So it’s been announced that the 2016 Olympics will be held in Rio, in Brazil. That’s fantastic news for the country, will be a real boost and I strongly support that decision.
I also strongly support the games being denied Chicago. The Olympics is supposed to be about international spirit – America is a closed, unfriendly country where foreigners are unwelcome and distrusted, and its disingenuous bid deserved to be discarded in the first round.
Tokyo would have been cool but they didn’t have much of a chance, since it was Beijing just last year. Madrid was the other strong contender, and I hope they (and Tokyo) try again for 2020.
Looking forward now to seeing what architecture and infrastructure Rio pulls out for 2016. I’m much more of a fan of the preparations for the games than the games themselves!
update: removed the fruits of my time-wasting. Tsk!