USA Track and Field CEO Doug Logan, in St. Paul today ahead of Sunday's Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon, said the International Olympic Committee's choice of Rio de Janeiro to host the 2016 Summer Olympics will cost USA Track and Field $10 Million in revenue from partnerships based on the Games coming to Chicago.Chicago was the first of the four finalist cities eliminated in voting this morning.
Logan (pictured) told a small group of media, USATF officials, and TCM organizers, however, that this morning's decision not to award the Games to Chicago wasn't a "death blow" to the sport he directs.
Logan, who will leave the Twin Cities prior to Sunday's race to participate in USA Track and Field law and legislation meetings in Indianapolis over the weekend, discussed the politics behind the IOC vote, the ramifications of the Olympic decision for USA Track and Field, and the future of the track and field during a wide-ranging forty-minute conversation.
A full audio recording of the event is here ...
Photo courtesy of USA Track & Field.
"A wide-ranging forty-minute conversation?" He's probably talking about himself for most of it.
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