BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - The Madrid delegation were left reeling on Saturday by the shock of their early elimination as host for the 2020 summer Olympics and defended their bid presentation as "the best" of the candidate cities. There was a deathly hush in the bar where officials gathered to await the result of the International Olympic Committee's head-to-head vote that eliminated the Spanish capital following a first-round tie with Istanbul. The third bidder, Tokyo, was later awarded the Games. Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, under fire for...
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