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The proposed sailing venues for the candidate cities are:

Chicago, USA - Chicago 'Olympic Village Harbour'
Tokyo, Japan - Tokyo Bay
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Flamengo Park, Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro
Madrid, Spain - Valencia

The selection was made by the IOC's Executive Board in Athens, venue for this week's SportAccord conference. The decision was based on a technical analysis of the Applicant Cities' applications submitted earlier this year. The analysis and subsequent report was made by a working group of Olympic Games experts who assessed each Applicant City's potential for staging successful Olympic Games in 2016. The technical assessment was based on 25 questions, covering a variety of areas such as venues, transport, accommodation and security. The full report made by the working group is available on the IOC website, www.olympic.org.

The four Candidate Cities now have until 12 February 2009 to submit their Candidature File to the IOC. These files will be analysed in detail by an IOC Evaluation Commission, which will also visit the Candidate Cities, before issuing a report one month prior to the election. The final decision on the host city for the Games of the XXXI Olympiad in 2016 will be made by the full IOC membership on 2 October 2009 during the 121st IOC Session in Copenhagen.

Please note: the Candidature Procedure and Questionnaire, which outlines the procedures, rules and deadlines to be respected until the election of the host city, as well as the in-depth questionnaire which Candidate Cities must respond to in their Candidature File, are also available on the IOC website, www.olympic.org.

*Cities are listed in the order of drawing of lots.

ISAF Olympic Games microsite - www.sailing.org/olympics