Madrid's city council agreed on Thursday to bid for the 2016
Olympic Games, local media said.
The decision was made in an extraordinary session exactly a year
after the International Olympic Committee chose London, instead of
Madrid, to host the 2012 Games.
Madrid mayor, Alberto Ruiz Gallardon, said Madrid would organize
the best Olympic Games in history, thanks in part to experience
gained in the 1992 Barcelona Games.
"We already have many of the elements need to make the first
step towards the Olympic goal," the mayor said.
(Xinhua?News Agency?July 7, 2006)
