IOC tends to reward persistence. The French capital also had a
ready-to-go Olympic stadium in the Stade de France and embraced the IOC's
blueprint for controlling the size and cost of the games.
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