It was 1987 and South Korea was preparing to host the Olympic Games in Seoul.
London is now ready to host the Olympic Games, a panel of inspectors has been told.
The devastation comes as China is preparing to host the Olympic Games, which begin in Beijing on Aug. 8.
Batista was the most vocal Brazilian businessman in lobbying the Olympic Committee to choose Rio de Janeiro to host the Olympic games.
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Today, people who don't even know me gave me the greatest gift that a president could have: to host the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.
Obama's campaign has accused Romney of shifting positions on foreign policy matters and mishandling a trip to England, Israel and Poland this summer when he publicly questioned London's preparedness to host the Olympic Games and cited cultural differences as a reason for economic disparities between Israelis and Palestinians.
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As Beijing prepares to host the summer Olympic Games in less than three months, officials were quick to report that the city's dozens of Olympic venues were built to withstand earthquakes and that none had suffered damage.
The huge security operation comes as London prepares to host the 2012 Olympic Games, which open in late July.
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.
There is of course a tremendous amount of effort that goes into the marketing of a city to be a true contender for the Olympic games or to host the world EXPO.
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The controversy unfolds at a delicate time for Spain: Madrid is among the finalist to host the 2016 Summer Olympic Games, and Spanish athletes and fans have been criticized and sanctioned for actions deemed racially insensitive.
As the home to the Weymouth and Portland British National Sailing Academy it was the obvious choice to host all sailing events during the London 2012 Olympic Games.
The cost of running a modern Olympic games represents a staggering burden to the host city, and endorsement contracts are one of the best ways to offset that cost.
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It is the only city in the eastern region to be invited to host a large public screen by the London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (LOCOG).
While it is true that 92% of games revenues goes to the host and national olympic committees and some of this money is used to support athletes, this is not provided to all athletes (or even all medal-winning athletes) and is generally less than the true financial needs of the athlete.
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It would be like a double Fifa World Cup and Olympics because, apart from the main venue for the Games, Kenya would have to build at least six world-class stadiums to host the Olympic football matches alone.
Rio de Janeiro beat out Chicago, Tokyo and Madrid to become the first South American city to host the Games, something President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva made clear during his pitch to the International Olympic Committee.
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