it won primarily against one north american city i dont know which . i hope that answers your questions. what i got to do with olympic bid of other europen country. China is a country which american is scared of . Didnt china brought down the spy plane of america made with B2 technology that americans were so proud of and saying no radar will detect it. Brought to the ground BOOM you should remember Beiging now is not less then any european city and in not too distant future will be better than them.