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0926: Chicago entered today slight favourites to win the 2016 Games, lest we forget - although many will concede this year’s race is just too close to call. As well as the Obamas’ presence, the likes of basketball legend Michael Jordan, TV talk show host Proah Winfrey and secretary of state Hillary Clinton have all lent their support - and as shown by Tony Blair’s influence in 2005 and Vladimir Putin’s in 2007,personalities can be absolutely crucial to a bid team’s success.zorlack1966 on 606:](http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/606/A57877410)“I’d like to see a Chicago win, the city has such a rich tapestry of sporting culture and history. Not to say the other cities don’t, but I just feel there is something special about the windy city this year. Maybe it’s because Barack Obama is from there - at the moment everything he touches seems to turn to gold.”**BBC sports news correspondent James Pearce on Twitter: **](http://twitter.com/Pearcesport)"My analysis of Chicago presentation: Michelle Obama absolutely fantastic - she spoke with real passion and in some ways upstaged her husband - and President Obama was very good. Rest average."0915: So, the hard part for Chicago might just be done and dusted - and as expected the bid presentation was dominated by President Barack Obama and the first lady. Michelle opened up, referring to her father as her inspiration for bringing the Games to her hometown. “I am not just asking you to give us the Games as a Chicagoan or as an American, but also as a daughter. My father would have been so proud to see us here bidding for the Games,” she said. President Obama followed with an empassioned plea to the IOC members to select Chicago as the host city, saying: “I was born in Hawaii and was taken to Indonesia so I never really had roots until I came to Chicago and discovered this most American of cities which nevertheless possesses 130 different ethnic groups. It is a rich tapestry of neighbourhoods. If you choose us we walk this path together.”**BBC sports news correspondent James Pearce on Twitter: **](http://twitter.com/Pearcesport)"Big day ahead in Copenhagen. So much at stake for the for the bids."0907: A quick breakdown of today’s timetable, then. Well, the Chicago bid team has already made their 45-minute presentation (followed by a 15-minute question-and-answer session) to the IOC members and are meeting the media as we speak - more on that in a bit - with Tokyo up at 0930, Rio de Janeiro at 1110 and Madrid last up at 1350. Following this there will be an IOC Evaluation Committee report, voting, and then the announcement ceremony from about 1730. We have reporters in Copenhagen and eyes and ears around all the teams and voters - what we don’t have yet is you lot. I want you to get involved via text on 81111 or over on 606 and lend me your thoughts. Do it - and do it well - and I can make you web famous for 15 minutes. It’s almost too much power for one man alone to hold some might say, but there you go. 0900: Four years and 86 days ago, Trafalgar Square played host to scenes of stunning celebration and a party to rival any thrown byCorey “Myspace” Delaney.It was July 2005 andLondon had been awarded the 2012 Olympic Gamesfollowing a keenly fought contest against the likes of Paris and Madrid, and the start of a potentially legacy-building process began. Well today is the turn of either Chicago, Madrid, Rio de Janeiro or Tokyo. An International Olympic Committee ceremony in Copenhagen, due to conclude some time after 1730 BST,will select the hosts of the 2016 Olympic Gamesand it has come down to that quartet. Bed down now for a day of twists, turns, votes and vol-au-vents as I bring you all the gossip and news from Denmark, where experts have already been describing this as the closest bid process in history. It could be a bumpy rideThis article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.