Rio de Janeiro wins the 2016 Olympic bid

wow Rio is more corrupt than Chicago im stunned i assumed Chicago was the most corrupt city in the world next to Washington D.C. but Rio proved me wrong

congrats brazil...so happy for u! 2014 fifa is also gonna be great! its time for the developing countries to shine! im so excited for the fifa world cup in south africa next year! im proudly south africa!

I think the decision for Rio was made along time ago and it's really unfortunate or quite honestly sucks that the other city's had to invest so much money just to apply. The president and his wife made excellent speeches, but the vote was already decided long ago. Unfortunately USA is still hated throughout the world from the last 8 years . I saw both bid videos of Rio and Chicago, and quite honestly I thought Chicago was better. Doesn't matter much because USA doesn't really embrace the Olympic movement or real athletics. Were very much a country that loves the professional sports whether their athletic or not.Face it! If there was a world nascar race and Chicago could host it, there would have been 100% support for it. In my world that's sad, but that's America today.

congratulations Brazil !!!

Vamos Brasil, como chileno y sudamericano estoy encantado, mundial 2014 y juegos olímpicos 2016, por fin tenemos los juegos, como les quedo la cara gallegos.

Amazing this gets more replies than anything posted about the climate bill in Congress. It surely shows people's priorities. I can't comprehend people getting this upset over games as opposed to a crisis that is changing the very face of our planet. Yes, it's an excellent choice, it's a beautiful city. Let's hope by 2016 the people of Brazil and other countries actually have the means to support such an event if something catastrophic doesn't happen first because people are too preoccupied with their political bickering to notice what is going on around them.

Watch as Australia gets pummelled by totally uncharacteristic dust storms, and typhoon after typhoon hits Asia, and drought in Kenya and other places kill livestock, agriculture, and people, and drought here becomes so bad the Colorado River doesn't flow anymore so food becomes scarcer and fires last an eternity... and then, by all means direct all of your energy to just using miniscule events to air partisan political hatred because it makes you feel better. No wonder Mother Nature has given up on us. We deserve it.

And considering this world does nothing but war and disrespect each other and this Earth, what true purpose do these games that started out as a show of brotherhood really accomplish? It's about THE MONEY as well. People in Chicago are crying because some games aren't coming there in seven years? Sorry, but there are many more important things they should be crying about. But I suppose it will take a catastrophe to get us to that point.

Home of the summer games in winter....

I'm glad Rio got it. Nothing against the US, but you blokes have had it too many times. The love needs to be spread around a bit.

That is great for Rio de Janeiro! Rio is the Hollywood of South America with a sweet twisty. They know how to put up a show. Guarantee Satisfaction! Beautiful and hot girls to start, nice beach-sides and bright Sun. That should do it!

this makes me happy for Rio. even though I live just north of Chicago and would have like to go.

I am truley happy for them, but I still wish it was the US. I just hope that a very poor country like Brazil will be able to handle it. This is different than Carnival.

The improvements promised for the 2007 Pan American Games never surfaced, and construction for the twelve stadiums needed for the 2014 World Cup has not begun yet.

They have enough problems to deal with and now they must endure this pretext for gentrification.

This is unfortunate news for the people of Rio.

Congratulations, Rio. I was rooting for Chicago mostly because I wanted to attend the games and figured that would be the least costly destination. I wasn't jumping up and down about it because I had the sense that Chicagoans were in general somewhat ambivalent, given the obvious tax implications and the mayhem recently experienced by the folks in Atlanta. I figured Tokyo would be the LEAST affordable,,,but I honestly don't know much about costs in Rio. My main reservation about Rio is whether they can put their infrastructure together in time to effectively and efficiently move that many people between the airport, hotels and venues. But I know that they will work their butts off to make it happen. Its all good (except the morons who think that Obama should not have promoted a location in the country he leads, of course. Maybe those idiots can all chip in and purchase a clue...).

lmao at clown puncher wow you have no life if your always on obama for everything do you have a life?? ne ways about rio i need to get the training started for those games so many lovely women there.

