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USA VOLLEYBALL HEADLINE NEWS
Oct. 1, 2009
B.J. Hoeptner Evans
Manager, Media Relations and Publications
Phone: (719) 228-6800
E-Mail: bj.evans@usav.org
USAV’S Fingers Crossed for Chicago
Anticipation is building within the U.S. Olympic community and around the world as the clock counts down to Friday morning and the International Olympic Committee's vote on which city should host the 2016 Summer Games.
The IOC is meeting in Copenhagen, Denmark, where representatives from the four final candidate cities - Chicago, Madrid, Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo - continue to lobby the 105 members who will vote by secret ballot (only 97 IOC members vote in the first round as representatives from candidate cities are not eligible to vote. As cities are eliminated, their members can vote. IOC president Jacques Rogge does not vote).
USA Volleyball, along with the other U.S. sport national governing bodies and the U.S. Olympic Committee, have put their support squarely behind Chicago's bid for the Games.
"Chicago's plan for the 2016 Olympic Games is one of the best I have ever seen and I know others intimately involved with the process have told me the same thing," said USA Volleyball CEO Doug Beal. "I cannot emphasize enough how important it is to have the Summer Games in the United States to raise the visibility of our sport as well as other Olympic sports.
"Chicago has been a great partner for USA Volleyball in putting on international events and we look forward to continuing that relationship."
Complete release is posted at http://usavolleyball.org/news/article/17251.
Volleyball Players Support Chicago 2016 Bid
Three top U.S. volleyball players will be with the delegation that travels to Copenhagen, Denmark to lobby the International Olympic Committee members to award the 2016 Games to Chicago.
The IOC will choose from among Chicago, Madrid, Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo in a vote held on Oct. 2. Each city will give one final presentation prior to the vote.
Two-time Olympic beach volleyball gold medalist Kerri Walsh (Saratoga, Calif.), men’s indoor gold and bronze medalist Bob Ctvrtlik (Newport Beach, Calif.) and Paralympian Paul Moran (Chicago), a member of the 2004 U.S. Men’s Sitting Volleyball Team will travel with the delegation that will also include U.S. President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama and Oprah Winfrey.
Complete release is posted at http://usavolleyball.org/news/article/16308.
