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ATHENS, Greece, June 4 (UPI) -- The International Olympic Committee Wednesday named Chicago, Tokyo, Madrid and Rio de Janeiro to the short list of candidate cities for the 2016 Summer Games.
Doha, Qatar, was eliminated in its bid to become the first Middle East, Arab city to host an Olympics. The other cities eliminated from the seven cities vying for the games were Prague, Czech Republic, and Baku, Azerbaijan.
"We want to offer our warm and sincere congratulations to all the candidate cities," said Ali Bin Ali, chairman of Doha's 2016 Olympic bid in Athens.
"While we are of course disappointed, we remain extremely proud to have been given the opportunity over the past 12 months to demonstrate that Doha is a truly modern and developing city, able to compete with some of the world's largest capitals and able to host international sporting events of the highest standard."
The 110-member IOC is to choose the host city for the 2016 Games Oct. 2, 2009.
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