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In response to "wow - Madrid only got 4 of the 40 votes that came up for grabs after the first and second rounds" by Roger More

So, basically, many IOC members wanted Chicago out of the way early so Rio would win. -- nm

Posted by BB (aka jbuffett) Oct 2 '09, 10:38

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I doubt it. What I suspect happened is that (broadly) the Asian countries lined up behind Tokyo, the Europeans behind Madrid, the Latin Americans - Roger More Oct 2, 10:43 3
- To your IM: The same committee rated Rio dead last. - ty97 Oct 2, 10:46 1
  - Yep - this is a good point -- nm - Roger More Oct 2, 10:52
- for countries, read 'delegates' -- nm - Roger More Oct 2, 10:44

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