Coe's Road From Brink of Disaster to Triumph ; How the Double Gold Medallist Pulled Off His Greatest Olympic Triumph After Stepping in to Save London's Bid Evening Standard Olympic Special
Evening Standard - London › July 07, 2005
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BARBARA CASSANI walks out of a Lausanne cafe stressed and dejected and looks for a taxi to sweep her away from an Olympic world that she is starting to loathe.
It is 4pm on 18 May 2004 and London has just been given a mauling by the International Olympic Committee in its first report on the cities bidding for the 2012 Games.See the full content of this document
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Coe's Road From Brink of Disaster to Triumph ; How the Double Gold Medallist Pulled Off His Greatest Olympic Triumph After Stepping in to Save London's Bid Evening Standard Olympic Special
London has made the shortlist of five candidate cities, but the bid is ranked behind Paris and Madrid.
Transport especially has been singled out as a failing. Within 24 hours, Cassani quits as bid leader.This is, by far, the lowest moment of the two-year campaign. But it is the crucial turning point because of the arrival of Cassani's ...See the full content of this document
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