21.   The IOC is considering changes in the vote process and last weekend president Juan Antonio Samaranch said members could no longer visit bidding cities.

22.   This is the first time the IOC has ever investigated possible bribery by bidding cities.

23.   This was the first time the IOC cut the field of bidding cities before the final vote.

24.   This is the first time the IOC has ever investigated possible bribery by bidding cities, despite previous rumors and allegations of corruption in other Olympic votes.

25.   This is the first time the IOC has reduced the field of bidding cities before the final vote.

26.   Three months after the pipe-bomb explosion at the Atlanta Games, Bach said Athens and the other bidding cities will not be judged on stricter security measures.

27.   Next April the International Olympic Committee will reduce the number of bidding cities to four.

28.   The most sensitive reform to be examined is the ban put on IOC members from visiting bidding cities.