Searing Heat Vetos Doha Olympics
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Chicago was among the four cities picked as finalists Wednesday for the 2016 Summer Olympics, setting the stage for a high-profile bidding contest between candidates from the United States, Europe and Asia. Also making the IOC shortlist were Madrid, Spain; Tokyo, and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Eliminated from the race were Doha, Qatar; Prague, Czech Republic, and Baku, Azerbaijan.
Doha, capital of a tiny but wealthy Arab Gulf country of about 1 million people, had loomed as the wild card as it sought to bring the Olympics to the Middle East for the first time. It cited its hosting of the 2006 Asian Games as evidence that it can handle the Olympics. Due to Qatar’s searing summer heat, Doha proposed holding the games in October, outside the IOC’s preferred time frame of July or August.
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I wish I could actually attend the olympics… but I think I wont like it… probably too crowded and noisy… not my thing… but I still wanna go π¦
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I’m a bit sad about this – I thought that Qatar’s arguments for the cultural importance of having the Olympics there (Arab World, Muslim world but with Israelis welcome to compete and attend, so all kinds of potential for productive mixing) were wonderful.
But searing hot it is … not to mention stiflingly humid!
Good for Qatar for competing to host – and for coming up with such a strong rationale (and total pity about the weather issue!).
Dubai must be over the moon with Doha’s elimination.
Disturbed, I think we have the best seats in the house when we watch it on TV.
3baid – God bless them for giving it such a great effort.
Little Diamond – I thought so, too. I love it that they gave it such a great shot. And they are sponsoring all kinds of cool things in the winter months, when it is fabulous weather.
BL, doesn’t Dubai have the same searing climate?