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LONDON (AP) - London edged out Paris in the hotly contested race to host the 2012 Olympics. The British capital, which last had the games in 1948, upset Paris 54-50 on the fourth ballot July 6.

Moscow, New York and Madrid were knocked out in the first three rounds of the International Olympic Committee vote.

"This is our moment," said London bid leader Sebastian Coe, a former Olympic middle-distance champion. "It's massive. It's huge. This is the biggest prize in sport."

Both Prime Minister Tony Blair and French President Jacques Chirac had gone to Singapore to lobby for the bids before flying to the G-8 summit in Scotland.

"I couldn't bear to watch the final bit of it," said a very happy Blair. "It's not often in this job that you punch the air and do a little jig and embrace the person next to you."

London, which also held the games in 1908, becomes the first three-time Olympic host city.

It was a devastating defeat for Paris, which expected to win but has now lost three Olympic bids in 20 years. Paris hasn't staged the Olympics since 1924.

2012年の五輪開催はロンドン

6日に行なわれた国際オリンピック委員会総会の投票で、2012年の五輪開催地にパリをきん差で破ったロンドンが選ばれた。

Shukan ST: July 15, 2005

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