Oprah Winfrey is trying to help Chicago win the 2016 Olympic Games - and brought more than 170 American medallists in the Beijing Games to town Wednesday to help.
Swimmers Michael Phelps and Dara Torres, gymnasts Shawn Johnson and Nastia Liukin, beach volleyball players Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh and others joined Winfrey to tape her season premier of "The Oprah Winfrey Show."
The show, which will air on Monday, was at once a welcome home for the athletes, a pep rally for the United States and a commercial for Chicago. And Winfrey made no secret that she hopes the city - led by Mayor Richard M. Daley, who was in the audience - is awarded the games.
The International Olympic Committee will select the host city next year.
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Tracey:My straight... (Below threshold)1. Posted by langtry | September 4, 2008 3:03 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Tracey:
My straight-to-work bus travels right past Millennium Park every morning. The crowds yesterday for this were unbelievable. I said to a friend of mine that it looked like the line into Invesco Field for the Obama speech. Personally, I don't get the appeal (of Oprah or the Olympians show) but it was clearly a big deal to many Chicagoans.
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