The IOC chose Rio de Janeiro over Chicago to host the 2016 Summer Olympics, shocking and disappointing many in Chicago and the United States. This marked the first time since 1980 that the US failed in back-to-back Olympic bid attempts. While sadness reigned over the announcement, Chicagoans said they would continue working to improve the city's schools, transportation, and safety. Some also looked forward to upcoming LGBT sporting events in Chicago as a positive outcome.

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Left: Daily Plaza fountain
stained orange for the
announcement of the
Olympic Bid.
Emily Carragher
Above: The media stood
anywhere in Daily Plaza
to get a good shot of the
crowd.
''It wasn’t just
sadness that ran
rampant through
Chicago and the
United States
Oct. 2, but also
shock and dis-
belief,''
said Ross Forman.
Adrianna Baez
The IOC Didn’t Believe
Chicago’s Olympic Dreams Dashed
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and the United States Oct. 2, Chicago will be a world-class city tomorrow. that the United States has failed in consecutive
but also shock and disbelief. Although disappointment hangs in the air, this bid attempts. Los Angeles lost to Montreal in
The International Olympic Committee ( IOC) is not the time for regret, but rather to see op- 1976 and Moscow in 1980, but then was award-
eliminated Chicago in the first round of voting portunity in the incredible work that was done ed the 1984 Games when it was the only viable
to decide the site of the 2016 Summer Olym- across Chicago over the past months. candidate bidding.
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Jessica Peker
Above: Support for
Chicago’s candidacy
continued even after their
elimination.
Left: Photo of two Loyola
University students as
they walk down Wash-
ington Avenue saddened
by the news of Chicago’s
elimination from the 2016
Olympics.
Right: Chicagoans filled
the Mayor Daley Center
this Friday waiting with
excitement and in hope
for Chicago to be the host
of the 2016 Olympics.
Genesis Emery Ruth Chan