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Kamil Haque at the 2004 Athens Games. Haque is the son of one of Singapore's 50 Greatest Athletes, Anwarul Haque.

The crux of the Olympian account occurred in the Archive's Section of the Stadium complex... I got my father to pose next to a picture of Tokyo Games poster. For me, this was truly a touching moment. Seeing my father, who has always been a pretty straight laced man, clearly experiencing an emotional moment was rare as it was heartfelt.

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Channel NewsAsia's Special Coverage

The Results:
· Part 1 >>
· Part 2 >>
· Part 3 >>

Prime Time News IOC Special >>

117th IOC Session:
· Madrid Presentation >>
· Q&A Session >>
· London Presentation >>
· Q&A Session >>
· Moscow Presentation >>
· Q&A Session >>
· New York City Presentation >>
· Q&A Session >>
· Paris Presentation >>
· Q&A Session >>

Interviews:
· MD of Madrid Bid Committee, Antonio Fernandez Arimany >>
· Moscow 2012 Ambassador, Alexander Popov >>
· London Bid Ambassador, Jonathan Edwards & London Bid Committee Member, Simon Clegg >>

IOC Opening Ceremony >>

London wins the bid to host the 2012 Olympics, defeating Paris, New York, Madrid and Moscow.

The British capital beat hot favourite Paris by just four votes. The final count was 54-50 for London.

London's victory was assured when Madrid were knocked out in the third round of voting. The majority of the Spanish backers switched to London, pushing them over the line.

Moscow was eliminated in the first round and New York in the second round.

	Paris	New York	Moscow	London	Madrid
Round 1	21	19	15	22	20
Round 2	25	16	-	27	32
Round 3	33	-	-	39	31
Final	50	-	-	54	-

The five candidate cities have 60 minutes for a presentation to International Olympic Committee (IOC) members on 6 July.

0900 SST: Paris Presentation
1030 SST: New York Presentation
1200 SST: Moscow Presentation
1430 SST: London Presentation
1600 SST: Madrid Presentation

·	Secret vote to elect the 2012 host city. Only members who are not from the five countries bidding are allowed to vote.
·	If there is no winner in the first round, the city with the lowest number of votes is out and members vote again.
·	If two or more cities are tied for the lowest number of votes, a runoff election will be held between them, with the winner going on to the next round.
·	The IOC members from the ousted city are now allowed to vote.
·	Voting continues, the lowest going out each round, until there is a majority of members supporting one city.

IOC president Jacques Rogge announces the winning city for the 2012 Olympic Games at 1930 SST.

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