IOC welcomes presidents

September 30th, 2009

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, second left, is greeted by members of the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympic bid team, including Pele, left, after arriving at Copenhagen's Kastrup Airport, Wednesday Sept. 30, 2009. Rio de Janeiro is competing with Chicago, Madrid and Tokyo for the right to host the 2016 Summer Olympic Games. The IOC will choose the winning city in a vote on Friday Oct. 2 in Copenhagen. (AP Photo/POLFOTO, Claus Bjoern Larsen)AP - Senior IOC members suggest the proven winning tactic of bringing top politicians to lobby for Olympic bids could be reaching an end.




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