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Madrid pins hopes on low-budget Olympic bid
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Madrid pins hopes on low-budget Olympic bid

With Madrid finding out on Saturday if it will be hosting the 2020 Olympics, the debt-struck city believes its penny-pinching bid to host the Olympic Games in 2020 will give recession-hit Spain a big economic boost.
50,000 turn out to back Madrid Olympic bid
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50,000 turn out to back Madrid Olympic bid

Madrid's bid for the 2020 Olympic Games was given a resounding show of public support on Saturday night as 50,000 people took part in a range of sporting activities to highlight the city's desire to host the Games in eight years time.