Ueberroth says Chicago's 2016 bid needs work
Windy City is 'not anywhere near first' for Olympics, USOC chairman says
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CHICAGO - U.S. Olympic Committee chairman Peter Ueberroth has no illusions about where Chicago stands in the bid to land the 2016 Summer Games.
“Not anywhere near first,” he said Tuesday.
Last year, Ueberroth said he thought Chicago was third or fourth in the running and needed to work hard to sell itself to IOC members. On Tuesday, he said Chicago is gaining expertise in how to make a successful Olympic bid, but it still has a ways to go.
Six other cities are in contention: Tokyo; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Madrid, Spain; Doha, Qatar; Prague, Czech Republic; and Baku, Azerbaijan.
The International Olympic Committee will reduce the list to an undetermined number of finalists in June. The vote on the host city is in 2009.
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