Anita DeFrantz, one of two International Olympic Committee members from the U.S. said she was still in shock at Friday’s IOC vote which awarded the Games to Rio de Janeiro while Chicago finished fourth and last on just 18 votes – despite speeches in Copenhagen by Obama and first lady Michelle Obama…

“I think it’s (visits from heads of state and political leaders) getting ridiculous. We should go back to the videos,” DeFrantz told Reuters.

“They (Barack and Michelle Obama) won and Chicago lost. They were clearly the most popular people there but it was not a contest of most popular heads of state, as you know.”