Leaders boost countries' Olympics bids

Updated: 20:29, Tuesday, 5 July 2005

The French President and the British Prime Minister have been promoting their countries' bids to host the 2012 Olympic Games.

1 of 2 Jacques Chirac Wants 2012 Olympics in Paris
Jacques Chirac
Wants 2012 Olympics in Paris 

The French President, Jacques Chirac, and the British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, have been promoting their countries' bids to host the 2012 Olympic Games.

The two leaders were in Singapore ahead of a vote by members of the International Olympic Committee tomorrow.

'I have come here to support one candidacy. We are in the Olympic world - that means fair play, that means that the best should win and that is what I want. And naturally I want the best to be Paris,' said Mr Chirac.

The five contenders for the 2012 Olympics are London, Madrid, Paris, New York and Moscow.

Paris has been seen as the favourite, but London, Madrid and New York are said to have been gaining momentum. IOC president Jacques Rogge has described the vote as too close to call.

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