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Every four years with the Olympics, municipalities compete to host the winter and summer games and virtually always plunge their cities and sometimes even their home countries into massive debt and insolvency. _____ Subscribe to our YouTube channel: http://youtube.com/reasontv Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Reason.Magazine/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/reason Subscribe to our podcast at iTunes: https://goo.gl/az3a7a Reason is the planet's leading source of news, politics, and culture from a libertarian perspective. Go to reason.com for a point of view you won't get from legacy media and old left-right opinion magazines. _____ Why? Because host cities inevitably spend double or more over initial estimates, fewer people show up than expected, and the International Olympic Committee, or IOC, takes bigger and bigger cuts of TV and other revenue streams. Sports economist Andrew Zimbalist says that a typical Summer Olympics generates up to $6 billion in revenue, at least half of which goes to the IOC. Winter Games generate even less money despite often being more expensive to host than Summer Games. Cities routinely claim that whatever money they spend on new facilities will stimulate the local economy for decades to come. With the recent announcement that Paris will host the 2024 Summer Games and Los Angeles will host the 2028 Summer Games, here are five cities that got fucked by hosting the Olympics. Athens, Greece, 2004. Athens is the birthplace of the ancient games that inspired today's modern municipal money pits. Its 2004, Games cost $16 billion, or 10 times the original estimate. By 2010, more than half the venues built for the event were underused, completely empty, or literally falling apart. Sochi, Russia, 2014. At $50 billion, the Sochi Winter Games cost more than all previous Winter Olympics combined, paid for by a dwindling supply of Russian petro dollars and gold bullion. Boris Nemtsov documented that $21 billion went to "embezzlement and kickbacks" for businessmen friends of Vladimir Putin. Nemtsov was later assassinated. Rio de Janiero, Brazil, 2016. Plagued by low ticket sales partly due to the outbreak of the Zika virus, the Rio games ended up costing $20 billion rather than the $13 billion backers claimed. The Olympics were hosted on the heels of the 2014 World Cup, which also cost a ton of loot, and the showplace Maracana stadium, which got a $500 million makeover, was "largely abandoned" soon after the games and had thousands of seats ripped out by vandals. Beijing, China, 2008. The Beijing Games cost $42 billion, a record at the time, even though Amnesty International charged that the Chinese government used forced labor to build many of the venues. The IOC didn't mind the stratospheric costs or crackdowns on dissent, though: It awarded Beijing the 2022 Winter Games. Montreal, Canada, 1976. The mayor of Montreal declared that the Olympics "can no more have a deficit than a man can have a baby." Unfortunately, it took Montreal 30 years to pay off its debt just for the main stadium built for the 1976 Summer Games. If there's good news here, it's that cities seem to be wising up: Paris and Los Angeles were the only two cities to bid on the 2024 Olympic Games and IOC was so anxious that there wouldn't be enough applications for 2028, that it pre-emptively awarded it to LA. But just like with professional sports teams that extort tax dollars and subsidies for stadiums that never pay back their inflated costs, it's likely the Olympics will keep finding new suckers for one of the oldest scams in sports. Produced by Todd Krainin. Written and narrated by Nick Gillespie, and based on an article by Ed Krayewski. Camera by Jim Epstein.
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Every Olympic city on a map. This video features all the locations of the summer Olympics since the first Olympics in Athens 1896. The world wars caused some of the Olympics to be cancelled: 1916 in Berlin, 1940 in Tokyo and 1944 in London. London and Athens are the only cities which have had the honor to host 3 olympic games. Los Angeles, Tokyo and Paris all had the honor of hosting the games two times. The continents of Africa and South America never held Olympic games. However that is about to change for the latter in 2016 when they will be in Rio de Janeiro.
