Beijing aimed the Winter Games 2022: The International Olympic Committee has awarded the Games to the Chinese capital. Beijing asserts itself against the competitors Kazakh Almaty. In the vote there is a technical glitch. DOSB President Hörmann regards the decision as a good sign.
Munich wanted the Winter Olympics 2022 not, Almaty did not get it. But Beijing. So the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has decided. However, not as planned by electronic voting via tablet. The 85 IOC members had to because of a technical breakdown as in good times hold its vote on slips of paper.
IOC President Thomas Bach took on Friday to brief vor 12 clock the “Beijing” working note from the Winner envelope.
The Chinese metropolis is the first city which hosts both summer and winter games. Beijing was already in summer 2008 Olympic city.
Beijing campaigned with his previous experience Olympic
Beijing sat at the candidacy of political stability in China and the economic strength of the country. “We provide all the necessary guarantees that are needed,” Vice Prime Minister Liu Yandong had promised during the final presentation of the application in Kuala Lumpur.
The competitions that no snow need to be held in Beijing. Others – such as biathlon and Nordic disciplines – to be held in Zhanjiakou 190 kilometers away
The only contender at 128. Congress of the IOC was Almaty.. The largest city of Kazakhstan had left behind. Prime Minister Karim Massimov has asked the 85 IOC members, to rely on his own country, to take “a golden decision” and to give Almaty the contract. In vain.
Good sign for Hamburg’s Olympic bid in 2024?
DOSB President Alfons Hörmann evaluated the IOC decision per Beijing as a good sign for Hamburg’s bid to host the Summer Olympics of 2024. “Today decision taken again underlines the importance of Agenda 2020, “he said. “This is the first time in the application process for the host of the Olympic and Paralympic Games will find 2024 full application.”
Next said Hörmann: “The IOC has been in its evaluation report critical issues such as human rights, press freedom and labor rights pro-active addressed and can give written commitments by the government to comply with the Olympic Charter We welcome the fact that the host city contract was thus already expanded Consistent implementation will provide important impetus “
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