Paris loses the 2012 Olympic Games to London 

It was a very humbling experience for the French. They went in that room thinking they had it in the bag over London. Same for New York 2012. The Americans were smug in their attempts and again in 2016 with Chicago. In the end, both France and the U.S. got their games in a single vote for 2024 and 2028 respectively. I look forward to Paris 2024 and Los Angeles 2028.

@@J_131 @EmilySWood @AlexOsborneTV We have done it! London have won it!

Paris 2012 was a dream.

Exactly. London 2012 were the best Olympics in my opinion (I am British so I'm a bit biased) Paris went into this bidding process believing they had already won it. Whereas London was seen as more unlikely however as history shows it was London that triumphed over Paris. The Americans were also very confident with New York given that they had successfully hosted in Atlanta less than a decade earlier. However in the long run all three of these countries will have their moment to shine. It's going to be a tall order to do better than London 2012 but both Paris and LA will do a spectacular job.

@@adamwithey4746 but neither London know that the next day, something very bad and unforgettable happened... Do you know what it is?

Same bro my sister doesnt understand the feels

The British do not like the French

​@@cityzens634 Speak for yourself, most of us do like our French neighbours. We are very much alike and yet different all at the same time. In most things, we are equally matched, thus the famous rivalry we have.

@@cityzens634 Is that why millions of british tourist flock to the Dover in the summer to head down into France. The Brits are obsessed with France

@@johnwellington5754 With France yes, with the French no.

​@@johnwellington5754better weather innit

+AHagerty93 I totally agree. The videos were fantastic and London deserved to win the bid.

AHagerty93 that's right for the videos. I'm french and I still remember how painful was that ceremony for me but I agree that the Paris video (directed by Luc Besson) was a disaster: backward-looking vision, full of clichés...The first time I saw this video, I felt that the Paris bid turned out badly!

An 'Olympiad' is not decided on a video but on a bid. The Paris was better (The boss of the CIO said and could not understand the result) and would have cost less (turns out London cost 4 times the amount). Lobbying was the winner for sure.

The London bid was not better, their lobbying was. Paris had the best project, concept, budget and bid... but didn't communicate well on their bid Some lessons for the future. Let see for 2024

zisssssou They won the bid though not formally until Sept. the L.A delegates decided to move on the next bid which is 2028.😮 The London bid video was better and entertaining plus the lobbying power of Brits.😹

And it was

@@marilynevans9642 agreed

I agree. Both cities were/are capable of hosting these games. Paris, your time is coming again. Not to worry. Sans souci. It's ALL good. World, let's be kinder to each other. After all it is kinda odd that there'd be such vitriol considering we're talking about THE OLYMPIC GAMES, for crying out loud.

L’arrogance francais

yeah but it werent that bad as 9/11 though and not many people even heard of 7/7...on 9/11 3,000 people were killed and the twin towers was destroyed and people were jumping out of the buildings, whilst 7/7 we still have trains and buses but we will never see the twin towers again

@@Gencturk92you can’t compare the two! Every innocent life lost to terrorism is an unspeakable tragedy:

@TylerTT Yeap ;D , unless they're postponed owing to that damned virus, hope no...

Plus you have to remember that the modern world would not exist without British imperialism. There was slavery and famine and murder, yes, and that is terrible, but without that past we would not be as close together as we are today. Australia, America, Canada, New Zealand, and even the face of Europe would all be very different without the commonwealth or the empire that preceded it and spread our axiology, our technology, our law and style of rule, trade and governance.

woww almost 10 years ago, hows life now? how old are you

Yea because it’s was a tough competition between my city (Los Angeles) and Paris. Can’t wait to to host our games in 28

And it was shit 😂😂😂😂

@@Retronyx agreed.

same.

10 years later, the games happened a long time ago and they were great. i still remember them like it was yesterday, but hated the traffic haha.

UnicornEmoji In where?

now they are focusing on 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games before Los Angeles 2028.

Good luck to all.