As soon as the start of the Beijing Olympics, International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach will have to recognize that as a result of Friday to disperse about 1,000 people who had gathered in the town square to hear the crowd Kazakh.
"That we will raise the status of the city and the country, because. We (the Olympics) were hoping for did not win that is very unfortunate," Murad, who attended the event at the age of 26, an employee of the city administration said.
Like many in Almaty, Murad was in the public service works, because it refused to give his last name.
Beijing is widely expected to win easily, but the closest vote of the International Olympic Committee for eight years, from a narrow 44-40 margin was only prevalent in Malaysia where, in contrast to the surprise vote in Almaty was silent response.
The government of Kazakhstan for the Olympic Games, and for bidding on the map of the world and that is known as Central Asia, after the Soviet Union cut off from other countries was a matter of putting the country on the "republics."
Almaty, Kazakhstan, on Friday, July 31, 2015 Beijing Olympic H while watching the response of the people to vote ...
"Tender for the Winter Olympics for the amazing progress that has been achieved since independence, Kazakhstan. This alone is a great victory for our country," Andrei Kryukov, vice-president of the Beijing bid, said in a statement after the win, said.
Under the theme on "Keeping it Real", and the abundance of natural snowfall in Almaty presented - a weak point for Beijing - and the 30-km (18-mile) radius of the city's solidarity with the place.
He was re-elected in April, when they won about 98 percent of the vote in a long-term president, Nursultan Nazarbayev, who controlled the political life dissenting voices are marginalized in a country where, to bid for the Kazakh government's decision failed to attract the support of many citizens passionate .
Almaty in the town square, playing school attendance and enthusiasm of many students, despite the fact that the DJ music and dancing, to a large extent before the elections was lacking. Beijing declared the winner, wound up DJ event. There were no speeches of officials.
Many in the crowd, they are students or employees of state told the Associated Press that it was
Friday in Almaty, Kazakhstan, a man reacts while listening to the announcement of the Olympic vote ...
He was not prepared to host the Olympic Games in Almaty only holds government jobs declined to give her surname because a 34-year-old Said Karligash, railway employees ,.
Government spending cuts it has made the wrong time for Kazakhstan to host the games, adding that "it's in Beijing and it was stingy and narrow. I was really disappointed in Almaty had the best view". "We're reducing the budget funding and we hold events of this magnitude requires a lot of work."
The International Olympic Committee's evaluation report, a potential weak point in trying to Almaty singled out as cautious financial budget may be affected by economic shocks. In the last year, and the decrease in oil prices over Kazakhstan's main export, has led the government to cut spending.
Each bid has faced repeated criticism about human rights. Some dissenting voices in the face of harassment of government critics have chosen to leave the country after Kazakhstan yet.
Almaty no immediate word on whether the tender will be considered again in Beijing after coming very close to beating. For example, files of the Olympic Games in 2014, but was eliminated in the early stages.