Japanese Olympic officials fear the election of Barack Obama as U.S. president could make his home city of Chicago the favorite to host the 2016 Olympic Games and harm Tokyo’s bid.

Tokyo, Chicago, Madrid and Rio de Janeiro are the four cities in the running to host the 2016 Games.

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I’m not much of an Obama fan (or any other politician for that matter…), but I am a fan of anything that will help bring the Olympics to Chicago.  Chicago has always been my favorite big city, and if the Olympics are held there,  then I might actually try to get some tickets for a few of the events.