The Olympics are a terrible investment and a huge risk for the host city. Following is a transcript of the video. Cities pay billions of dollars to host the Olympics. But is it worth it? Rio estimated the 2016 Olympics would cost $3 billion. Instead, the final cost was closer to $13 billion. The city had to cut healthcare and police spending to afford it. This is what the venues look like just 1 year later. Host cities hope the increased tourism will be worth it and that the new venues will be used long after the games. However, the costs frequently go over estimates. Russia estimated the Sochi games would cost $12 billion. Instead, the final cost was around $50 billion. Many oligarchs contributed money to cover the buildout. Russia wound up making just $53 million on the endeavor. China spent over $40 billion on the 2008 Olympics. While they made a $146 million profit, this is what the stadiums look like today. To help pay for the 2006 Turin Olympics, the Italian government launched a scratch-off lottery game. Ultimately, the city lost $3.2 million hosting the Olympics. Today, its Olympic Village is used to house refugees. The 2004 Olympics cost Greece around $11 billion. Many of the stadiums are in disrepair today. With runaway budgets and stadiums that may never be used again, the Olympics continue to be a big risk for any city to host. -------------------------------------------------- Follow BI Video on Twitter: http://bit.ly/1oS68Zs Follow BI on Facebook: http://bit.ly/1W9Lk0n Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/ -------------------------------------------------- Business Insider is the fastest growing business news site in the US. Our mission: to tell you all you need to know about the big world around you. The BI Video team focuses on technology, strategy and science with an emphasis on unique storytelling and data that appeals to the next generation of leaders – the digital generation.
It's no secret that it's a pricey pain to host the Olympic Games, running billions of dollars above the estimated budget. As the International Olympic Committee receives fewer bids with each problematic games, the future of the tradition is looking unsure. We spoke with Smith College Professor of Economics Andrew Zimbalist on the matter. He should know, he's written about the Olympic issues in Circus Maximus, No Boston Olympics, and Rio 2016. -------------------------------------------------- Follow Business Insider on Twitter: https://twitter.com/businessinsider Follow BI on Facebook: http://bit.ly/1W9Lk0n Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/ -------------------------------------------------- Business Insider is the fastest growing business news site in the US. Our mission: to tell you all you need to know about the big world around you. The BI Video team focuses on technology, strategy and science with an emphasis on unique storytelling and data that appeals to the next generation of leaders – the digital generation.
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There are just two days left before the Summer Olympics get underway in Rio. A recent survey found 63 percent of Brazilians think hosting the games is doing more harm than good, which is quite a shift in attitude from when Rio first got the games. Ben Tracy reports why some believe the financial risk of playing host is not worth the reward.
Hosting the Olympics is an expensive proposition. Cost varies according to hosts, but even a games on a tight budget like London cost $10 billion dollars, though that’s nothing compared to the $44 billion dollar price tag for Beijing’s games or $51 billion dollars for Sochi. Olympic boosters will say the costs are worth it, while skeptics will say the money and effort is better spent directly helping its citizens. I’m going to discuss some of the tradeoffs associated with hosting the Olympics and tell you why I think only six cities should host the games from here on out: Calgary, Rio, Turin, Cape Town, PyeongChang, and Sydney. Resources on this topic: "Impacts of the Olympic Games as Mega-Events" by Malfas, et. al https://opus.lib.uts.edu.au/bitstream/2100/993/1/muen.157.3.209.49461.pdf "Urban development through hosting international events: a history of the Olympic Games" by Chalkley and Essex "Predicting the Costs and Benefits of Mega Sporting Events: Misjudgement of Olympic Proportions?" by Barclay http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1468-0270.2009.01896.x/full "Why Nobody Wants to Host the 2022 Winter Olympics" Time Magazine http://time.com/3462070/olympics-winter-2022/ "After the Party: What Happens When the Olympics Leave Town" Independent https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/olympics/after-the-party-what-happens-when-the-olympics-leave-town-901629.html "Of 21 Winter Olympic Cities, Many May Soon Be Too Warm to Host the Games" New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/01/11/climate/winter-olympics-global-warming.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=photo-spot-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0 "Ghosts of Olympics Past" Reuters https://www.reuters.com/news/picture/ghosts-of-olympics-past-idUSRTR30UOB#a=1 "Olympics: In rarity for Games, Pyeongchang preparations run smoothly" Kyodo News https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2018/01/99bed44905f6-olympics-in-rarity-for-games-pyeongchang-preparations-run-smoothly.html "Permanent Olympic Site Would Address Growing Costs, Host Issues, Advocates Say" International Business Times http://www.ibtimes.com/permanent-olympic-site-would-address-growing-costs-host-issues-advocates-say-2040806 Photo sources: Burbex.org. See their article on Beijing's abandoned venues here: https://burbex.org/2016/09/30/white-water-dreams-olympic-kayaking-course-beijing-grade-b/ Wikimedia Commons contributors: - Alexander Kachkaev - Amadalvarez - Andre Motta/Brasil 2016 - Charlie Fong - David Iliff - Hpnx9420 - Jonathan Pope - Jpmpham - Kristof Verslype - MarylandPride - Mwanner - Paolo Costa Baldi - Richard Giles - Sander van Ginkel - Sergi Larripa - SLC_byggekloss - Supermoving Produced in sunny Sacramento, California.
