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| Obama to woo IOC over Chicago bid | |
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| US President Barack Obama will travel to Copenhagen to support the bid by the city of Chicago to host the 2016 Olympic Games, the White House says. | US President Barack Obama will travel to Copenhagen to support the bid by the city of Chicago to host the 2016 Olympic Games, the White House says. |
| Mr Obama will join his wife, Michelle, and others in his administration at the International Olympic Committee meeting in the Danish capital on Thursday. | |
| Chicago faces opposition from Madrid, Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo in the vote. | Chicago faces opposition from Madrid, Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo in the vote. |
| The Brazilian and Spanish heads of state are also expected to lobby IOC delegates at the meeting. | The Brazilian and Spanish heads of state are also expected to lobby IOC delegates at the meeting. |
| Mr Obama, who was a senator for Illinois and lived in Chicago before his election, will be the first US president to take on such a direct role in an Olympic bid. | |
| He will be joined on Friday by Education Secretary Arne Duncan and Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, who are both from Illinois. | |
| The race to host the 2016 Olympics has been described as one of the closest in history. | |
| But correspondents say Chicago, with President Obama's overt support, could be considered a slight favourite. |