Rio beat Madrid in the last round of voting but the shocker in Copenhagen is the clobbering of Chicago and with the US President Barrack Obama as the chief lobbyist ,First lady Michelle Obama and Super star Oprah Winfrey were among the heavy weights stomping for Chicago . Tokyo Japan was another casualty in the votes cast by senior IOC members in Copenhagen on a very historic October 2 Friday.2009 President of the Tokyo 2016 bid and Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara's argument on how compact Tokyo was fell on def ears at the 121st IOC session in Copenhagen on Friday.

Chicago was knocked out in the first round and Tokyo was eliminated in the second round.The most powerful man in Olympic circles 82 years old Juan Anthonio Samaranch lobbied fiercely for Madrid but he too gave in to the choice of new Rio de Janeiro.This was Madrid's second consecutive bid, third consecutive for Spain (including Seville for 2008). Madrid received top technical marks and many experts agree would have been an excellent Spain last hosted the l Games in Barcelona in 1992.

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula de Silva appealed to the IOC members to vote for RIO at the during 121st International Olympic Committee session at the Bella Center in Copenhagen.His appeal got a major boost by a very emotional Edson Arantes De Nacimento better known as Pele ,The man reputed to be the most visible sports personality alive helped Brazil upstaged the applecart to kick off wild celebrations in Brazil and indeed globally. In Chicago alone half the city already gifted it to Rio .Rio's supporters organised a huge movement called Chicagoans for RIO in defiance of the american agenda. In Africa they wanted Rio to get the nod as that will give weight to a possible African bid in the near future. The pulse in soccer circles is that fans believe if Brazil will ever win the Olympic soccer gold it might just happen in their very own backyard. Only Arica and Antarctica remain as continents that have not been awarded an Olympics.For now, Lets go to BRAAAAZILLLLLL.