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List of All Time Winter Olympic Games Host Cities | Discover The World: Olympics / Sports / IOC https://www.facebook.com/thetreeofknowledge/ There have been 29 Summer Olympic Games held in 23 different cities, and 22 Winter Olympic Games held in 19 different cities. In addition, three summer and two winter editions of the Games were scheduled to take place but later cancelled due to war: Berlin (summer) in 1916; Helsinki (summer) and Garmisch-Partenkirchen (winter) in 1940; and London (summer) and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy (winter) in 1944. The 1906 Summer Olympics were officially sanctioned and held in Athens. In 1949, the International Olympic Committee (IOC), decided to unrecognize the 1906 Games.[1] Three cities have been chosen by the IOC to host upcoming Olympic Games: Pyeongchang for the 2018 Winter Olympics, Tokyo for the 2020 Summer Olympics, and Beijing for the 2022 Winter Olympics. In 2022, Beijing will become the only city that has held both the summer and winter Olympic Games. Seven cities have hosted the Olympic Games more than once: Athens (1896 and 2004 Summer Olympics), Paris (1900 and 1924 Summer Olympics), London (1908, 1948 and 2012 Summer Olympics), St. Moritz (1928 and 1948 Winter Olympics), Lake Placid (1932 and 1980 Winter Olympics), Los Angeles (1932 and 1984 Summer Olympics), and Innsbruck (1964 and 1976 Winter Olympics). Tokyo will join this list upon hosting the 2020 Summer Olympics, having previously hosted the summer games of 1964. In addition, Stockholm hosted the 1912 Summer Olympics and the equestrian portion of the 1956 Summer Olympics.[d] London became the first city to have hosted three Games with the 2012 Summer Olympics. The United States has hosted a total of eight Olympic Games, more than any other country, followed by France with five editions. Canada, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the United Kingdom have each hosted three Games. List of All TimeWinter Olympic Games Host Cities: 1924 Chamonix France 1928 St. Moritz Switzerland 1932 Lake Placid United States 1940 and 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Nazi Germany 1944 Cortina d'Ampezzo Italy 1948 St. Moritz Switzerland 1952 Oslo Norway 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo Italy 1960 Squaw Valley United States 1964 Innsbruck Austria 1968 Grenoble France 1972 Sapporo Japan 1976 Innsbruck Austria 1980 Lake Placid United States 1984 Sarajevo Yugoslavia 1988 Calgary Canada 1992 Albertville France 1994 Lillehammer Norway 1998 Nagano Japan 2002 Salt Lake City United States 2006 Turin Italy 2010 Vancouver Canada 2014 Sochi Russia 2018 Pyeongchang South Korea 2022 Beijing China The Tree of Knowledge is a place where you can find general informations about any area of interests. Our youtube channel is presenting a series of clips wich will help you to understand the facts around you.Here you can visit every section in our channel: History: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9lkO3BS8rMQ6cun088EQnnQXwzWF5SgM Biology: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9lkO3BS8rMTeDE_5_4QPZNAcHxlZgylA Places around the world: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9lkO3BS8rMT8hkM25VDDXmS7QDUC2D2w Medical basics: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9lkO3BS8rMTzEhyuBxJHyjpcLfveyCHc Curiosities (did you know?): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9lkO3BS8rMTfbaj7wuPT5pIlst4Ny27v The full channels playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9lkO3BS8rMTnlKRKfcfZ6Uh0bxgzvn0_ Don’t forget to subscribe! List of All Time Winter Olympic Games Host Cities | Discover The World: Olympics / Sports / IOC #olympic #city #cities #host #hosts #alltime #winter #games #olympicgames #discover #Sochi #Pyeongchang #Beijing #sport #sports
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As preparations for the 2016 summer games continue in Rio, cities from all over the world are passing on the chance to host the 2022 winter games. Elizabeth Palmer reports.
