Greece Olympic Candidates - 2012 host candidates holds pressers re: their bids
NAME: OLY CANDIDATES 150804N
TAPE: EF04/0817
IN_TIME: 10:42:38:18
DURATION: 00:04:49:00
SOURCES: APTN
DATELINE: Athens - 15 Aug 2004
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SHOTLIST:
1. Close up of Paris' "L'amour des Jeux" slogan - tilt down to - "Paris 2012" sign
2. Wide shot of podium and pan delegates
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Philippe Baudillon, Chief Executive Officer of Paris bid.
"I am sure some of you are asking 'Okay, this all sounds great. But, does Paris actually need the Olympic Games?' Our answer is clear, Oui (yes). Throughout time Paris has evolved from major events in history. There is no event bigger than the Olympic Games. We have worked hard in our plans to ensure that the games will have a lasting impact on both Paris and France. It is our belief that the games will be the much needed injection of modernity and energy into the French society."
Promotional video
4. Various of New York's promotional video bid with Statue of Liberty and fireworks
5. SOUNDBITE: (English) New York City Deputy Mayor Daniel L. Doctoroff:
"Now more than ever, New Yorkers have a deep need to express our solidarity with the world and to serve the ultimate objective of the Olympic movement: to promote peace through sport. We are aware that there are complex feelings about our country, but we believe that an Olympic Games in New York will help strengthen and renew relationships around the world. We are committed to earning the trust of the IOC (International Olympic Committee) and becoming the best partner possible, so that we can raise the torch over the lights of New York City."
6. Promotional video
7. SOUNDBITE: (English) Mikhail Men, the Deputy Mayor of Moscow
"Our city, and nation, our hope to a great Olympic tradition, Russians love sport and believe in the ideals of the Olympic Games. I guarantee you a welcome like you have never experienced before."
8. Wide podium
9. Promotional video with wheelchair athletes racing and playing basketball
10. Wide podium
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Jose Maria Echevarria, Spanish National Olympic Committee President:
"In 2012, the Spanish Olympic Committee will reach one-hundred years, and that means that for us, this candidacy have a centennial dimension and for us could be a very important moment to celebrate this special date."
12. Podium
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Sebastian Coe, Chairman and President for London's 2012 bid committee
"Our purpose and our vision is clear: it is to enrich the future of the Olympic movement by reuniting the world's greatest sporting celebration with one of the world's great cities, and I can say that because I was born there. As a city, and as a nation, sport is our common currency. It is also our passion."
14. Wide podium
15. Promotional video for Britain
STORYLINE:
The 2004 Games may have only started, but the Olympic focus shifted to the future on Sunday.
Delegations from the five countries vying to host the Summer Olympic Games in 2012 presented their bids to the media in Athens.
Paris, New York, Moscow, Madrid and London promised to stage a memorable event, but only one can win the right to host the XXXth (30th) Olympiad.
Paris hosted the Olympics in 1924 and staged the games at the start of the twentieth century (1900) and they've promised major redevelopment plans should they be selected.
New York City Deputy Mayor Daniel L. Doctoroff believed that bringing the games to the 'big apple' would also help to repair strained relationships with other countries.
The delegation from Moscow claimed that the Russian capital would be ready to hold the Olympics at a moment's notice, noting they have already staged successful Games in 1980.
Spain's National Olympic Committee will be one-hundred years old in 2012 and played on the theme in its presentation.
President Jose Maria Echevarria said he would like nothing more than to celebrate the movement's 100th anniversary by hosting the Olympics in the same year.
Like rival city Paris, London has twice hosted the Olympic Games.
Sebastian Coe, a two-time Olympic Gold Medal winner over 15-hundred metres, is presiding over the English capital's attempt to stage the Summer Games for a third time.
He said Britain's vision was to enrich the future of the Olympic movement by "reuniting the world's greatest sporting celebration with one of the world's great cities, and I can say that because I was born there."
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) will decide which city will stage the 2012 Olympic Games in Singapore in July 2005.