President Barack Obama is introduced by First Lady Michelle Obama (who reportedly stole the show) before he makes a presentation in support of Chicago as the host city for the 2016 Summer Olympic Games on Friday in Copenhagen, Denmark.
The Obamas’ hometown is in a tight race with Madrid, Tokyo and Rio de Janeiro as leaders from Spain, Tokyo and Brazil also headed to Copenhagen in hopes of their cities hosting the Olympics.
Previously, the White House said the first lady would be going, but the President felt that the health care issue is in a place that his absence for one day will not have a negative impact.
UPDATE:
The International Olympic Committee today eliminated Chicago and Tokyo as contenders to host the 2016 Games. Rio de Janeiro will host the 2016 games.
THE PRESIDENT’S IOC ADDRESS
Beautiful couple. I wish Chicago the best!
sometimes i feel like Obama is doing too much but i guess we make a bid for the olympics everytime its available so this is nothing but the norm. i really feel michelle should take this on as her own project cos i know Barrack will catch heat if people feel he’s doing this instead of focussing on the economy, health care, the war in Afghanistan etc
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Hmm…I’m all for Chicago. However I think Tokyo will put on a more pleasent yet entertaining display for the world to watch. I loved the display the Chinese put on for the Olympics last year. Soo different, soo wonderful!
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I love them! they look great!
But uh I think Madrid has this 1…im not sure if Chicago is the best place 4 the Olympics…now NEW YORK on the other hand
I mean I’m just saying 
Aw @ the 1st and 2nd photos
sorry america has been eliminated…..i hope its in spain!!! so its easier to get there from london
THEY LOST THE BID FOR CHICAGO DAME ITS A SET UP DAME DAME DAME.
The Obama’s are such a beautiful couple
@J. I think you meant to write Japan as the country and not Tokyo for the second time.
@J. I think you meant to write Japan as the country and not Tokyo for the second time
Spain or Tokyo should get it
CHICAGO WILL NOT HOST THE OLYMPICS. IT WAS ANNOUNCED A FEW MINUTES AGO.
IM GLAD BECAUSE INSTEAD OF SPENDING BILLONS TO FOCUS ON THAT MAY THEY COULD PUT THAT MONEY TOWARDS MAKING THERE CITY SAFE. HOW CAN YOU HOST THE OLYMPICS IN A PLACE WHERE A INNOCENT CHILD DIES EVERY OTHER DAY. PUT THE MONEY TOWARDS OUR STRUGGLING ECONOMY. ITS AMAZING HOW OUR GOVERNMENT PREACHES TO US ABOUT RESPONSIBLE SPENDING WHEN THEY DONT PRACTICE IT THEMSELVES. I LOVE THE OBAMAS BUT IM GLAD THAT WE’RE NOT HOSTING THE OLYMPICS.
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Pres shouldn’t have put himself out there.Now it looks like the world rejected him, directly.
This is the HOTTEST couple on the planet.
I love my President and First Lady.
Too bad we did win the bid Chicago is a great place but, it needs some major help
RIO BABY! BACK TO WORK MR PRESIDENT, WE HAVE MORE PRESSING ISSUES THEN THE DAMN OLYMPICS. I AGREE WITH THE COMMENTS THAT CHICAGO NEEDS TO SELF REFLECT AND MAYBE THAT STAR POWER SHOULD BE USED TO NOW CHANGE THE CITY, STARTING WITH ITS CORRUPT LOCAL GOVERNMENT, SCHOOLS, POVERTY etc etc etc etc.
I new Chicago didn’t have a snow balls chance in hell, to much crime there.
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I want to have SEX with our President.
Chi-Town stand up!
@ DEE
Totally agree. Chicago needs to clean there house up first. Then invite people over.
So they didn’t get the bid, big whoop…..neither did madrid or tokyo.
If I were President Obama I wouldn’t mind getting away from the kids for a couple days so I could bang out my wife in another country….no wonder Michele can’t stop smiling lol
I spent the summer in Brazil. Although Rio is extremely beautiful and culturally diverse, Brazil has a host of issues, child prostitution, slavery still exists in the interior, thousands of hungry Afro Brazilian street children, and extreme poverty. There are enormous human rights violations in this country, however, it is so corrupt there they powers that be might be influential in getting the bid there. Sorry, Obama you did not play the corruption game and is a leader who refuses to do so. We love you anyway!
@ Dee and Lena and by example Rio& Brazil are safe? As beautiful as they can be Rio is dangerous beyond the norm, where a 40 yr old white man can go and date and have sex with a 9 yr boy or girl in public & no1 bats an eye? Oh ya that’s safe and quite uplifiting…NOT.
and Brazil uses poor people to traffic drugs and wants a mad man to remain in power in Honduras so much so that they are granting aslyum while he tries to regain his chokehold on Hondurans.
I’m not saying the Chi don’t need to clean house but Rio & Brazil shouldn’t be in the running either.
*asylum
Did you really think they would have picked Chi-Town to host the Olympics after the headlines of an innocent honor student being killed just a few days ago. I think not. Chicago has a lot of mess to clean up first.
Madrid should get it… beautiful place
what did obama do to make chicago safer as state senator? and then united states senator? and then president? oh please! i`m so happy America`s most corrupt and violent city will not host the olympics…clean your dirty street and maybe in y`all shall host the game in 2086….rotflmao
The winning City is Rio ppl…::sighs:: Bummer! I was hoping Spain got it!
2 much corruption and carelessness going on in Rio!
Rio’s crime makes Chicago look like Disney land.
There is nothing particularly special about Chicago…Tokyo is one of the coolest cities I have ever visited they would have put on a show for the world had they been choosen.
Really though, Obama should focus more on keeping America from collapsing ,than on these side issues.
Yeeah RIO WON! THIS CITY DESERVED IT BETTER THAN CHICAGO
LMFAO. They are TIGHT!
All this hullaballoo and they didn’t even get it.
I’m all for the underdog though. GO BRAZIL!
I’m glad Rio got it. A South American country has never had it, and Madrid has had it already. The United States has had it plenty of time, and although Tokyo is not in China, we just had it in China last year (although I know Tokyo would have shown out with their opening performance). To be honest I don’t think it would have been interesting to have it in Chicago anyway. And I don’t think there is really anywhere else to have it in the states. Both SF and NY are way too crowded.
Tru dat Aries_Blu. The United States had the Olympics numerous times in the past. Every country should get the chance to host the Olympics although I knew they were’nt going to cut Obama any slack. We’re living in HaterNation right now.