Host city for the 2020 Summer Olympic Games -- that's the prize awaiting one of the three candidate cities, Istanbul (Turkey), Tokyo (Japan) and Madrid (Spain), as they make their presentations for the first time to members of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on 3 and 4 July 2013 in Lausanne, Switzerland. For more canoe, kayak and paddle sport news visit http://www.sportscene.tv
The Executive Board (EB) of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) unanimously agreed that Oslo (Norway), Almaty (Kazakhstan) and Beijing (China)* would progress from the Applicant City Phase to the Candidate City Phase in the bid to host the Olympic Winter Games 2022.
The Olympics are upon us yet again, and there’s plenty to get caught up in: Zika, sewage-ridden water, glistening pectorals, and — right, yes — the red-blooded glory of nationalistic athletic competition. But we’re here to highlight the real hot issue here: Urban development and public infrastructure! For all the controversy over the Games’ hefty price tag, past Olympics have brought some marked improvement to cities’ transit and livability — and some downsides, too. Watch our video above to learn more.
There are many reasons why hosting the Olympic Games is attractive to a city or country. The expectations that the event will have a positive impact, both tangible and intangible, on local communities is alive and well. From developing an underserved part of a city and expanding much-needed infrastructure to boosting the local economy and increasing tourism, hosting such a large-scale event can bring about great opportunities. However, cost overruns, questions over resource use and perceived corruption among other challenges have left some populations hesitant about their city’s bid to host the Olympic Games. This session will seek to examine the arguments for and against hosting the Olympic Games, and shine a light on the real experiences, both challenging and inspiring, faced by organisers from past and upcoming Games. Moderator: Sonali Shah, Broadcaster and Journalist, United Kingdom - Mariana Behr, Former Head of Engagement and Education, Rio 2016, Brazil - Lord Paul Deighton, Former CEO, London 2012, United Kingdom - Chris Dempsey, Co-Founder, No Boston Olympics, United States - John Furlong OC, OBC, President and CEO, Vancouver 2010, Canada - Shu’an Yang, Vice President, Beijing 2022, China
With billions of dollars wasted and unused venues in several other Olympic cities, many countries are no longer willing to host the games. But L.A. wants it bad.
The race to win the right to host the 2024 Summer Olympics is officially under way. Los Angeles, Paris and Budapest have made their first public presentations in advance of next September's decisive vote. Al Jazeera’s Andy Richardson reports.
Next stop: Tokyo! The Winter Olympics in PyeongChang just had their closing ceremony and that means the world turns it's attention to Japan. The Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympic Games are 2 years away, and here is what we know right now. ▶︎ WHEN ARE THE TOKYO 2020 OLYMPIC GAMES? July 24, 2020 to August 9, 2020 ▶︎ The New National Stadium It's built on the same site as the 1964 Olympic Stadium. Designed by Kengo Kuma, it's a very natural design surrounded by a lot of trees and parks. ▶︎ The Venues: There are 34 Venues separated into 2 zones. ▶︎ Heritage and Tokyo Bay: The Heritage zone is where the 1964 Olympics took place. Tokyo Bay is where the aquatics center, BMX and Skateboard course will be as well as other event. There are 12 events outside of these zones including foot / soccer, baseball, basketball. ▶︎ Ticket Prices for Tokyo 2020 Olympics: The average ticket price will be 7,700 yen ($72) and the opening and closing ceremonies will be between 25,000 yen ($235) and 150,000 yen ($1,400). Tickets will be sold online and at designated ticket centers in Tokyo. There are 33 sports for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics including 5 new ones: Aquatics, Archery, Athetics, Badminton, Baseball / Softball, Basketball, Boxing, Canoeing, Cycling, Equestrian, Fencing, Field Hockey, Football / Soccer, Golf, Gymnastics, Handball, Judo, Karate Modern pentathlon, Rowing, Rugby sevens, Sailing, Shooting, Skateboarding, Sport climbing, Surfing, Table tennis, Taekwondo, Tennis, Triathlon, Volleyball, Weightlifting, Wrestling Within these sports, there are 324 events. Football / soccer actually starts 2 days before the opening ceremonies. URL: https://tokyo2020.org/en/ ★ ONLY in JAPAN on instagram: http://instagram.com/onlyinjapantv Music credits: "Running Fanfare" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Enter the Party by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100240 Artist: http://incompetech.com/
Another city dropped their bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics. The IOC will make their final selection on September 13th.
