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Rio Selected to Host 2016 Summer Games

Rio fans celebrate after their city made it through another round for the nomination of host city for the 2016 Olympics at the Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Friday, Oct. 2, 2009. Rio de Janeiro, represented in Copenhagen by President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva , delivered a passionate appeal for South America to be awarded the Olympics for the first time. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

Story Created: Oct 2, 2009 at 11:00 AM CST

Story Updated: Oct 2, 2009 at 11:00 AM CST

October 2, 2009

COPENHAGEN (AP) - The 2016 Olympics are going to Rio de Janeiro, putting the games in South America for the first time.

Rio beat surprise finalist Madrid in the last round of voting.

Chicago was knocked out in the first round - in one of the most shocking defeats ever handed down by the International Olympic Committee - and Tokyo was eliminated in the second round.

Rio had played heavily on the fact that South America has never previously hosted the games, while Europe, Asia and North America have done so repeatedly. Now, only Africa and Antarctica remain as continents that have not been awarded an Olympics.

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