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'India has a chance of securing 2020 Olympics'

The organising committee for the 2012 London Olympics on Monday put its weight behind India's aspirations for hosting the mega event in 2020.

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NEW DELHI: The organising committee for the 2012 London Olympics on Monday put its weight behind India's aspirations for hosting the mega event in 2020.

The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has expressed its willingness to bid for the Games and the host city will be named in 2013.
   
London Olympics organising committee chairman Sebastian Coe said if Delhi bids to host the mega event, there was a good chance it might get it and the successful staging of the 2010 Commonwealth Games would be a big help in this regard.

"I think Delhi has a good chance of getting the Olympics. It has staged major sporting events in the past and there would be a lot of coherence in their claim. A successful Commonwealth Games would definitely be helpful," Coe said at a media interaction which also saw a large number of children assemble to receive valuable tips from the athletics legend.

"The Commonwealth Youth Games in Pune next year is also an important step in this direction," he said.

Getting the Olympics would be a big task and Delhi would face challenges comparable to other bidders, he said.

Granting hosting rights to India would also signify that many more developing countries could aspire to host the biggest sporting extravaganza in the world.

"It will send out a strong message that the Olympics are not a franchise of half a dozen countries," Coe, the 1500m gold medallist from the 1980 Moscow and 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, said.

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