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Jubilation as Toronto gets Pan Am shot

Source: Toronto Star
Guadalajara : Mexico | 19 days ago  
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  • A Canadian athlete performs during the presentation to the General Assembly of Pan American Sports Organization in Guadalajara city
    A Canadian athlete performs during the presentation to the General ...
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  • Toronto's Mayor David Miller celebrates with his delegation after winning the bid to host the 2015 Pan-American Games in Guadalajara city
    Toronto's Mayor David Miller celebrates with his delegation after ...
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  • People walk at the voting for the host of the 2015 Pan-American Games in Guadalajara city
    People walk at the voting for the host of the 2015 Pan-American Games ...
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  • Toronto's delegation put on a light show during their presentation to the General Assembly of Pan American Sports Organization in Guadalajara city
    Toronto's delegation put on a light show during their presentation to ...
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  • Colombia's President Alvaro Uribe looks on during his presentation to the General Assembly of Pan American Sports Organization in Guadalajara city
    Colombia's President Alvaro Uribe looks on during his presentation to ...
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  • Toronto's Mayor David Miller gestures during his presentation to the General Assembly of Pan American Sports Organization in Guadalajara city
    Toronto's Mayor David Miller gestures during his presentation to the ...
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  • Peru's President Alan Garcia gestures during his presentation to the General Assembly of Pan American Sports Organization in Guadalajara city
    Peru's President Alan Garcia gestures during his presentation to the ...
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  • Former Ontario Premier and bid committee chairman David Peterson gestures during his presentation to the General Assembly of Pan American Sports Organization in
    Former Ontario Premier and bid committee chairman David Peterson ...
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  • Colombia's Mayor Moreno gestures during his presentation to the General Assembly of Pan American Sports Organization in Guadalajara city
    Colombia's Mayor Moreno gestures during his presentation to the ...
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  • Ontario Primier Dalton McGuinty gestures during his presentation to the General Assembly of Pan American Sports Organization in Guadalajara city
    Ontario Primier Dalton McGuinty gestures during his presentation to ...
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  • Two Canadian Mounties stand next to athletes getting ready before presentation of Toronto to the General Assembly of Pan American Sports Organization in Guadalajara city
    Two Canadian Mounties stand next to athletes getting ready before ...
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  • Peru's Mayor Luis Castaneda looks on during his presentation to the General Assembly of Pan American Sports Organization in Guadalajara city
    Peru's Mayor Luis Castaneda looks on during his presentation to the ...
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  • Colombian musician Jorge Celedon sings during the presentation to the General Assembly of Pan American Sports Organization in Guadalajara city
    Colombian musician Jorge Celedon sings during the presentation to the ...
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A Canadian athlete performs during the presentation to the General ...
After decades of trying, Toronto lands a big sports event: The 2015 Pan Am Games. Toronto-bid team members Anne-Marie Radford, left, and Dawn Langfield celebrate the win at Labatt House in the Queens Quay Terminal on Nov. 6, 2009. It started with cocktails in an Annex backyard, in a city desperate to...
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