Us president Barack Obama will likely give his adopted hometown of Chicago an edge in its bid to host the 2016 Olympics,former international Olympic committee president Juan Antonio samaranch said on Wednesday.Th re are four candidates and each one has its programme and possibilities.Obviously the presence of Barack Obama could be a positive point for Chicago's candidacy"he told AFP on this sidelines of the first edition of the global sports forum in Barcelona.in June the ioc shortlisted Chicago along with Madrid,Tokyo and Rio DE janerio as candidates for the 2016 summer games.dropping Prague,Baku and dhona in the first round of voting.
It will choose the host city in Copenhagen on October 2.Obama 's high-profile backing for Chicago's bid has raised unease in the three other cities in the race for the 2016 Olympics which fear they cannot compete with the star power of the most powerful man in the world."everything changes in life.the IOC has found a new formula which could manage to increase revenues he said.
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