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Stockholm is the sixth candidate city to host the XXIV edition of the Olympic Winter Games. The hesitation of Sweden were swept away by'' sinking of the German application following the referendum.
Monday 11 November 2013 2 minutes reading time
In fact, without Monaco of Bavaria competition to get the 2022 Winter Games has been greatly reduced.
So far, the Swedish government had been very cold about the opportunity to apply since Oslo and with the metropolis Teutonic the chance of winning the event'' would have been laughable.
'' However, the absence of Germany in the race allowed Sweden to become a credible alternative to Norway.
The project is still pretty vague, but it seems that the focal point of the application could be the centralization of events. In fact, the only events to keep away from the city would be eight races in Alpine skiing, to be held in Ã…re, as there would be a willingness to play on the slalom hill Flottsbro, 20 km south of Stockholm.
Similarly the'' intent would be to build new facilities to ensure that competitions in biathlon, cross country skiing, jumping, Nordic combined, luge, bobsled and skeleton are held near the capital. where obviously find space even ice sports.
Rises to six official candidates to host the 2022 Winter Olympic Games:
ALMATY (Kazakhstan) BEIJING (China) Lviv (Ukraine) OSLO (Norway) KRAKOW (Poland) STOCKHOLM (Sweden)
The deadline for submitting applications is Thursday, November 14.
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