Madrid mayoress' poor Olympic bid English used on adverts for language schools
Sunday, September 15, 2013 @ 7:20 PM
MADRID will not run for the 2024 Olympics – at least, not while the city's mayoress Ana Botella is in power.
Although probably not part of the International Olympic Committee's decision to exclude Spain in the first round of voting, Botella's speech in English – written phonetically by public speech advisor Terence Burns, from the USA – has become the subject of ridicule throughout the country and the infamous line about enjoying 'a relaxing cup of café con leche in the Plaza Mayor' has gone viral.
Botella, who says the Madrid 2020 accounts will be liquidated and published, and which will be used to fund public services and help create employment as spokesman for the opposition Jaime Lissavetsky said they should be at the time, is not taking this too personally.
“I understand this country's sense of humour and often laugh at myself about it, too,” revealed Botella, who was hopeful of securing the Games at the third consecutive attempt to put her in a favourable light for the 2015 local elections.
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