IOC Report Wrapped on 2018 Bids
With the reports on the three candidates for the 2018 Winter Olympics now complete, the head of the IOC Evaluation Commission tells Around the Rings that IOC members have three "good candidates" to choose from at the July vote.
Swedish IOC member Gunilla Lindberg said the evaluation reports on Annecy, Munich and PyeongChang were wrapped up on Saturday.
She declined to reveal if there was any clear leader in the race for the 2018 Olympics, saying only that the strengths and weaknesses of the bids would be made clear when the reports were made public on May 10.
It was the first time the ANOC secretary general has chaired an evaluation commission. "I think we had a good team with a lot of experience. It has been an interesting journey with good candidates.
"On every [bid book] topic, we have had very deep and thorough discussions."
The release of the reports comes eight days before IOC members receive a technical briefing from the 2018 bid cities in Lausanne, May 17 and 18.
2018 Bids Pitch to Oceania
Annecy, Munich and PyeongChangget 15 minutes in the sun Saturday, so to speak, in New Caledonia in the South Pacific.
The French territory is hosting the annual assembly of the Oceania National Olympic Committees.
Leaders of all three bids are on hand for the presentations which could include up to a half-dozen IOC members; five IOC members hail from Oceania.
The Annecy team includes CEO Charles Beigbeder, vice president Jean Pierre Vidal and French NOC President Denis Masseglia.
Munich 2018 is represented by co-chairs Katarina Witt and Thomas Bach along with CEO Bernhard Schwank.
From PyeongChang, chair Yang Ho Cho leads the South Korean team.
The presentations to ONOC are the next to last before a continental association after appearances by the bids to Asia and Europe. Africa comes at the end of June. PASO, the association for the Americas, held its assembly in 2010, prior to the time the bids were permitted to make presentations.
After ONOC, the SportAccord convention in London is the next big stop. The cities will make presentations and hold press conferences April 7 at the London meeting.
Written by Mark Bisson and Ed Hula.
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