Chicago Named Finalist for 2016 Olympic Games
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Channel: Voice of America · 2008 · Sports
Last week, the International Olympic Committee met in Athens, Greece to select candidate cities for the 2016 summer Olympic and Paralympic games. The Midwestern U.S. city of Chicago is now one of four candidate cities. As VOA's Kane Farabaugh reports from Chicago, the city hopes recent improvements and environmental initiatives will help give it the edge when the IOC selects the home of the 2016 games next year.
