A US paralympian (R) reacts next to US basketball player David Robinson (L) during a press conference on Chicago's bid for the 2016 Olympics on October 1, 2009 in Copenhagen. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) will vote on the destiny of the 2016 Summer Olympic Games on October 2, 2009 in Copenhagen after a final round battle between Chicago, Madrid, Tokyo and Rio de Janeiro. Getty Images logo Getty Images 1 month ago

A US paralympian (R) reacts next to US basketball player David Robinson (L) during a press conference on Chicago's bid for the 2016 Olympics on October 1, 2009 in Copenhagen. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) will vote on the destiny of the 2016 Summer Olympic Games on October 2, 2009 in Copenhagen after a final round battle between Chicago, Madrid, Tokyo and Rio de Janeiro.

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  1. Former NBA basketball players David Robinson, right, and Dikembe Mutumbo visit a street basketball tournament in Copenhagen, Thursday Oct. 1, 2009. Chicago is competing with Madrid, Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo for the right to host the 2016 Summer Olympic Games. The IOC will choose the winning city in a vote on Friday Oct. 2 in Copenhagen.
  2. A US paralympian (R) reacts next to US basketball player David Robinson (L) during a press conference on Chicago's bid for the 2016 Olympics on October 1, 2009 in Copenhagen. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) will vote on the destiny of the 2016 Summer Olympic Games on October 2, 2009 in Copenhagen after a final round battle between Chicago, Madrid, Tokyo and Rio de Janeiro.
  3. US basketball player David Robinson (C) speaks during a press conference on Chicago's bid for the 2016 Olympics on October 1, 2009 in Copenhagen. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) will vote on the destiny of the 2016 Summer Olympic Games on October 2, 2009 in Copenhagen after a final round battle between Chicago, Madrid, Tokyo and Rio de Janeiro.
  4. U.S. first lady Michelle Obama greets Chicago 2016 bid team members, including U.S. track great Ed Moses, right, and former NBA player David Robinson, top left, at a hotel in Copenhagen before she meets with International Olympic Committee (IOC) members in Copenhagen,Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009. Michelle Obama has joined the Chicago 2016 bid team who are competing with Tokyo, Madrid, and Rio de Janeiro for the right to host the 2016 Summer Olympic Games. The IOC will choose the winning city in a vote on Friday, Oct. 2, in Copenhagen.
  5. U.S. first lady Michelle Obama greets U.S. track great Ed Moses, center, as former NBA player David Robinson, top left, looks on at a hotel in Copenhagen before she meets with International Olympic Committee (IOC) members in Copenhagen,Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009. Michelle Obama has joined the Chicago 2016 bid team who are competing with Tokyo, Madrid, and Rio de Janeiro for the right to host the 2016 Summer Olympic Games. The IOC will choose the winning city in a vote on Friday, Oct. 2, in Copenhagen.
  6. Maggie Daley, center front, the wife of Chicago Mayor Richard Daley, former Olympic gymnast Nadia Comaneci, front center left, former U.S. hurdler Ed Moses, top second left, former Olympic basketball player David Robinson, top third from left, April Holmes, far left, Bart Conner, left foreground, former Olympic judo silver medalist Bob Berland, second from right foreground, and other members of the Chicago 2016 Olympic bid team pose for photographs as they arrive at Kastrup airport in Copenhagen, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2009. Chicago is competing with Tokyo, Madrid and Rio de Janeiro for the right to host the 2016 Summer Olympic Games. The IOC will choose the winning city in a vote on Friday Oct. 2 in Copenhagen.
  7. SPRINGFIELD, MA - SEPTEMBER 11: David Robinson is inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on September 11, 2009 in Springfield, Massachusetts.
  8. SPRINGFIELD, MA - SEPTEMBER 11: David Robinson is inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on September 11, 2009 in Springfield, Massachusetts.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. 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.
  13. Denis Oswald, left, chairman of the International Olympic Committee's coordination commission and Sebastian Coe, right, chairman of London 2012 Olympic Games organizing committee arrive for 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.
  14. An activist of the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) wearing a seal cub costume, protests outside of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in Lausanne November 26, 2009. PETA are demanding an end Canada's annual "seal slaughter" and says its campaign will continue up to and through the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver.
  15. Activists of the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, PETA, with one wearing a seal cub costume, protest 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.
  16. 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.

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