Rio Will Host The 2016 Summer Olympics

The the International Olympic Committee chose Rio de Janeiro, putting the games in South America for the first time.

By: Jamie Burch | WKRG
Published: October 02, 2009

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(AP) - The 2016 Olympics are going to Rio de Janeiro,
putting the games in South America for the first time.
Rio beat surprise finalist Madrid in the last round of voting.
Chicago was knocked out in the first round - in one of the most
shocking defeats ever handed down by the International Olympic
Committee - and Tokyo was eliminated in the second round.
Rio had played heavily on the fact that South America has never
previously hosted the games, while Europe, Asia and North America
have done so repeatedly. Now, only Africa and Antarctica remain as
continents that have not been awarded an Olympics.

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