Chicago Mayor Richard Daley, left and Chicago 2016 CEO Patrick Ryan, right at a press conference after their presentation at the 121st IOC session, XIII Olympic Congress Copenhagen, Friday, Oct. 2, 2009. Rio de Janeiro, Chicago, Madrid and Tokyo are competing for the right to host the 2016 Summer Olympic Games. The IOC will choose the winning city in a vote in Copenhagen, Friday. AP Photo logo AP Photo 1 month ago

Chicago Mayor Richard Daley, left and Chicago 2016 CEO Patrick Ryan, right at a press conference after their presentation at the 121st IOC session, XIII Olympic Congress Copenhagen, Friday, Oct. 2, 2009. Rio de Janeiro, Chicago, Madrid and Tokyo are competing for the right to host the 2016 Summer Olympic Games. The IOC will choose the winning city in a vote in Copenhagen, Friday.

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  1. U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan addresses the media during a press conference in Chicago, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009. Chicago Mayor Richard Daley, right, listens to the discussion. The recent beating death of a Chicago high school student has brought Duncan along with Attorney General Eric Holder to Chicago to discuss youth violence with Mayor Richard M. Daley.
  2. U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, left, addresses the media during a press conference in Chicago, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009. Chicago Mayor Richard Daley, right, listens to the discussion. The recent beating death of a Chicago high school student has brought Duncan along with Attorney General Eric Holder to Chicago to discuss youth violence with Mayor Richard M. Daley.
  3. Chicago Mayor Richard Daley, left seated, and Chicago 2016 CEO Patrick Ryan, right at a press conference after their presentation at the 121st IOC session in Copenhagen, Friday, Oct. 2, 2009. Rio de Janeiro, Chicago, Madrid and Tokyo are competing for the right to host the 2016 Summer Olympic Games. The IOC will choose the winning city in a vote in Copenhagen, Friday.
  4. Chicago Mayor Richard Daley, left and Chicago 2016 CEO Patrick Ryan, right at a press conference after their presentation at the 121st IOC session, XIII Olympic Congress Copenhagen, Friday, Oct. 2, 2009. Rio de Janeiro, Chicago, Madrid and Tokyo are competing for the right to host the 2016 Summer Olympic Games. The IOC will choose the winning city in a vote in Copenhagen, Friday.
  5. Chicago Mayor Richard Daley, left and Chicago 2016 CEO Patrick Ryan, right at a press conference after their presentation at the 121st IOC session, XIII Olympic Congress Copenhagen, Friday, Oct. 2, 2009. Rio de Janeiro, Chicago, Madrid and Tokyo are competing for the right to host the 2016 Summer Olympic Games. The IOC will choose the winning city in a vote in Copenhagen, Friday.
  6. Chicago Mayor Richard Daley, left ,Chicago 2016 CEO Patrick Ryan, center, and Chicago facilities organiser Doug Arnot, right at a press conference after their presentation at the 121st IOC session, Copenhagen, Friday, Oct. 2, 2009. Rio de Janeiro, Chicago, Madrid and Tokyo are competing for the right to host the 2016 Summer Olympic Games. The IOC will choose the winning city in a vote in Copenhagen, Friday.
  7. Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley surrounded by 2016 committee members and supporters smiles during a press conference Friday, Sept. 25, 2009, in Chicago, before he heads to Copenhagen, Denmark, for next week's 2016 Summer Olympic host city announcement. Already on track to be the city's longest-serving mayor, it would cement Daley's legacy as one of the nation's most powerful mayors if Chicago beats out Tokyo, Madrid and Rio de Janeiro for the Games.
  8. Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley talks with 2016 committee members and supporters at a press conference Friday, Sept. 25, 2009 in Chicago, before he heads to Copenhagen, Denmark, for the 2016 Summer Olympic host city announcement. If Chicago beats out Tokyo, Madrid and Rio de Janeiro in next Friday's vote by the IOC, Daley will cement his place among the world's most powerful mayors _ and, like his father, among his own city's greatest leaders.
  9. Daniela Truffer (R) head of Zwischengeschlecht. org and Markus Bauer hold placards during a demonstration in front of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) headquarters in Lausanne November 19, 2009. Zwischengeschlecht. org, a human rights advocacy group dedicated to hermaphrodites or intersexed persons, are requesting from the IOC and the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) a fair treatment for the case of South African runner Caster Semenya whose victory in the women's 800 metres final at the World Athletics Championship in August 2009 has been overshadowed by a gender testing row.
  10. Daniela Truffer (R) head of Zwischengeschlecht. org and Markus Bauer hold placards during a demonstration in front of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) headquarters in Lausanne November 19, 2009. Zwischengeschlecht. org, a human rights advocacy group dedicated to hermaphrodites or intersexed persons, are requesting from the IOC and the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) a fair treatment for the case of South African runner Caster Semenya whose victory in the women's 800 metres final at the World Athletics Championship in August 2009 has been overshadowed by a gender testing row.
  11. Daniela Truffer, Head of Zwischengeschlecht. org, holds a placard during a demonstration in front of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) headquarters in Lausanne November 19, 2009. Zwischengeschlecht. org, a human rights advocacy group dedicated to hermaphrodites or intersexed persons, are requesting from the IOC and the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) a fair treatment for the case of South African runner Caster Semenya whose victory in the women's 800 metres final at the World Athletics Championship in August 2009 has been overshadowed by a gender testing row.
  12. U.S President Barak Obama and his wife U.S. first lady Michelle Obama arrive to promote the city of Chicago's candidature for the 2016 Olympic Games to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) members during the 121st IOC session in Copenhagen October 2, 2009. The IOC will decide the host of the 2016 Summer Olympics later today.
  13. Brazil's Sergio Cabral, Governor of Rio de Janeiro (L), and Eduardo Paes, Rio de Janeiro city Mayor, celebrate during a news conference after Rio was chosen to host the 2016 Olympic Games at the 121st International Olympic Committee (IOC) session in Copenhagen October 2, 2009.
  14. Brazilian President, Luis Inacio Lula da Silva (R), celebrates after hearing that Rio de Janeiro had been chosen to host the 2016 Olympic Games during the 121st International Olympic Committee (IOC) session in Copenhagen October 2, 2009.
  15. Spain's King Juan Carlos (2nd L), shakes hands with International Olympic Committee (IOC) President, Jacques Rogge (L), watched by Prime Minister Rodriguez Zapatero (R) and Juan Antonio Samaranch Jr, following a presentation for Madrid's's candidature for the 2016 Olympic Games to IOC members during the 121st IOC session in Copenhagen October 2, 2009. The IOC will decide the host of the 2016 Summer Olympics later today.
  16. Japanese athletes (L-R) Koji Murofushi, Mikako Kotani and Yuko Arakida, present Tokyo's candidature for the 2016 Olympic Games to International Olympic Committee (IOC) members during the 121st IOC session in Copenhagen October 2, 2009. The IOC will decide the host of the 2016 Summer Olympics later today.

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