It may have been a language barrier, but the crowds near Moscow’s Red Square were still cheering the city’s bid more than an hour after it was eliminated from the race for the 2012 Summer Olympic Games.
The Moscow Times reports that at 2:28 p.m. Moscow was eliminated from the 2012 bid. But the first the crowd that gathered near Red Square knew about it was when the final result was announced more than an hour later, at 3:49 p.m. Reporters who tried to tell people on the square about the decision were dismissed or called “provocateurs” with many refusing to believe the result.
The emcees on the stage continued to talk of Moscow as if it was a favourite long after the city had lost.
Meanwhile Moscow announced Wednesday night its intention to bid for the 2016 Summer Games.
