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Prague changes logo for its 2016 Olympic candidacy
(Agencies)
Updated: 2007-09-26 11:42
PRAGUE, Czech Republic - Prague has changed its bid logo for the 2016 Olympics following a request from the International Olympic Committee.
Prague Mayor Pavel Bem and Czech Olympic Committee chairman Milan Jirasek unveiled the official logo on Sept 4. The logo consisted of green numbers in the year 2016 shaped like a laurel branch as a symbol of victory.
But the IOC requested that the year's numbers be written under the branch next to the name of the city, said Karel Tejkal, a spokesman for Prague's bid committee.
He said the new version of the logo, consisting of the laurel branch with Prague 2016 written underneath as requested, was approved by the IOC in a letter signed by its president, Jacques Rogge.
Prague is one of the seven cities in the running for the 2016 Olympics, along with Chicago; Tokyo; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Madrid, Spain; Doha, Qatar, and Baku, Azerbaijan.
Chicago also changed its logo at the IOC's request.
The IOC will select the host city in October 2009 in Copenhagen, Denmark.
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