| #11 - Posted 2 October 2009, 4:15 PM | |
Location: Dominican Republic, la Romana Join date: April 2008 Member #: 594 Posts: 842 | RE: Glad to see Chicago lost Olympic Bid Yes I agree that some of the factors against the bid from USA were the problems gaining visas and entering the country ,the dreadful problems with transport at the Atlanta Olympics and the fact that the USA has had the games quite a few times in the last 2 decades ..Most of the delegates from countries have been in the past involved in Olympic games and most sportsmen have a desire to separate sport from politics and I would like to see the presentations of bids free from any politician speaking or for that matter any King .. With the next Olympics in London and many before in the USA, and recently one in China ,I think it was difficult to ignore the bid from Rio which promises to have the most fun games in history ,,a reporters words,not mine |
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| #12 - Posted 2 October 2009, 4:42 PM | |
Location: United States, Chicago Join date: March 2009 Member #: 2300 Posts: 3116 | RE: Glad to see Chicago lost Olympic Bid Quote: Ricardolito previously said: Yes I agree that some of the factors against the bid from USA were the problems gaining visas and entering the country ,the dreadful problems with transport at the Atlanta Olympics and the fact that the USA has had the games quite a few times in the last 2 decades ..Most of the delegates from countries have been in the past involved in Olympic games and most sportsmen have a desire to separate sport from politics and I would like to see the presentations of bids free from any politician speaking or for that matter any King .. With the next Olympics in London and many before in the USA, and recently one in China ,I think it was difficult to ignore the bid from Rio which promises to have the most fun games in history ,,a reporters words,not mine What about the high crime rate in Rio? Pick your wallet time |
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