Chicago Reaction
Many U. S. news outlets seemed shocked when Chicago was eliminated in the first round. It was also a loss for many inside the White House, reports Anne E. Lonblut of the Washington Post.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/02/AR2009100202779.html?hpid=topnews
Washington political columnist Jo-Ann Armao says "Don't Blame Obama"
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/postpartisan/2009/10/dont_blame_obama_on_olympics.html
In Chicago, Cook County Commissioner Peter Silvestri told the Chicago Sun-Times, “This is so anti-climactic. It’s really a tragedy. It would have been so great for the city."
http://www.suntimes.com/sports/olympics/1802993,chicagoans-reaction.article
Chicago Tribune reporter Rick Pearson comments about the political effects for President Obama and Chicago Mayor Daley
http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/clout_st/2009/10/olympic-sized-loss-of-political-face-for-obama-and-daley.html
A Chicago Tribune editorial says Chicago should be proud of its effort to win the 2016 Summer Olympics
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chicagoolympics/chi-091002chicago-loses-olympics-editorial,0,4298088.story
USA Today reports on reactions from U.S sports officials and Olympic athletes
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/2009-10-02-usa-2016-reaction_N.htm
Chicago radio station WBEZ reports on reactions from the city’s Japanese-American community
http://www.wbez.org/Content.aspx?audioID=37200#
An article in the Detroit Free Press says Detroit, with its own numerous unsuccessful bids for the Olympics, can sympathize with Chicago
http://www.freep.com/article/20091002/BLOG36/91002030/1003/NEWS01/Don-t-fret-Chicago--Detroit-feels-your-pain
Madrid Reaction
Thousands gathered in the Plaza de Oriente to watch the vote.
http://www.20minutos.es/noticia/532157/0/pantalla/gigante/oriente/
The festive mood turned to disappointment when Rio, according to the London Telegraph
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/olympics/6256044/Pain-in-Spain-as-Madrid-loses-2016-Olympic-vote-to-Rio-de-Janeiro-at-the-last.html
Italy expresses interest in bidding for the 2020 Summer Olympics after Madrid’s 2016 bid fell short
http://in.reuters.com/article/worldOfSport/idINIndia-42875820091002
Tokyo Reaction
A few hundred Tokyo 2016 supporters watched the vote at the landmark Tokyo Tower. After Chicago was eliminated, there was a brief glimmer of hope that Tokyo would pull off an upset before the city was eliminated minutes later in the second round of voting.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/olympics/6255800/Tokyo-disappointment-after-2016-Olympic-Games-snub.html
The Japan Times report on the IOC vote
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20091003a1.html
Written by Greg Oshust and Sam Steinberg.
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