 Oprah Winfrey: Throws party for U.S Olympic winners
Oprah Winfrey, the queen of talk show, has thrown a gala ‘welcome home’ party for over hundred and fifty Olympic medallists. The party was held on Wednesday as a mark of salute to the athletes. Some even looked at it as pep rally efforts so that Summer Olympic Games 2016 will be held at America.
Oprah Winfrey, whose program is widely watched by people of one hundred and forty countries and boasts U.S. audience of 46 million every week, has organized an open-air concert on Lake Michigan waterfront of Chicago. During the party time over four thousand people jumped, shouted and cheered in swirling red, white and blue ‘confetti’ when the medallists walked through the aisles and arrived the stage.
"Team USA, you want to make us all stand taller." Oprah Winfrey has told this to the athletes at the end of the program. She further added that she hoped that they would have a chance to return to Chicago for the Olympics in 2016 for which the city is bidding against Madrid, Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo.
Swimmer Michael Phelps, who returned from Beijing Olympic Games with a record 8 gold medals have expressed his views in front of Oprah Winfrey. He said that though his feat has not sunk in but "I need to get back home" to Maryland to see friends and his pet bulldog.
"One of the biggest things I want to do is grow the sport of swimming," Michael Phelps added it, after saying that he has established a charitable foundation for promoting the sport using the $1 million bonus that he has received from the makers of Speedo swimwear.
The show on Wednesday will be aired in syndication on 8th September. It will mark the beginning of Oprah Winfrey's 23rd season.
Another swimming champion, silver medalist Dara Torres, also said to Oprah Winfrey that she was not going to take leave from competitive swimming at age of forty-one.
"When you're in the water the water doesn't know your age," added Dara.
The venue for the 2016 games will be declared in the month of October 2009. Michael Phelps was scheduled to meet Chicago community leaders later in the day in order to provide support for the city's bid. |
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