A planeload of athletes and other backers of Chicago’s Olympic bid will soon be headed to Copenhagen.
A planeload of athletes and other backers of Chicago’s Olympic bid will soon be headed to Copenhagen.
A United Airlines charter flight leaves Monday night after a send-off celebration at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport.
Athletes including gymnastics star Nadia Comaneci and track ace Jackie Joyner-Kersee are headed to the Danish capital for the International Olympic Committee’s Friday vote on a 2016 host city.
Chicago is a finalist along with Tokyo, Madrid and Rio de Janeiro.
Chicago’s top bid officials, including Mayor Richard Daley, are already in Denmark.
The city’s delegation got a mega dose of star power Monday when the White House announced that President Barack Obama would join his wife in Copenhagen to personally appeal on behalf of Chicago’s bid.