Today the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced there host city for the 2016 Summer Olympics. Chicago was one of the cities that was a candidate. In order to garner more support for the games in Chicago, Oprah and the Obamas went to Copenhagen to try and sway the committee to vote for their city. Other than Chicago, the other cities that were up for hosting the games were Tokyo, Rio de Janeiro, and Madrid.
The winner is... Rio De Janeiro. Finally a reason to party in Rio. It is sad that USA wouldn't be hosting the games but then I heard something that made me happy that Rio got the bid. This is apparently going to be the first Olympics ever in South America. I think it is a little weird that the continent has never hosted before. Everyone else has. So congratulations to them and I hope the USA will get the next one.
P.S. Come to think of it, has there ever been an Olympic games in Africa? I don't think so.
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