Olympic Winter Games in Munich

Munich is  ccandidating for the Olympic Winter Games in 2018.  See http://www.muenchen2018.org/en

In the framework of the bidding the city organized for the second time  a wintersports festival in the Olympic Park.  The visitors had the possibility to try out all kinds of wintersports such as icehockey,  iceskating, figureskating, skiing, skeleton, snowboard,  biathlon, curling. Presentation of the sports as well as competitions were also on the program. It was a lot of fun, especially for the kids. See http://www.jugendsport-foto.de/Wintersport.htm

The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships began Tuesday in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, the proposed location for the Munich 2018 Snow Park should the Munich host the 2018 Winter Olympic Games.

The event takes place just three weeks before the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) Evaluation Commission visits Munich 2018 March 1 to 4 to inspect the city’s bid.

The fantastic opening ceremony showcased the potential of Munich 2018’s Festival of Friendship concept with live music (including opera, rock and traditional Bavarian folk music), 1,300 volunteers, and a crowd filling the Olympic Ski Snow Park.

The other two candidates for the ganes are Pyeongchang, South Korea, and Annecy, France. The election of the host city will be on July 6 during the 123rd IOC Session in Durban, South Africa.