Olympic bid
President Barack Obama was in the comfort of his private quarters on Air Force One somewhere over the Atlantic when he got the news.
TOKYO - Its bid tainted by the perceived tepid support of its citizens, Tokyo failed to bring the Olympics back to Japan's capital when the International Olympic Committee rejected it in the second round of voting to choose the 2016 Games.
COPENHAGEN - Chicago lobbyist US President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle Obama were upstaged by a passionate Rio de Janeiro bid urging the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to bring the Olympics to South America for the first time in 2016.
