1805: "It's unbelievable, overwhelming and spectacular," beams Rio de Janeiro governor Sergio Cabral, which kind of sums it up really doesn't it? "We must congratulate Rio, and also the work that we Spaniards have done, it was excellent. It's a disappointment for us," Spain's Queen Sofia tells Spanish public television from Copenhagen.
Maria, Liverpool via text on 81111: "I've just decided to live in Brazil from 2013 to 2017. Who's with me?"
1800: Unbelievable scenes in Rio, then, while in Copenhagen football legend Pele has tears streaming down his face as the news starts to sink in. Disappointment for Madrid, Tokyo and Chicago, of course, but few will begrudge Rio their moment in the sun. Now the hard work starts, though...
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BBC's Gary Duffy in Rio: "The people of Rio have been streaming out of their offices onto the beach. The party is under way and it may last through the weekend."
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1750: So there you have it. Joy unconfined for the delegates of Rio de Janeiro as they become the first South American city handed the role of hosts of the Olympic Games - just two years after they will host the 2014 Football World Cup. So near and yet so far for Madrid - just as in 2005 - but surely their time will come in the future.