2016 Olympic Bid: Chicago Media Coverage

By Emily Torem

Following a surprising loss by Chicago in the first round of voting, media outlets quickly recoil their hopeful home pages. Check back for more stories and updates.

Chicago Tribune: Chicago Out After First Round of Voting– Breaking News Center has a timeline from Obama’s arrival in Copenhagen to Chicago’s elimination in the bid.

ABC 7 Local News: Chicago Loses 2016 Olympic Bid – 94 IOC votes were counted to eliminate Chicago in the first round of voting.

Chicago 2016 Bid Eliminated in First Round by IOC

Chicago 2016 was eliminated in the first round of IOC voting.

In a major surprise, Chicago’s bid to land the 2016 Olympic Games ended in the first round of the International Olympic Committee’s voting.

Tokyo also has been eliminated.

Rio de Janeiro and Madrid remain, with Rio projected as the favorite. The Olympic Games have never been held in South America, and Rio will also play host to the 2014 World Cup soccer tournament.

The winning bid announcement is expected to be made at 11:57 a.m. Central Time and will be broadcast live at an event in Daley Plaza.

Chicago 2016 Olympic Presentation Complete

Chicago, Tokyo, Rio de Janeiro and Madrid made their presentations to the International Olympic Committee Friday in Copenhagen.

Chicago, the first city to present, counted heavily on presentations by President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama. [DePaulia coverage from sports editor Pat Flynn in Copenhagen. Read his Twitter feed]

Watch video of the presentation on WGN TV. DePaul University journalism professor Mike Conklin is co-anchoring CBS-2 Chicago’slive coverage, starting at 9 a.m.

The IOC begins several rounds of voting at 10:10 a.m. Central Time on Friday. The city with the lowest vote total is eliminated in each round, until a winner is determined. The announcement is expected to be made at 11:57 a.m. Central Time and will be broadcast live at an event in Daley Plaza.

DePaul Coverage of Chicago 2016 Olympic Bid

Radio DePaul

Radio DePaul will have reports, interviews and updates throughout the day Friday from the 2016 Olympic bid event in Daley Plaza.

DePaulia Sports Editor Pat Flynn, reporting from Copenhagen, interviews former U.S. Olympic soccer player and gold medalist Brandi Chastain about the bid.

No Games Chicago Protests City’s Olympic Bid

Protestors march outside Chicago's City Hall in opposition to the city's 2016 Olympic bid.

About 250 protestors marched outside of Chicago’s City Hall on Tuesday night in opposition to the city’s bid to land the 2016 Olympic Games.

Many of the protestors were from the group No Games Chicago, which has built a Web site and sent documents to the International Olympic Committee explaining why the group opposes the city’s bid.

Chicago Storytelling’s Forrest Davis shot photos of the protest.

Watch his slideshow.