Swiss Olympic, the National Olympic Committee of Switzerland has announced that it will continue to study the opportunity for Switzerland to submit a bid for the 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games. The result of this large national consultation, which was initiated earlier this year, will be announced on March 11, 2016.
Bidding for the Winter Games is an extremely important matter for the NOC and this is why consultation work has already started and will continue over the next four months. The result of this consultation will be announced at an extraordinary meeting of the Swiss "sport parliament"; the General Assembly of the NOC on March 11, 2016.
Should the outcome of this process favour a potential bid, Swiss Olympic would then announce the procedure that will be put in place to select the best possible project to be submitted to the International Olympic Committee.
Jörg Schild, President of Swiss Olympic, said: "We are very happy to see so much enthusiasm across the various regions of the country for a 2026 bid. This shows that the sport movement and the Olympic spirit is strong and healthy in Switzerland. We are of course taking this into consideration. A bid for the Games is something very important that we need to study in detail. This is what we are currently doing and we look forward to announcing the results of our work in a few months."
In the meantime, Swiss Olympic remains the official point of contact for any request regarding a potential Swiss bid for the 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games.
For more information, contact:
Alexander Wäfler
Head of Media / Press officer
Swiss Olympic
Abteilung Marketing & Kommunikation
T: +41 31 359 72 16
M: +41 76 436 38 40
alexander.waefler@swissolympic.ch
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