Three weeks after Chicago's first-round rejection in the bidding for the 2016 Summer Games, Olympic athletes and sports executives are demanding major change in the U.S.
Olympic Committee. At stake, some say, is support for American athletes and the quest to host Olympic Games in the United States.
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