Boston has made the United States Olympic Committee's "short list" of cities to potentially host the 2024 Summer Olympics. The USOC made the announcement Friday afternoon. WBZ-TV's Jim Smith reports. Read more recent News stories: http://cbsboston.com SUBSCRIBE TO THE CBS BOSTON YOUTUBE CHANNEL: https://www.youtube.com/user/CBSBostonWBZ
International Olympic Committee announced that seven cities have confirmed interest in hosting the 2026 Winter Games. Canada's Calgary, Austria's Graz, Swedish capital Stockholm, Sion in Switzerland, Turkey's Erzurum, Japan's Sapporo and a joint bid from Italy's Cortina d'Ampezzo, Milan and Turin are all in the initial process. Executive Director of IOC Olympic Games Christophe Dubi informed the same. The cities will now enter a dialogue stage until October when the IOC will invite an unspecified number of them to take part in the one-year candidature phase. Subscribe to Times Of India's Youtube channel here: http://goo.gl/WgIatu Also Subscribe to Bombay Times Youtube Channel here: http://goo.gl/AdXcgU Social Media Links: Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/TimesofIndia Twitter : https://twitter.com/timesofindia Google + : https://plus.google.com/u/0/+timesindia/posts
SHOTLIST 1. Wide shot pan of audience at presentation 2. Convention sign 3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Bertrand Delanoe, Paris Mayor "This is the third time in the last 20 years Paris has been bidding. We have always tried, in the true competitive spirit, to improve our performance. This is why Paris 2012 has been conceived not only for the athletes but by the athletes." 4. Video presentation of Paris bid 5. Audience 6. SOUNDBITE: (English) Mike Bloomberg, New York Mayor "When I became Mayor four years ago our cities was shaken, but like the athlete that falls and gets back up, New Yorkers are more determined than ever - determined to remain the most open city in the world, to welcome people from everywhere and to be even stronger than before. We know nothing can help us achieve this more powerfully than sport." 7. Video clip of New York bid 8. SOUNDBITE: (English) Yuri Luzhkov, Moscow Mayor "Moscow is a surprising city, we are one of the fastest growing city economies in the world. We have one of the most efficient public transport systems in the world. We are also a city totally and passionately devoted to sport. Moscow is ready to host 2012 games. (tight out) 9. Video presentation of Moscow bid 10. SOUNDBITE: (English) Ken Livingstone, London Mayor "What this passion (for sport) would mean for you, at a London games is simple. Venues full of enthusiastic fans and knowledgeable fans too, imbued with a sense of fair play. 11. Video presentation of London bid 12. SOUNDBITE: (English) Alberto Ruiz-Gallardon, Madrid mayor "Madrid is committed to sport, it is committed to the Olympic spirit, it is committed to the future. Madrid wants the Olympic Games. It needs them but not only to leave behind a very important legacy for the future generations but also to contribute to the development of the Olympic movement." 13. Video presentation of Madrid bid 14. Wide shot audience at presentation STORYLINE Less than three months before the vote, the five cities bidding for the 2012 Summer Olympic games, got a chance to make their pitches to a big Olympic audience in Berlin. Paris, New York, Moscow, London and Madrid did send a high-level delegation to a conference in the German capital this weekend to present their bids to Olympic sports federation leaders. With more than 30 International Olympic Committee members present, the meeting offers the last major showcase for the bid cities before the session in Singapore where the host city will be selected on July 6. Each city has been allotted 10 minutes to make presentations. All cities were represented by their mayor. You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/d6ea38b7f9e7a623a99d97bf60b5ab3f Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork
A newly published study states that most cities in the world will be too hot to host the summer Olympics in the near future. The list includes Tokyo, which will host the Games in 2020. The prediction, published in medical journal The Lancet, was made based on the wet-bulb globe temperature (WBGT) readings for cities big enough to hold the Games in the northern hemisphere. The WBGT measures the effect of ambient temperature, relative humidity, wind speed and solar radiation on humans. When the WBGT temperature exceeds 77 degrees Fahrenheit, athletes competing outdoors may begin to experience heat stress. The reason is that high humidity reduces the rate at which perspiration evaporates and cools the body. According to Reuters, scientists predict that cities bid cities for the 2020 Olympics, Istanbul and Madrid, as well as host, Tokyo, will be