Saturday, April 14, 2007

Los Angeles made a bid to be the U.S. host of the 2016 Olympic Games, competing against Chicago. Several supporters, organizers and former Olympic athletes were on hand in Los Angeles for the live announcement from Washington D.C. to find out if LA or Chicago would prevail. Chicago was selected.

Rosemary Presburger, 6, of Los Angeles, sits on the stage during the announcement of Chicago being named the U.S. host city bid for the 2016 Olympics.

Members of the Southern California Committee for the Olympic Games await the announcement of the selected U.S. host city for the 2016 Olympics.

Ailan Presburger, 6, of Thousand Oaks, Calif., listens to his father, Daniel, in the pin-covered pink apron, discuss the City of Los Angeles' chances to get the U.S. bid for the 2016 Olympics.

John Doyle, of Reseda, Calif., flanked by television news crews, awaits the announcement.

Michael O'Hara, athlete in the 1964 Olympic games in Tokyo games, walks past an empty stage while holding his Olympic torch from the 1984 Olympic flame relay through California, following the announcement that Los Angeles lost out in its bid as U.S. host city for the 2016 Olympic to Chicago.