索契獲2014年冬奧會主辦權 韓國民眾傷心
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危地馬拉當地時間7月4日，俄羅斯索契獲得2014年冬季奧運會的主辦權。韓國的平昌以4票之差落選，韓國民眾在得知冬奧夢化為泡影后不禁失聲痛哭。
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International Olympic Committee
president Jacques Rogge announces that the 2014 Winter Olympics will be
held in Sochi, Russia, at the 119th International Olympic Committee session in Guatemala
City July 4, 2007. [Reuters] |
Russia's Black Sea resort of Sochi was awarded the 2014
Olympics on Wednesday, rewarding President Vladimir Putin and taking the Winter
Games to his country for the first time.
Sochi defeated the South Korean city of Pyeongchang 51-47 in the final round
of voting by the International Olympic Committee.
The Austrian resort of Salzburg was eliminated in the
first round of the secret ballot
, setting up the decisive head-to-head contest between Sochi and
Pyeongchang.
Pyeongchang led the first round with 36 votes, followed by Sochi with 34 and
Salzburg with 25. Sochi picked up 17 votes in the second round to secure the
victory.
The result was a triumph for Putin, who put his international prestige on the
line by coming to Guatemala to lobby IOC members and lead Sochi's final formal
presentation to the assembly. Putin had left by the time the result was
announced.
IOC president Jacques Rogge opened a sealed envelope and read the words the
Russians longed to hear:
"The International Olympic Committee has the honor of announcing the 22nd
Olympic Winter Games in 2014 are awarded to the city of Sochi."
Russian delegates in the hall erupted in cheers, jumped to their feet and
hugged each other. They unfurled a Russian flag and chanted, "Sochi! Sochi!"
Korean delegates bowed their heads, some in tears.
"It was a historic decision for all countries," Sochi
bid chief Dmitry Chernychenko said. "Russia will become even more open, more
democratic."
In Sochi, cheers erupted from the crowd of more than 15,000
that had gathered for a pop concert and the announcement in a main square.
（Agencies）
Vocabulary:
secret ballot: 不記名投票
（英語點津陳蓓編輯）
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