Labels:text | screenshot | graphic design | cartoon | brochure OCR: SPORTS tions of a secret Of the five cities bidding for the pact with Man- chester that led 2 Games, Berlin and Istanbul were its European sup- considered non starters. The porters on the In- SYDNEY 2000 ternational Olym- favourite was Beijing, followed by pic Committee Sydney in second place, and (10C) to vote for Sydney in the Manchester a distant third fourth and final round of voting. did not cast their 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 present at the proceedings as he state treasury had warned the government that was imprisoned in his native Bulgaria. the state could not afford the cost of holding the Of the five cities bidding for the Games, Berlin Olympics. and Istanbul were considered non-starters. The A total of 89 favourite was Beijing, followed by Sydney in sec- members of the IOC ond place, and cast their votes in Manchester a Monte Carlo on Sep- distant third. tember 23 to decide As they en- on the venue for tered the final the 2000 Olympics. round of voting, There are, in fact, Sydney trailed 91 members on the Beijing 40 to 37. Reebok IOC but two of them Beijing, in fact,
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