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Copenhagen will not host an Olympic Games

Copenhagen will not bid to host an Olympic Games, according to the city's mayor, Ritt Bjerregaard.

During a visit to Beijing yesterday, Bjerregaard, said: "this is so big and so well-planned that neither Copenhagen nor Denmark can carry out something similar. The Olympic Games are simply an event that is too big for a country of five million inhabitants.

"After the Games in Athens four years ago many thought of Copenhagen as host city of an Olympic Games, but after what I have seen here in Beijing, I have to say it is out of the question".

Copenhagen is hosting an IOC Congress next year where the 2016 host city will be selected.