{"article":{"id":131703,"heading":"London to Host 2012 Olympic Games","author":"prensa latina","created":"2005-07-07 14:31:32","modified":"2013-11-11 00:34:24","last_modified":"Mon, 11 Nov 2013 07:34:24","article":"<p>Singapore, Jul 6 (Prensa Latina) London won Wednesday a hard-fought battle against Paris at the International Olympic Committee vote in Singapore, disputing the venue for the 2012 Olympic games, the IOC officially announced. <br><br>  <br>  <br> After bids from Moscow, New York and Madrid were eliminated in the first three rounds, London defeated Paris on the fourth ballot of the IOC vote. Paris had been the leader throughout the campaign, but London raised hopes after an impressive presentation by Lord Coe, the bid chairman.  <br><br>  <br><br> Wednesday&acute;s decision brought to an end the 18-month race to win the host contract for the 2012 Games, with London taking the games back to the British capital for the first time since 1948. <br>  <br> <\/p>\n","contact":"","link":"","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/plain","summary":"London to Host 2012 Olympic Games","numcomment":0,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2005\/07\/131703.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[]}