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And '' a few hours ago the bombshell that could revolutionize the history of the Winter Olympics. These days the organizing committee for the Olympic Games in Pyeongchang 2018 is considering together with the International Federation of the luge (FIL) and that of the bob and skeleton (FIBT) the possibility & agrave; move competitions gut Olympics on Korean gi & agrave; existing plants in Japan.
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The organizers of Pyeongchang are in fact experiencing a series of economic problems that forced them to revise the budget for the construction of new infrastructure. The 'any chance & agrave; move competitions bobsled, skeleton and luge in nearby Japan would greatly reduce costs and make the Olympics definitely pi & ugrave; sustainable.
"It '' a hypothesis that the two international federations are considering together with the organizers - said an anonymous source all''agenzia Reuters - there '' & egrave; still nothing certain to & ograve; un''ottima solution might be to lower costs. Obviously we have to see if c '' & egrave; helpfulness & agrave; to cooperate on the part of both countries involved. "
Still not & egrave; unclear whether 'any facility designated to host the races gut is the same used at the time of the Olympics in Nagano in 1998, however this would only be the' last of the many problems to deal with. Between Japan and South Korea in fact persist still some unresolved issues of various kinds. Tokyo for many years had a hegemonic role against Korea, leading a heavy slave trade that does not tutt''ora & egrave; been forgotten by the South Koreans. Beyond these tensions should also be remembered that the two Asian nations have already & agrave; organized in the past a world-class sporting event of the caliber of the World Championships in football in 2002.
According to the current regulations' hypothesis put forward by Reuters could not yet be implemented, but in the next few days, things could change. The next World Council of the International Olympic Committee, chaired by Thomas Bach avr & agrave; agenda as the so-called Agenda 2020. This name is a document that contains a series of proposals to allow CITY host the Olympic Games to make less painful the 'economic impact dall''organizzazione the Olympics, and among these initiatives c' '& egrave; also the possibility & agrave; of use of installations Th & agrave; existing in other CITY or other countries.
The 'approval of Agenda 2020 sar & agrave; important not only for the success of the 2018 Olympics but especially for future editions, as if until a decade ago c''era the race to win the 'organization of the Olympic Games now c' '& egrave; a sort of race to not organize them. We must not forget that there are currently only two remained in contention CITY (Beijing and Almaty) for the 'organization of the Games in 2022.
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