Atlantic International Partnership Headlines: Madrid and Istanbul set to enter 2020 Olympics bidding race
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Atlantic International Partnership Headlines: Madrid and Istanbul set to enter 2020 Olympics bidding race
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com/news/183959/madrid-and-istanbul-set-to-enter-2020-olympics-biddingrace
The Spanish capital of Madrid and Istanbul in Turkey are set to join the race to host the 2020 Olympics
after the two cities moved a step closer to submitting official bids on Wednesday.
At a press conference, Madrid Mayor Alberto Ruiz-Gallardon, flanked by spokesmen for the two main
political parties in Spain, said he would present a bid proposal to city legislators for a vote on July 20.
Madrid came desperately close to securing the hosting rights in the tenders for the 2012 and 2016 Games.
Although there are serious concerns about Spain’s economy, and the country’s Sports Minister has
admitted “if this (financial downturn) did not exist, our support would have been automatic”, RuizGallardon insisted that the Games could provide a timely boost.
“Madrid has finished an extreme
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