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To the question "What was the 'edition of the Olympic Winter Games the most beautiful of all time?", Any fan or insider would have no hesitation in answering "Lillehammer 1994". Comes now news that the Norwegian city, nell''immaginario collective entry because of that wonderful event, is considering the 'hypotheses to launch its own application for un''edizione future.
Wednesday 5 April 2017 6 minutes reading time
He told VG the mayor of the city, Espen Granberg Johnsen. In recent months, the municipality had commissioned a feasibility study about a potential candidacy for 'Edition 2026 or 2030. This document has been successfully completed and then the municipality has decided to pursue his goal.
According to Grandberg Johnsen, in the aforementioned feasibility study we were addressed four different types of organization, two of which are considered to be very strong.
The first is basically a dell''edizione 1994. A Lillehammer replica scene should be in all the Nordic disciplines (cross-country, biathlon, ski jumping, combined), the freestyle and some hockey match. Alpine skiing would be split between Kviftjell and Hafjell, respectively 60 and 20 km north of Lillehammer. The gut disciplines (luge, bobsleigh and skeleton) would be held in Hunderfossen (10 km north of the city-based). All skating (figure, speed, short track) would be in Hamar (80 km south room). Finally, the 'hockey split between Lillehammer and Gjøvik (70 km south). It is still unclear where they would be placed snowboarding and curling, which in 1994 were not part of the Olympic program.
The second option concerns greater dislocation of disciplines, especially the ice, in other cities yet to be determined. The feasibility study has instead recommended the 'hypothesis of compact games (all in Lillehammer, except for downhill skiing) and the decentralized games throughout Norway.
Also it must not forget how the document IOC "Agenda 2020" provides for the possibility that the organizing country of the Games may introduce one-off disciplines at will. The Norwegian IOC member Gerhard Heiberg suggested that, if successful, the three sports eligible candidates to enter the Olympic program un''ipotetica edition in Lillehammer are the Bandy, the Mushing and Ski Orienteering.
Obviously among Norwegian journalists c''è who has placed the 'inevitable question of Lillehammer mayor: "Oslo was nominated for the' 2022 edition we have been spent 26 million euro before the policy is put sideways and renounce the capital. Are not you afraid that it will happen the same? ". Granberg Johnsen responded by stating that in principle you will find an organizational format able to convince even skeptics, adding that by virtue of the success of the Games in 1994 and youthful dell''edizione 2016 Lillehammer's candidacy would be stronger and convincing compared to that of Oslo.
It should be noted that the Oslo package does not derived from un''opposizione national policy, but local. Within the council there were some who was frightened by the possible costs above the Olympic Village. He fell a nomination that probably would have won hands down against Beijing and Almaty.
Thus, in Norway we c''è desire to return to organize the Winter Olympic Games. We'll see if the goodwill of Lillehammer will translate into concrete facts.
At the time, in 2026 in view, 'only it started really well this job is that of Switzerland with Sion.
the 'Austria too, with Innsbruck, look all''evento, but the project is still in the feasibility "study stage."
Stockholm and Sapporo have expressed interest in launching a bid, but in the Swedish case, we are still far from the embryonic stage, while the Japanese metropolis takes the double geopolitical Damocles' sword represented by the Tokyo Games in 2020 and the fact that the Winter Olympics will be held in Asia both in 2018 and in 2022. finally smoky appear, if not fanciful, hypothetical applications of Helsinki and Erzurum.
The IOC will award the XXV Olympic Winter Games in 2019.
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