Perhaps the Nordic judges felt it was a suitable consolation after Chicago lost out to Rio DE Janeiro in its bid to host the 2016 Olympic games.

也许，北欧的裁判员们认为，这是芝加哥在投标申请2016年奥运会主办城市中败阵给里约热内卢后获得的最为合适的慰藉。

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Following her success in making her personal contribution to Beijing's bid for hosting the Olympic Games through her songs Cong Xinzhu thought this might be a perfect end to her Olympic passion.

在实现了用自己的歌声为北京申奥做贡献的夙愿以后，丛欣竹以为自己的奥运情缘也就此划上了一个句号。

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He said the move will be favorable to both China and the United States. He also expressed congratulations on China's successful bid to host the 2008 Olympic Games.

他还祝贺中国申奥成功。

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He campaigned to bring the Olympic Games to Madrid in 2012 and 2016 - but both times the Spanish capital lost its bid.

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Should London win its bid to host the 2012 Olympic Games, it will hope that someone of Mrs Blankers-Koen's prodigious talent will set the track alight.

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They seem to like Chen's declaration that Taipei may support Beijing's bid to host the 2008 Olympic Games. (Lee's government had opposed China's bid for this year's Games.) And on July 3, Xiamen Mayor Zhu Yayan invited his Kaohsiung counterpart, Frank Hsieh Chang-ting, to visit his city on the coast of Fujian province, opposite Taiwan.

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As a lifelong supporter of Tottenham Hotspur FC, (Spurs), the club that yesterday lost the bid to take over the London 20912 Olympic stadium once the games have been staged, I have deliberately refrained from making an immediate comment.

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