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The International Olympic Committee met on October 2, 2009 to decide where the 2016 summer games would be held. The finalists were Rio De Janeiro, Chicago, Tokyo, and Madrid. Chicago came in as the overwhelming favorite. President Barrack Obama and the first wife, Michelle, led the parade of important figures from the city to speak on behalf of the city. In the end, Rio De Janeiro would surprise everyone and become the official Olympic destination for the 2016 Summer Games.

The vote slowly swung the city's way, beginning with a third place vote in the first round, just avoiding elimination from the field. By the last round they edged out Madrid. The outpouring of emotion from the Rio De Janeiro delegation at the conference in Copenhagen, Denmark left no doubt that it was the correct choice. Cheers and tears swept over the group from Brazil's capital city. Olympic tickets for the 2016 games in Rio are sure to be something to behold as this is the first time the Olympics will venture to South America.

The sentiment for IOC committee member Carlos Arthur Nuzman, who was born and raised in Rio De Janeiro surely helped sway the votes the city's way. This is an incredible victory for a city that has battled poverty and crime to become a major urban area in the international sense. The fact that the city hosted the 2007 Pan American Games without incident must have been another deciding factor, as the city already has proven its ability to handle a large international event bureaucratically and already has the beginnings of the foundation to host a number of sports in a wide variety of stadiums and settings.