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7月6日，倫敦以54：50票的結果戰勝了強大對手巴黎，贏得了2012年夏季奧運會的舉辦權，倫敦也因此成為歷史惟一一個三次舉辦奧運會的城市。歡樂的倫敦市民在倫敦特拉法加廣場慶祝申奧成功。外電報道如下：London
edged out Paris
in the hotly contested race to host the 2012 Olympics. The
British capital, which last had the games in 1948 while continental Europe was
rebuilding in the aftermath of World War II, upset Paris 54-50 on
the fourth ballot Wednesday.
Moscow, New York and Madrid were knocked out in the first three rounds
of the International Olympic Committee vote.
"This is our moment," said London bid leader Sebastian Coe, a former
Olympic middle-distance champion. "It's massive. It's huge. This is the
biggest prize in sport."
Edge out在此表示“微微勝過”，是美式英語說法。此外，edge out還有“徐徐走出；擠掉；替代”等含義。
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