Here are the Obama Olympics 2016 speech video, photos, and transcripts. As part of the Chicago Olympics 2016 bid in Copenhagen, Denmark on October 2, 2009; both the President and the First Lady addressed the IOC. The announcement time of the host city takes place at approximately 6:30 p.m. local time. (1:30 pm ET).

The presentation by the U.S. city which competes with Rio de Janeiro, Madrid, and Tokyo to host the Games, was in total 70 minutes long. As such it was the culmination of Chicago’s four-year long campaign, with a budget of $48 million, as the Wall Street Journal reports.

Update: Chicago has been eliminated and Rio de Janeiro has won. See: Live – 2016 Olympics decision day

President Barack Obama delivered his address before the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in Copenhagen saying, in part that the U.S. “is ready and eager to assume that sacred trust…I urge you to choose Chicago. And if you do — if we walk this path together — then I promise you this: The city of Chicago and the United States of America will make the world proud.”

For her part, the WSJ reports, First Lady Michelle Obama, a native Chicagoan made an appeal, evoking memories of her father, who came down with multiple sclerosis in while in his 30s, noting that as a child she remembers sitting on her father’s lap and cheering for Olympic gymnasts Olga Korbut and Nadia Comaneci. former athlete

Speaking of her father: “He taught me how to throw a ball and mean right hook better than anybody in our neighborhood,” breaking into her trademark smile.

Source: Cities Make Pitches for 2016 Olympics

Here are the full transcripts of the speeches: President Obama: Address to the International Olympic Committee and Michelle Obama Speech to the International Olympics Committee. Transcript

For more coverage and analysis, see:

• Olympics 2016 decision day: live blog
• Barack Obama says Chicago ready for ’sacred trust’ of hosting 2016 Olympics
• Obama Stumps in Denmark for Chicago’s Olympic Bid

The full video of both speeches are below.

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Link: President Obama Olympics 2016 video – 10-2-09

Link Chicago Olympics 2016 Video

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