Who do you want to host the 2020 Olympics?

[Jack_]

The IOC are voting later, with the results at about 9pm.

[Novo]

Tokyo please although wouldn't mind Madrid either, not Istanbul though mainly for safety reasons by then there could be to much conflict going on in that part of the world that there would be problems hosting in there anyway

[Lee.]

Madrid.. Only an hours time difference :thumbs:

[Novo]

the best thing about Beijing was the time difference and staying up til 6 in the morning watching it all :worship:

[Lee.]

Nah.. It's difficult if you're working! Sydney was a nightmare

[Samm]

Turkey because they have not Hosted it before and I went on holiday there this year It is a wonderful place

[Lee.]

Turkey because they have not Hosted it before and I went on holiday there this year It is a wonderful place

It's probably one of my favourite holiday destinations.. It's such a beautiful country and the people are great, but we had an earthquake there last year and its put me off ever going back :(

[Novo]

i have heard many stories about Men trying to buy white girls in exchange for Camels in Turkey, a very dodgy place indeed

[Samm]

It's probably one of my favourite holiday destinations.. It's such a beautiful country and the people are great, but we had an earthquake there last year and its put me off ever going back :(

Which part of turkey did you go to the Asia side or the Europe side

[Samm]

i have heard many stories about Men trying to buy white girls in exchange for Camels in Turkey, a very dodgy place indeed

Turkey is a very large country It's about 10x the size of England Evan if that does happen It would be very rare

[Lee.]

i have heard many stories about Men trying to buy white girls in exchange for Camels in Turkey, a very dodgy place indeed

Somebody offered dave a donkey :sad:

[Lee.]

Which part of turkey did you go to the Asia side or the Europe side

Europe.. We were in a wee village not far from Dalaman

[Shaun]

Tokyo is a bit too soulless for sporting events.

Istanbul is the most exciting city of the three and is in a country with a booming economy so seems a good choice, only pitfall of course is the recent rioting... but we had that in London didn't we :whistle:

[Novo]

i don't really see how Turkey will get it anyway after the whole doping scandal recently

[Black Dagger]

Tokyo as it'd give me an incentive to go.. although if I didn't go the time difference would piss me off. Madrid would be nice.

[BigSister]

Madrid or Tokyo Madrid prob more because of the time difference because Rio is gonna annoy me so much Madrid this is twice in last 3 times they have gone for Olympics so that might just sway it

[neneu10]

MADRID

XXI Century Olympics

2004 Athens
2008 Beijing
2012 London
2016 Rio
2020 Madrid
2024 Toronto or NYC

[RichardG]

Istanbul vs Tokyo

Istanbul and Tokyo are through to the final vote to host the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics after Madrid was eliminated in the first round.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/24002795

[RichardG]

Announcement in 5 minutes

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-24003636

[RichardG]

Tokyo confirmed to host the 2020 Olympics

[Black Dagger]

TOKYO :worship:

[jackc1806]

Aww well done Tokyo

Madrid should be glad they didn't get it, they are asleep all afternoon so no one would turn up :joker:

[T*]

TOKYO! :D :D :D

[BBfanUSA]

Reckon North America is getting 2024,

I bet either Washington DC or Toronto will get it.

Saw Tokyo coming from a mile away.

[Shaun]

how boring

[Niall]

I'm glad Tokyo got it. It's sure to be vibrant and well organised. Best choice of the three imo. The Spanish economy is in the toilet and Turkey has masses of problems as it is so it makes a lot of sense to pick Tokyo anyway. :love:

[Saph]

Tokyo will have real life anime characters dancing around, I'm excited for it tbh

[Novo]

can't wait to see their opening Ceremony, there should be a nice segment on Final Fantasy there somewhere, the greatest thing to ever happen to Japan