SWITZERLAND: The 2020 Candidate Cities Briefing for IOC Members starts on Wednesday

Record ID: 858765

  • Title: SWITZERLAND: The 2020 Candidate Cities Briefing for IOC Members starts on Wednesday
  • Date: 3rd July 2013
  • Summary: LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND (JULY 3, 2013) (REUTERS) EXTERIOR OF BEAULIEU CONGRESS CLOSE UP OF EXTRAORDINARY IOC SESSION SIGN THOMAS BACH, VICE PRESIDENT AND MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD OF THE IOC AND NG SER MIANG, SINGAPOREAN DEPUTY PRESIDENT OF IOC ARRIVING AT THE TURKISH PRESENTATION PUERTO RICAN BANKER, RICHARD CARRION ARRIVING ISTANBUL DELEGATION WITH TURKISH DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER, ALI BABACAN AND MINISTER OF YOUTH AND SPORT, SUAT KILIC ARRIVING TURKISH DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER, ALI BABACAN AND MINISTER OF YOUTH AND SPORT, SUAT KILIC ENTERING IN THE PRESENTATION ROOM HASAN ARAT, CHAIRMAN OF THE BID COMMITTEE OF ISTANBUL 2020 ARRIVING THOMAS BACH TALKING WITH IOC MEMBER AND ENTERING THE PRESENTATION ROOM SERGEI BUBKA, FORMER UKRAINIAN POLE VAULTER WHO CHAIRS THE OLYMPIC COMMITTEE OF HIS COUNTRY, ARRIVING IOC PRESIDENT, JACQUES ROGGE IN THE MEETING ROOM THOMAS BACH TALKING TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE IOC COORDINATION COMMISSION JEAN-CLAUDE KILLY WIDE SHOT OF THE PRESENTATION ROOM MOROCCAN NAWAL EL MOUTAWAKEL TALKING TO NG SER MIANG IN THE PRESENTATION ROOM TURKISH DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER, ALI BABACAN, MINISTER OF YOUTH AND SPORT, SUAT KILIC, HASAN ARAT, CHAIRMAN OF THE BID COMMITTEE OF ISTANBUL 2020 AND MEMBER OF ISTANBUL DELEGATION ENTERING THE PRESENTATION ROOM WIDE SHOT OF THE STAGE ZOOM OUT FROM HASAN ARAT AND ALI BABACAN FROM A WIDE SHOT OF THE STAGE HASAN ARAT GIVING HIS PRESENTATION SPEECH WIDE SHOT OF THE PRESENTATION ROOM
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  • Story Text: The three candidate cities bidding to host the 2020 Summer Olympic Games, Istanbul, Tokyo and Madrid, arrived in Lausanne on Wednesday (July 3) to present their plans to the entire membership of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
    An IOC report on the three cities wanting to host the 2020 Summer Olympics indicated there was no clear favourite among the bids.
    The Evaluation Commission, chaired by the IOC member in Great Britain and IOC Vice-President Sir Craig Reedie, spent four days in each candidate city earlier this year to conduct on-site inspections and carry out an assessment of the cities' Olympic Games projects.
    The election of the host city of the 2020 Olympic Games will take place on September 7 during the 125th IOC Session in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Prior to the IOC members casting their votes, the candidate cities will make their final presentations, followed by a final report by Evaluation Commission Chairman. The city that obtains an absolute majority of votes will be elected.
    The struggling Spanish economy was of no risk to Madrid, security in Turkey did not threaten Istanbul's chances and Tokyo's low public support was offset by praise for the bid's financial strength, the report said on Tuesday.
    Unlike past evaluation commission reports, there was no rating of the bid cities or overall summary which could point to a frontrunner in the race to host the world's biggest multi-sport event.
    Istanbul, bidding for the fifth time in the last six votes, received a thumbs-up for government backing, wide public support and its capability to deliver construction for the Games on time
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