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[bryant]

Vancouver won the 2010 Winter Olympics. While the main competitor was thought to be Salzburg, in Austria, that bid was eliminated on the first ballot. The final vote was between Vancouver and Pyongyang, and the Canadians won by a mere 3 votes. Fortunately for Canada, all but two of the Salzburg voters switched to Vancouver on the second ballot.

Apparently, all the Europeans voted for Vancouver, because if the Olympics is in North America in 2010 it’s unlikely to be in North America again in 2012. That pushes New York further out of the running. London’s going to have to be the coalition of the willing representative, with Paris flying the standard of the opposition. (Madrid and Moscow are less likely candidates.)

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[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

More exactly, that's Pyeongchang, which is in South Korea; Pyongyang is the North Korean capital.

I did a double take when i saw it first.

[marith.livejournal.com]

*Oh*. While it was interesting trying to reason out why on earth people would vote for Pyongyang, it's nicer to know that they didn't. Thanks for the correction.

[tayefeth.livejournal.com]

Much as I'd like to have an Olympics in my backyard in 2012, as it were, having another Winter Olympics in North America is just totally awesome. If it had gone to Korea, I would have had to start asking my Tae Kwon Do instructor for language lessons.