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IOC issues report on 2016 finalists

ESPN.com news services

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

CHICAGO -- Chicago Olympic organizers say they're close to resolving concerns raised by the International Olympic Committee in a report assessing the technical merits of their bid for the 2016 Summer Games. Chicago's financial guarantees for the 2016 Games have been an issue because the U.S. government doesn't underwrite the event as other governments do. It was mentioned in an IOC report issued Wednesday, based on an April visit. The report gave Chicago's bid generally good marks with one mon ...

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