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Beijing is a firm favorite(幸運兒)to win the bid(競標)for the 2008 Olympics, according to the International Olympic Committee(IOC)．
The Chinese capital’s bid came first with four 1 cities on Monday, when the IOC 2 in half the 3 cities fighting for hosting the world’s most important sporting 4 ．
The IOC’s executive(執(zhí)行的)committee said that the five cities will be Beijing, Istanbul, Osaka, 5 and Toronto．
The host city will be 6 at the IOC session(會議)next July in Moscow．The 2000 Olympic Games 7 in Sydney and the 2004 Olympic 8 be held in Athens．According to IOC sources Beijing is 9 to win the 2008 Olympics bid．The Chinese capital lost out to Sydney by 10 two votes(選票)for the 2000 Olympics．
The committee had suggested that only four cities should be 11 for the final vote 12 it is believed IOC president Juan Antonio Samaranch 13 hard for the Turkish capital to be included．
Istanbul has bid for the past three summer Olympics and Samaranch was 14 not to upset them according to sources within the executive board．
Osaka, Japan’s second largest city, was included in the 15 round because of their 16 financial support for the Olympic movement, 17 the source．
Paris i s 18 to hid for 2012 if they 19 Beijing．Toronto is considered an outsider 20 Istanbul．
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