Boosted by President Barack Obama's decision to join them in Copenhagen, Chicago's Olympic delegation held its first news conference this morning after arriving in Denmark.
The setting was a movable platform built in the middle of a swimming pool at a public sports facility.
The Chicago 2016 bid committee used the occasion to surround its leaders--chief executive Patrick Ryan and Mayor Richard Daley-- with the star athletes promoting the city's bid.
Ryan said the bid committee did a poll last week that showed 72 percent of Chicagoans and 82 percent of Americans support the bid. That contrasts with a recent Tribune poll showing only 47 percent for and 45 percent against the bid. Chicago Tribune report
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