Madrid nearer to 2016 Games bid

Madrid moved closer to bidding for the 2016 Olympic Games this week after a meeting between the president of the Spanish Olympic Committee Alejandro Blanco and city mayor Alberto Ruiz-Gallardon. "The mayor was positive and enthusiastic with the Olympic...

Madrid moved closer to bidding for the 2016 Olympic Games this week after a meeting between the president of the Spanish Olympic Committee Alejandro Blanco and city mayor Alberto Ruiz-Gallardon.

"The mayor was positive and enthusiastic with the Olympic project," Blanco told Spanish news agency Europa Press. "There is complete agreement between the mayor and what we are planning."

Madrid lost out to London in their bid for the 2012 Olympic Games at the vote in Singapore four months ago. The Spanish capital came in third behind London and Paris.

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