Spo: Profiles of the five cities bidding for the 2012 Olympics

AAP Sports News (Australia), July, 2005

AAP Sports News (Australia) 07-05-2005 Spo: Profiles of the five cities bidding for the 2012 Olympics SINGAPORE, July 5 DPA - Short profiles of the five bidding cities from which the International Olympic Committee (IOC) will on Wednesday elect the host city of the 2012 Olympics. All information is from IOC Evaluation Commission report. PARIS: Population: 11.1 million (2012 forecast 11.5 million). Date: July 27-August 12, 2012 (average temperature at 1500 local time 26 degrees celsius). Past Olympics/bids: 1900, 1924 / 1992, 2008. Concept: Two competition centres.

In the north of the city, nine venues for 16 sports including Stade de France as Olympic stadium, in the west eight venues for nine sports. Fourteen other sport have their...

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