too hot to host the games in 2085. Contenders for 2024 Summer Olympics, Rome, Paris, Budapest and Los Angeles, would also be unfit to host the games six decades from now. The study concludes that by 2085, only a few cities would have climates suitable for for the summer games. These include Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dublin, Belfast, Calgary, Vancouver and San Francisco. ----------------------------------------­­---------------------------------------­-­---------------- Next Animation Studio’s News Direct service provides daily, high-quality, informative 3D news animations that fill in for missing footage and help viewers understand breaking news stories or in-depth features on science, technology, and health. Sign up for a free trial of News Direct's news animations at http://newsdirect.nextanimation.com.tw/Reuters.aspx To subscribe to News Direct or for more info, please visit: http://newsdirect.nextanimation.com.tw/Index.aspx
(6 Jul 2005) SHOTLIST APTN 6 July 2005 - Madrid 1. Various crowd watching bid announcement on huge television screen with UPSOUND (English) "Madrid will not participate in the next round." 2. Crowd sighs in disappointment 3. Pan across crowd 4. Couple hug each other 5. Various close up disappointed faces 6. UPSOUND (Spanish) Vox Pop Woman "What a bummer" 7. Boy holding Spanish flag 8. Disappointed man 9. Various of crowd 10. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Vox Pop Man "I think it's political because France and England have lots of power. If we'd reached the final we would have won. (Q: Are you disappointed?) 11. Girl holding flag APTN 6 July 2005 - New York City 12. Various crowd watching bid announcement on huge television screen with UPSOUND (English) "The city of New York will not participate in the next round." 13. Disappointed crowd pan across to journalists with UPSOUND (English) "Ladies and gentleman New York City has been eliminated from the competition." 14.Various of disappointed man holding his head 15. SOUNDBITE (English) Vox Pop of Man "No other city demonstrates that eight million people, such a diverse culture can live in such a small environment. And I'm really disappointed but it happens." 16. SOUNDBITE (English) Vox Pop of Man "I think they made a good try of coming back, you can't knock a good man down. They're going to keep coming and fighting and so hopefully New York can come on back in about four years." 17. Close up disappointed man APTN 6 July 2005 - Moscow 18. Stage with sign reading: "Moscow 2012" 19. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Vox Pop Woman ''It does not matter so much. We''ll all just watch it on television instead. We are not so disappointed. '' 20. Wideshot crowds 21. Crowds and stage at Red Square and Kremlin APTN 6 July 2005 - Paris 22. Paris city hall as people listen to announcement 23. Crowd sighs when London win is announced 25. SOUNDBITE (French) Vox Pop Man: "There is a feeling of sadness - it's little bit like a big moment has failed. We have been waiting for games for 21 years. If not now then maybe 2042. After Britain unites with the United States." 26. Disappointed man holding French flag 28. People sitting under Paris 2012 sign STORYLINE Crowds in Madrid, New York, Moscow and Paris were disappointed with Wednesday's announcement by the IOC that rival London had been selected to host the 2012 Olympics, to take the games back to the British capital for the first time since 1948. Moscow, New York and Madrid were eliminated in the first three rounds, allowing London to beat its cross-Channel opponent Paris on the fourth ballot of the International Olympic Committee vote. Paris had been the front-runner throughout the campaign, but London picked up momentum in the late stages with strong support from Prime Minister Tony Blair. London's victory handed Paris a third stinging Olympic defeat in 20 years, following failed bids for the 1992 and 2008 Olympics. Paris hasn't hosted the games since 1924. "There is a feeling of sadness - it's little bit like a big moment has failed. We have been waiting for games for 21 years. If not now then maybe 2042. After Britain unites with the United States," said one disappointed Paris-backer. The race had been considered too close to call as an unprecedented collection of world leaders and sports celebrities converged on Singapore to lobby for the bids. Moscow was always considered the longshot, with New York and Madrid outsiders, but patriots believed their cities would win the opportunities to host the games regardless of the bookmakers. "You can't knock a good man down," said one of the New York fans. "Hopefully New York can come on back in about four years." You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/6ddb9fa918b8cd2429ff363844c9f693 Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork