tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481330.post112034076749261453..comments2023-10-24T11:05:25.288-04:00Comments on Mark Rauterkus & Running Mates ponder current events: NYC hopes Senator Clinton can boost its chances to land 2012 OlympicsMark Rauterkushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17157914569686528007noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481330.post-1120431199602884922005-07-03T18:53:00.000-04:002005-07-03T18:53:00.000-04:00Paris falling: Three days before the IOC decides w...Paris falling: Three days before the IOC decides who will host the 2012 Olympic Games, bookmakers think London has improved its chances against longtime favorite Paris.<BR/><BR/>London's odds now stand at 11-4 with William Hill, which once had them at 7-2. The betting agency has lengthened Paris from 1-6 to 1-4.<BR/><BR/>Madrid is 20-1, New York 25-1 and Moscow the 50-1 outsider.<BR/><BR/>Hill's spokesman, Graham Sharpe, said that London bid chairman Seb Coe was producing the same form off the track as he showed when winning back-to-back Olympic 1,500-meter titles in 1980 and 1984.<BR/><BR/>"There is no doubt Lord Coe was a master tactician on a racetrack, and the feeling is growing that maybe he has timed his finishing kick just right to take London past Paris on the final run-in," Sharpe said.<BR/><BR/>Rival Ladbrokes has cut London from 7-2 to 3-1, and now has Paris at 1-4 from 2-9.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com