This is a very special XXXII Olympiad 2020 TOKYO OLYMPICS PIN TRADING starter: US Houston 2012 Summer Games Bid Pin. You will receive ONE (1) HOUSTON 2012 OLYMPIC BID PIN as shown in the first photo, This US Houston 2012 Summer Games Bid Pin will be a valuable starter for your Olympic Pin Trading base.

The 2020 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXXII Olympiad (Japanese: 第三十二回オリンピック競技大会 Hepburn: Dai Sanjūni-kai Orinpikku Kyōgi Taikai)[1] and commonly known as Tokyo 2020, is an upcoming international multi-sport event that is scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020 in Tokyo, Japan, with preliminary events in some SPORTS beginning on 22 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the 125th IOC Session in Buenos Aires, Argentina on 7 September 2013. These Games will mark the return of the Summer Olympic Games to Tokyo for the first time since 1964, the first city in Asia to host the Olympic Games twice, and the fourth Olympics overall to be held in Japan, following the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo and the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano. They will be the second of three consecutive Olympic Games to be held in East Asia, following the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, and preceding the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China. These Games will see the introduction of additional disciplines within several of the Summer Olympics SPORTS, including 3x3 basketball, freestyle BMX and Madison cycling, as well as further mixed events. Under new IOC policies that allow SPORTS to be added to the Games' program to augment the permanent "core" Olympic events, these Games will see karate, sport climbing, surfing and skateboarding make their Olympic debuts, and the return of baseball and softball (which were removed from the summer program after 2008).

Nine cities submitting bids to host the 2012 Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer Paralympics[a] were recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The Committee shortlisted five of them—London, Madrid, Moscow, New York City, and Paris—from which London eventually prevailed; thus becoming the first city to host the Olympic Games for a third time.[1] The bidding process for the 2012 Olympics was considered one of the most hotly contested in the history of the IOC.[2] Paris was seen by some as the front-runner for much of the campaign,[3] but skillful lobbying by London's supporters and an inspirational final presentation by Sebastian Coe led to the success of its bid. After a technical evaluation of the nine original bids, the top five were shortlisted on 18 May 2004, becoming official candidates. The remaining applicant cities—Havana, Istanbul, Leipzig and Rio de Janeiro—were eliminated.[4] Four of the five candidate cities were prominent national capitals, which lent an increased competitive interest to the final bidding phase. Paris and Madrid earned the top scores during the application phase, but in early 2005, a more thorough evaluation of the candidates put Paris and London in a close race that became tighter as the final vote approached. On 6 July 2005, in a four-round exhaustive ballot of the IOC (gathered at the 117th IOC Session in Singapore), Moscow, New York City and Madrid were eliminated in the first three rounds. London won the final round by a margin of four votes over Paris and secured the right to host the 2012 Olympics. In the month after the election, members of the Paris 2012 delegation argued that the London delegation had violated IOC rules. The key points in the accusations were London 2012's abortive athlete incentive initiative and lobbying by then-British Prime Minister Tony Blair.[5] A public statement by IOC President Jacques Rogge dismissed these accusations, stating that the competition had been fair.[6] Another controversy occurred during the bidding process when an undercover investigation by British television series Panorama revealed a corruption scandal associated with IOC member Ivan Slavkov and Olympic agents, who offered to deliver votes from IOC members to any 2012 Olympic bid in return for financial favours.[7] Still recovering from the effects of the Salt Lake City scandal, the IOC reacted swiftly and punitively toward the rule-breaking individuals. Houston was one of four finalists to be the U.S. Olympic Committee's bid city for 2012. It and Washington, D.C.-Baltimore were eliminated in August 2002 in favor of San Francisco and New York City, and New York was selected in November 2002 as the U.S. committee's choice. The Big Apple, however, was trounced in the July 2005 International Olympic Committee vote that awarded the 2012 Games to London. A year later, Houston was a candidate to be the U.S. committee's 2016 bid city but lost to Chicago, which was thrashed even more thoroughly than New York in the 2009 international vote that awarded those Games to Rio de Janeiro. With those factors at work, even Rod Serling, who, as the creator of the television series "The Twilight Zone," worked wonders in the fifth dimension of imagination, might struggle to construct a scenario that would include a Houston 2012 Olympics. Certainly George DeMontrond, chairman of the Houston 2012 Foundation, acknowledges that Houston faced an uphill battle in any parallel universe, let alone this one. "With the USOC in some disarray at the time and with the politics of the Olympics, I'm not sure anyone could have won," he said. "It wasn't that New York and Chicago were beaten, but they were beaten soundly. "I believe our bid would have worked and that the Olympics in Houston would have worked. We had a wonderful situation. But I don't think any U.S. city had a real chance for 2012."

Other items in other pictures are for your reference only, available in my eBay Store. Greek Island not included. The lapel pin will make a great addition to your COCA-COLA COKE collection. You find only US Made items here, with the same warranty.

FREE 30-day No-Question return

ALL US-MADE PATCHES HAVE LIFETIME WARRANTY

We do not compete price with cheap import copies.

Watch out for cheap import copies with cut-throat price; 

We beat cheap copies with Original design, US-Made Quality and customer services.

Once a customer, a LIFETIME of services