The final day of campaigning to host the 2020 Olympics started with Madrid saying its proposal based on economic austerity can become the new model for future games. Madrid began the three cities' final push to lure International Olympic Committee members' votes on Saturday. Tokyo and Istanbul are scheduled to hold news conferences later Friday, AP reported. "We believe that having a responsible budget represents the new way to understand the games," Madrid Mayor Ana Botella said. "We believe that it's a new model to organize the games at a time marked by political and economic turbulence around the world." Spain's economic struggles, highlighted by a 27 percent unemployment rate, have been seen as the main weakness of Madrid's bid heading into the IOC meetings. Tokyo has fending off questions about the radioactive leak in the Fukushima nuclear plant, while Istanbul has had to deal with concerns about the civil war in neighboring Syria. -- SPA 18:21 LOCAL TIME 15:21 GMT تغريد
