ocr: SPORTS tions of a secret 0f the five cities bidding for the pact with Man- chester that led Games, Berlin and stanbul were its European sup- SYDNEY 2000 considered nonstarters. The porters on the In- ternational Olym- favourite was Bei ijing, followed by pic Committee Sydney in second place, and (OC) - to vote for Manchester a distant third Sydney in the fourth and final round of voting. did not casttheir votes. IOC president Juan Anto- At the same time, documents released shortly nio Samaranch chose to remain neutral, while Ivan thereafter in New South Wales revealed that the Slavkov was not ...
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