2000 Summer Paralympics: Difference between revisions

Under the current australian legislation at the time, regardless of winning or losing the candidacy, at the end of the process it would have to be dissolved. Thus, these rules blocked any change in the composition, structure and functioning of the SOBC. As a result of this, the bid committee created by the APF had to do all the work alone.<ref name="Hartung-Rocket Fuel" />

After the decision was made by the IOC, Berlin was seen as favorites, as it was "considered the perfect proposal to celebrate the entry of the third millennium" as they wanted to celebrate the ten years of the [[German reunification]] by hostingand the Games were seen a perfect oportunity. But the support of its bid was marred after anti-Olympic protesters marched through the city just four days before the final votevoting in Monaco, claiming that the Games would be using funds to further domestic reconstruction efforts.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/09/19/world/peacefully-10000-protest-berlin-olympic-bid.html|title=Peacefully, 10,000 Protest Berlin Olympic Bid|last=Kinzer|first=Stephen|date=19 September 1993|work=The New York Times|access-date=27 November 2009}}</ref>

The [[Manchester bid for the 2000 Summer Olympics|Manchester's bid book]] was believed to be strongone of the most strongs, but was harmed by recurring delays in the regeneration process and the ongoing works at the historic centre of the city, by criticism within Britain when its promotional videos and material featured videos and photos of the main tourist attractions of the capital [[London]] city , such as [[Buckingham Palace]] and [[Tower Bridge]], instead of Manchester's tourist attractions.

A review of the failed project in a smaller scale was submitted two years later to the [[Commonwealth Games Federation]] (CGF), and the city was eventually named as the host of the [[2002 Commonwealth Games]].

Beijing had very weak arguments, similar to those of Milan (who withdrew in February 1993 due to a scandal involving overpricing for the project and involving environmental risks related to the [[Po River]]), though Beijing stated that "the city would accept the mission of organizing and hosting the Paralympic Games, and that the financing would be the same".

However, that the entire project would be developed jointly between BOBICO and the IPC, respecting all international rules and legislation. Despite this, the Chinese bid was still frowned upon because of issues relating to the protests in [[Tiananmen Square]] in 1989, along with weak legislation related to the disabled and the accessibilityacessibility ofin a public places.<ref>{{cite journal | doi=10.1177/0022009416667791|title = Harnessing Human Rights to the Olympic Games: Human Rights Watch and the 1993 'Stop Beijing' Campaign| journal=Journal of Contemporary History| volume=53| issue=2| pages=415–438|year = 2018|last = Keys|first = Barbara| url=http://minerva-access.unimelb.edu.au/bitstream/11343/217038/5/Keys%20Human%20Rights%20JCH%20author%20version.pdf|hdl = 11343/217038|s2cid = 159945661|hdl-access=free}}</ref>

With all these problems seeing the other candidates eliminated, only the APF candidacy remained, which also faced serious problems: despite being the only viable candidate,the thererisks are were still present,as there no financial and structural guarantees for the project.<ref name="Hartung-Rocket Fuel" />

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However, it was clear that the two events would be organized by two separate Organizing Committees. Immediately, the bid consultants advised the SOBC to reconsider its decision, and reluctantly they accepted this: it was claimed that the "rejection of the Paralympic Games could be considered a crucial weakness for Sydney" and that "important votes for the end could be lost".

While the possibility of what was happening in Atlanta could repeat were real, the APF'sAustralian Paralympic athletes and managers resilience was what kept their hopes alive.