Media Watch: Reaction from losing 2016 cities

Chicago Reaction

Many U. S. news outlets seemed shocked when Chicago was eliminated in the first round. It was also a loss for many inside the White House, reports Anne E. Lonblut of the Washington Post.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/02/AR2009100202779.html?hpid=topnews

Washington political columnist Jo-Ann Armao says "Don't Blame Obama"

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/postpartisan/2009/10/dont_blame_obama_on_olympics.html

In Chicago, Cook County Commissioner Peter Silvestri told the Chicago Sun-Times, “This is so anti-climactic. It’s really a tragedy. It would have been so great for the city."

http://www.suntimes.com/sports/olympics/1802993,chicagoans-reaction.article

Chicago Tribune reporter Rick Pearson comments about the political effects for President Obama and Chicago Mayor Daley

http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/clout_st/2009/10/olympic-sized-loss-of-political-face-for-obama-and-daley.html

A Chicago Tribune editorial says Chicago should be proud of its effort to win the 2016 Summer Olympics

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chicagoolympics/chi-091002chicago-loses-olympics-editorial,0,4298088.story

USA Today reports on reactions from U.S sports officials and Olympic athletes

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/2009-10-02-usa-2016-reaction_N.htm

Chicago radio station WBEZ reports on reactions from the city’s Japanese-American community

http://www.wbez.org/Content.aspx?audioID=37200#

An article in the Detroit Free Press says Detroit, with its own numerous unsuccessful bids for the Olympics, can sympathize with Chicago

http://www.freep.com/article/20091002/BLOG36/91002030/1003/NEWS01/Don-t-fret-Chicago--Detroit-feels-your-pain

Madrid Reaction

Thousands gathered in the Plaza de Oriente to watch the vote.

http://www.20minutos.es/noticia/532157/0/pantalla/gigante/oriente/

The festive mood turned to disappointment when Rio, according to the London Telegraph

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/olympics/6256044/Pain-in-Spain-as-Madrid-loses-2016-Olympic-vote-to-Rio-de-Janeiro-at-the-last.html

Italy expresses interest in bidding for the 2020 Summer Olympics after Madrid’s 2016 bid fell short

http://in.reuters.com/article/worldOfSport/idINIndia-42875820091002

Tokyo Reaction

A few hundred Tokyo 2016 supporters watched the vote at the landmark Tokyo Tower. After Chicago was eliminated, there was a brief glimmer of hope that Tokyo would pull off an upset before the city was eliminated minutes later in the second round of voting.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/olympics/6255800/Tokyo-disappointment-after-2016-Olympic-Games-snub.html

The Japan Times report on the IOC vote

http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20091003a1.html

Written by Greg Oshust and Sam Steinberg.