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Highest-ranked by Evaluation Commission
Bid slogan: "Love Of The Games"
Bid committee chief: Philippe Baudillon (French
diplomat)
Previously hosted Olympics: 1900, 1924
Previous bids: 1992, 2008
Estimated bid cost: $8.4 billion
Bid features: Adopting a "One Village,
Two Clusters" concept, the 50-ha Olympic and Paralympic
Village can accommodate 17,000 athletes and is 6km from the
two main competition venue sites.
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June 2005: 5,000 children run on an athletics track installed
on the Champs-Elysees, to promote the Paris 2012 Olympic
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Strengths: Most venues already built, including
Olympic stadium (Stade de France).
Valuable experience from two previous unsuccessful
bids in knowing what IOC want.
Successful staging of 1998 Fifa World Cup and
2003 World Athletics Championship.
Accommodation and transport plans praised. It
even has a dedicated Olympic transport lane
Weaknesses: Memory of poor 2008 bid presentation
still lingers. French IOC member Guy Drut, a key figure in
the Paris 2012 bid, is a defendant in a corruption trial on
charges of holding a fictional job in the early 90s.
Supporters: Thierry Henry, Luc Besson, Tony
Parker, Zinedine Zidane, Jacques Chirac
Who's coming to Singapore: Luc Besson, Jacques
Chirac, Tony Parker
Website: www.parisjo2012.fr
Source: TODAY
/ Channel NewsAsia
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