Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva cries beside President of Rio 2016 Bid Committee Carlos Arthur Nuzman (L) and Governor of the State of Rio de Janeiro Sergio Cabral (R) at the press conference after Rio won the right to host the 2016 Olympic games, on October 2, 2009 in Copenhagen. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) voted in Rio as the 2016 Summer Olympic city today after a final round battle in Copenhagen. Getty Images logo Getty Images 1 month ago

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva cries beside President of Rio 2016 Bid Committee Carlos Arthur Nuzman (L) and Governor of the State of Rio de Janeiro Sergio Cabral (R) at the press conference after Rio won the right to host the 2016 Olympic games, on October 2, 2009 in Copenhagen. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) voted in Rio as the 2016 Summer Olympic city today after a final round battle in Copenhagen.

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  1. French President Nicolas Sarkozy (R) gives a press conference flanked by Brazilian minister Dilma Roussef prior to a meeting with his Brazilian counterpart Luis Ignacio Lula da Silva (not pictured) on November 14, 2009 at the Elysee presidential Palace in Paris. Lula arrived in Europe on November 14 to attend a UN food agency meeting in Rome and discuss climate change and military jets in Paris, to boost Brazil's air force's capabilities of patrolling the Amazon and offshore oil fields.
  2. Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva delivers a speech during an agreement sign ceremony with Israel's President Shimon Peres at Itamaraty Palace in Brasilia, on November 11, 2009. Peres is on four-day official visit to Brazil.
  3. Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva delivers a speech during an attends an agreement sign ceremony with Israel's President Shimon Peres (out of frame) at Itamaraty Palace in Brasilia, on November 11, 2009. Peres is on four-day official visit to Brazil.
  4. Brazilian President Lula da Silva delivers his keynote speech at the London 'FT Investing in Brazil Summit' in central London, on November 5, 2009. Brazilian President Lula Inacio da Silva arrived in Britain Wednesday for a two-day visit to drum up investment and have an audience with Queen Elizabeth II. Lula also met Prime Minister Gordon Brown and will receive an award from the prestigious Chatham House think-tank for making 'the most significant contribution to the improvement of international relations' over the past year.
  5. Brazilian President Lula da Silva delivers his keynote speech at the London 'FT Investing in Brazil Summit' in central London, on November 5, 2009. Brazilian President Lula Inacio da Silva arrived in Britain Wednesday for a two-day visit to drum up investment and have an audience with Queen Elizabeth II. Lula also met Prime Minister Gordon Brown and will receive an award from the prestigious Chatham House think-tank for making 'the most significant contribution to the improvement of international relations' over the past year.
  6. Brazilian President Lula da Silva delivers his keynote speech at the London 'FT Investing in Brazil Summit' in central London, on November 5, 2009. Brazilian President Lula Inacio da Silva arrived in Britain Wednesday for a two-day visit to drum up investment and have an audience with Queen Elizabeth II. Lula also met Prime Minister Gordon Brown and will receive an award from the prestigious Chatham House think-tank for making 'the most significant contribution to the improvement of international relations' over the past year.
  7. Olympic Games Executive Director Gilbert Felli (L) talks with chairman of the Rio de Janeiro Organising Committee for the Olympic Games Carlos Arthur Nuzman during a seminar with the Organizing Committee of Olympic Games Rio 2016 in Rio de Janeiro October 30, 2009.
  8. International Olympic Committee Director Gilbert Felli, left, and Brazil's Olympic Committee President Carlos Arthur Nuzman, center, shake hands as Olympic Committee member Joao Havelange looks on during a meeting at the Copacabana Palace hotel in Rio de Janeiro, Friday, Oct. 30, 2009. Brazil will host the 2016 Olympics.
  9. Director of Communications and Marketing Leonardo Gryner, second from left, Rio 2016 bid President Carlos Arthur Nuzman, third from right, Carlos Osorio, Secretary General of the Rio 2016 Bid Committee, second from right, and former Brazilian volleyball player Adriana Behar, right, attend a press conference in Copenhagen, Saturday, Oct. 3, 2009. In a vote of high drama Friday, the bustling Brazilian carnival city of beaches, mountains and samba beat surprise finalist Madrid, which got a big helping hand from a very influential friend.
  10. Leonardo Gryner, Rio 2016 Olympics bid Director of Communications and Marketing, left, Rio 2016 Olympics bid President Carlos Arthur Nuzman, center, and Carlos Osorio, Secretary General of the Rio 2016 Olympics Bid Committee, right, attend a press conference in Copenhagen, Saturday, Oct. 3, 2009. In a vote of high drama Friday, the bustling Brazilian carnival city of beaches, mountains and samba beat surprise finalist Madrid, which got a big helping hand from a very influential friend.
  11. Rio 2016 Olympics bid President Carlos Arthur Nuzman gestures during a press conference in Copenhagen, Saturday, Oct. 3, 2009. In a vote of high drama Friday, the bustling Brazilian carnival city of beaches, mountains and samba beat surprise finalist Madrid, which got a big helping hand from a very influential friend.
  12. Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (L), Rio 2016 bid President Carlos Arthur Nuzman (C) and Brazilian football legend Pele (R) celebrate with their delegation after it was announced that Rio de Janeiro has won the bid to host the 2016 Summer Olympic Games at the 121st International Olympic Committee session in the Bella Center in Copenhagen on October 2, 2009. Rio de Janeiro's dream of bringing the Olympics to South America for the first time became reality on October 2, 2009 when they won the vote to host the 2016 edition.
  13. An activist of the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) wearing a seal cub costume, protests outside the International Olympic Committee, IOC, headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland, Thursday, Nov. 26, 2009. PETA is demanding an end of Canada's annual "seal cull" and says its campaign will continue up to and through the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver.
  14. Denis Oswald, chairman of the International Olympic Committee's coordination commission answers a reporter's question during a joint news conference with Sebastian Coe, not seen, chairman of London 2012 Olympic Games organizing committee, in central London, Thursday Nov. 26, 2009. The International Olympic Committee's Coordination Commission visited London for an update on London's progress on its plans for staging the 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games.
  15. Denis Oswald, left, chairman of the International Olympic Committee's coordination commission and Sebastian Coe, right, chairman of London 2012 Olympic Games organizing committee talk during a news conference in central London, Thursday Nov. 26, 2009. The International Olympic Committee's Coordination Commission visited London for an update on London's progress on its plans for staging the 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games.
  16. Sebastian Coe, chairman of London 2012 Olympic games Organizing Committe listens to a reporter's question during a news conference with Denis Oswald, not seen, chairman of the International Olympic Committee's coordination commission in central London, Thursday Nov. 26, 2009. The International Olympic Committee's Coordination Commission visit London for an update on London's progress on its plans for staging the 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games.

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