London Beats Paris to Win 2012 Olympic Games Bid
By CRIS PRYSTAY and DAVID PRINGLE Staff Reporters of
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
July 6, 2005 1:43 p.m.
London won the right to host the 2012 Olympic Games, beating out Paris by just four votes in one of the closest Olympic races in recent history.
In a heartfelt appeal led by an Olympian, Lord Sebastian Coe, the London bid team pitched their city to International Olympic Committee members as a platform to inspire children from all over the world to take up sports. While New York, Madrid, Moscow and three-time bidder Paris produced slick videos that showcased their cities as an ideal location for the Olympics, London's video depicted a boy in Africa watching the 2012 Games, then competing in a future Olympics; likewise, a young girl from Russia and a young boy from Latin America. The appeal struck home, and London beat out Paris by a vote of 54 to 50.
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
July 6, 2005 1:43 p.m.
London won the right to host the 2012 Olympic Games, beating out Paris by just four votes in one of the closest Olympic races in recent history.
In a heartfelt appeal led by an Olympian, Lord Sebastian Coe, the London bid team pitched their city to International Olympic Committee members as a platform to inspire children from all over the world to take up sports. While New York, Madrid, Moscow and three-time bidder Paris produced slick videos that showcased their cities as an ideal location for the Olympics, London's video depicted a boy in Africa watching the 2012 Games, then competing in a future Olympics; likewise, a young girl from Russia and a young boy from Latin America. The appeal struck home, and London beat out Paris by a vote of 54 to 50.
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