As our president well said: "It is time to light the Olympic cauldron in a tropical country." This is the VISA we need to show the world they can not see us a a poor country anymore... "

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMs7Ky1PGzA

Anyone who's been to both Rio and Chicago would have voted the same way... And, that the Olympics have never been to South America made it an obvious choice.

How much did the murder of a Chicago kid and the treatment of foreigners while entering America have to do with it? A great deal, I suspect.

Brazil deserves an Olympic games. They haven't had one,and I say....Its about time! Nice job Committee.

Good on you Brazil for becoming South America's Olympic gateway! I can't wait to see their openning ceremony.

They had my vote!!!!

I hope these games are good! Maybe by that time I'll have the money to actually travel and be there haha

I wish people understood that Chicago is an absolute world class city. It isn't just the second city. It is the birthplace of the skyscraper, the haven for blues, and a sporting gem with two baseball teams, the Bulls. And lest we not forget, B Boy Bino White aka Joe Gets.

Have you seen the reactions from Chicago natives? You'd think someone died!!

So happy the annointed one wasted all that taxpayer money to FAIL.

4 and out!!!! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHHA

right on rio!!

Congrats to Rio, and Brazil!

Well well....the great black hope didn't come throught this time. Obama is just a good man, who sometimes steps out there for us, but nothings set in stone or guaranteed as we would like it to be, being american. Let's remember how we've behaved over the last 8 years and ask ourselves do we really deserve this opportunity to host such a prestigious event on our shores. So white be polite, black push back, yellow stay mellow, and brown way to put it down.....congradulation

I live in Chicagoland and I'm saying THANK GOD we don't have to host the games!!!

That is alot of money to invest that Chicago and Illinois just doesn't have right now. And, honestly, we should be spending it on something else... like getting out of our freaking MASSIVE debt!!!!

look at that place though - so much better than chicago - sad but true.

The power of Oprah couldn't even bring the Olympics to America.

I'm kinda sad we didn't get it, but at the same time i'm glad we didn't because we couldn't have afforded this kind of event, and raising taxes wouldn't have been looked proudly on by the folks here in The Chi.

If this is South America's 1st time having the (or hosting) the Olmyps' then Congrats

(though i kinda wanted tokyo to host...if we didn't get it) haha in my face!

Good job !!!!~!!

It kind of sucks Chicago won't be able to host. I think they were ready to throw off the title of "Second City"... I guess not.

Right on.. So glad the US didnt get it they would of probably gone to defcon 2 or code hot pink or some shit like that. What a place too. finally sexy olympics.

It will definitely make the marathon more challenging with the heat

Ooops was hoping for Rio too... Now exactly how much money did our administration waste trying to prostitute itself to the Olympics committee???

It's about time international athletes have access to some of the finest cocaine smuggling and violent crime in the world. Good for them.

congratulations rio

Great to see that they won!!! OBA!!!!! or OPA!!!!!! one of them means cheers! lol..

Looks like chicago's politicians and construction execs will be canceling all their orders for new boats, vacation houses, and sports cars.

I could almost swear I heard a huge collective "damnit!!!" echo through downtown.

I secretly wanted to win them too. Chicago is my 2nd home but it's exciting to see South America get some love. I think I'll be planning for this trip!

Congrats to them. I picked them out of the four....just a random pick. Not anything really to it.

Hope they do well and make the most of it.

brazils also hosting the world cup 2014?
Maybe I should take a few year stay in Brazil

Great Opportunity for the entire South America, can't wait to do some pods for it

Okay, it was me! I'm sorry! I was secretly voting for Rio de Janiro instead of Chicago! I didn't mean to do it! It just happened! Rio just sounded so exotic and sexy, and I slipped up! Will you ever forgive me, America? *sobs*

Muito bem brasil

Good for them !

Yes, it was time for Latin America.