Olympic Bid 2005
In 2005, Torsella co-chaired the city of Philadelphia's bid for the 2016 Olympic Games, along with David L. Cohen, executive vice president of Comcast Corp, and Olympic gold medalist Dawn Staley. Chicago was ultimately selected as the U.S. Olympic bid city, but Torsella continues to serve as co-chairman of the Philadelphia Olympic and International Sports Project, the successor organization to Philadelphia 2016 that attracted two Olympic team trial events - table tennis and gymnastics - to Philadelphia.
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