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Samba! Rio wins right to host the 2016 Olympics (AP)


Ron Burgundy
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capt.e70ebbbed2de48b2a8f6dea62ec3c8d3.brazil_2016_bids_xnp107.jpg?x=100&y=130&q=85&sig=ems_vTuZCfhQHSoUkawWHw--AP - Like sweet, sultry samba music, Rio hit all the right notes. Chicago had Barack Obama. Tokyo had $4 billion in the bank. Madrid had powerful friends. But none of that mattered. Rio de Janeiro had the enchanting story — of about 400 million sports-mad people on a giant untapped and vibrant continent yearning, hoping, that the Olympics finally might come to them. And the International Olympic Committee was hooked.

 

 

 

 

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