Olympic Games trio deliver dossiers on milestone day
- Published: 8 Jan 2013 at 03.45
- Online news: Sports
The three cities hoping to win the right to host the 2020 Olympic Summer Games completed a significant step towards that goal on Monday as they lodged their bid dossiers with the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
Members of the delegation of Madrid (L to R) Miguel Cardenal, president of Council of SportAna Botella, Mayor of Madrid and Alejandro Blanco, IOC member pose , Ana Botella, Mayor of Madrid and Alejandro Blanco pose with the candidature files prior to the hand over, on January 7, 2013 at the headquarters of the International Olympic Committee in Lausanne.
All three cities sent high profile delegations to IOC headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland, handing over their dossiers which they hope will ultimately lead to them convincing the majority of the 100+ IOC members to vote for them on September 7 in Buenos Aires.
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