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Monday 28 September 2009 8:00 pm  |  Updated:  Friday 31 May 2019 10:54 pm

Obama boost for Chicago bid

By: admindrupal

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OLYMPICS: President Barack Obama will travel to Copenhagen this week to show his support for Chicago’s bid to host the 2016 Olympic Games.
He will join his wife Michelle at the International Olympic Committee meeting in the Danish capital on Thursday.
Chicago, the favourite to land the Games, faces stiff competition from Madrid, Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo ahead of Friday’s announcement.

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