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Athletes on Twitter comment on 2016 Olympic host results

Posted by Craig Kanalley on 10/02/09 • Categorized as baseball, basketball, football, golf, tennis

BY BRYAN SIMPSON

On Friday, the International Olympic Committee selected Rio de Janeiro as the host for the 2016 Summer Olympic Games, beating out Madrid, Tokyo, and Chicago.

Here is what athletes on Twitter said regarding the IOC’s decision:

  1. Robbie McEwen
    mcewenrobbie (Professional Cyclist) CONGRATULATIONS RIO DE JANEIRO!! 02 Oct 2009 from TweetDeck
  2. Helio Castroneves
    h3lio (IRL Driver) AEEEE!!!! Olimpiadas no Rio em 2016! #Rio2016 !!!!
    uhuuuuu! #VaiBrasil     02 Oct 2009 from Tweetie
  3. Amer Delic
    AmerDelic (Professional Tennis Player) Back to the #Olympics. #Rio will be a great host. Brazilians know how to enjoy life. Maybe that rubs off on some others when they visit. 02 Oct 2009 from Echofon
  4. Kevin Johnson
    KJ_MayorJohnson (Former NBA Player) Congratulations Rio – you’re lucky Sacramento wasn’t a candidate! 02 Oct 2009 from web
  5. Tony Kanaan
    TonyKanaan (IRL Driver) Olimpiadas 2016 no Rio, SINIXXXXTROOOO. estaremos la. 02 Oct 2009 from web
  6. Jay Feely
    jayfeely (NFL Player) I was surprised Obama extended himself without assurances that US would win the vote. I am dissappointed b/c I wanted to take my kids 02 Oct 2009 from mobile web
  7. Laura Wilkinson
    Lala_the_diver (Olympic Diver) Congrats to Rio on getting the 2016 OlympicGames! 02 Oct 2009 from web
  8. Marcellus Wiley
    DatDude75 (Former NFL Player) @SheezyDoesIt I couldn’t be happier for Rio……Congrats to them…..and I will thank them personally all the way through 2016!!!! 02 Oct 2009 from web in reply to SheezyDoesIt
  9. Alex Lloyd
    alex_lloyd (IRL Driver) Such a shame Chicago lost the Olympic bid for 2016. 02 Oct 2009 from Tweetie
  10. Julieta granada
    Juliegranada (LPGA Golfer) Shot 2 under today! Very solid! I heard that the 2016 olympics is going to be in rio! Wow that’s great! 02 Oct 2009 from Echofon
  11. C.J. Wilson
    str8edgeracer (MLB Player) not really surprised chicago didn’t get the olympic bid, but I know a lot of it is because of our current political and economic situasche 02 Oct 2009 from web
  12. johanbruyneel
    johanbruyneel (Professional Cyclist) Too bad Madrid (where I live) didn’t get the Olympics. Odds were against us. Never twice on same continent. Up to 2020 or move to Brasil… 02 Oct 2009 from UberTwitter

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To see what these athletes, as well as other are up to on Twitter check out Championist or Twitter Athletes

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