Patrick Ryan has traveled tens of thousands of miles, crisscrossed time zones and wandered through countless hotel lobbies - all in search of support for Chicago's bid for the 2016 Olympics.
With six weeks before the International Olympic Committee vote in Copenhagen on Oct. 2, Ryan and leaders of the three other candidate cities have taken the roadshow to Berlin for the last major campaign stop of the race.
Bid teams from Chicago, Rio de Janeiro, Tokyo and Madrid converged here in conjunction with IOC executive board meetings and the world track and field championships, attended by as many as 60 IOC members.
"You can see people just walking through the lobby,'' Ryan said. "It's a chance to build and expand on those relationships.'' Associated Press report
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