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Bid received generally positive report from
Evaluation Commission
Bid slogan: "Ready For You"
Bid committee chief: Feliciano Mayoral (Sports
administrator)
Previously hosted Olympics: None
Previous Olympic bids: 2008
Olympic bids: 1972
Estimated bid cost: $8.9 billion
Bid features: Divided into three main areas
in the Eastern Venue (Olympic Ring), Central Axis and Western
Venue, all of which are inside a 10km radius.
The 85-ha Olympic and Paralympic Village is
well-located and can accommodate 17,500 athletes and officials.
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June 2005: Crowd gathers in the steets of Madrid during
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Promises to be “car-free” games.
Offering to fully guarantee security.
Strengths: Its status as a major European sporting
hub, and fared well in the IOC's first evaluation in May last
year.
90 per cent of proposed venues already exist.
Has good transport infrastructure, and comprehensive
and efficient public transport
Best priced accommodation of the five candidate
cities
Already hosting 25 other international tournaments
this year.
Weaknesses: IOC may consider it too soon to
award Spain the Olympics again, having last hosted it in 1992
in Barcelona.
Concerns over security, after Madrid train bombings
in March 2004.
Lack of hotel rooms close to Games.
Supporters: Raul González, Miguel Indurain,
Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario, Juan Antonio Samaranch
Who's coming to Singapore: PM Jose Luis
Rodriguez Zapatero, Queen Sofia, Raul
González, Miguel Indurain, Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario
Website: www.madrid2012.es
Source: TODAY
/ Channel NewsAsia
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