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XXII Olympic Winter Games
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The host city of the 2014 Winter Olympics
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The 2014 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XXII Olympic Winter Games, will be celebrated in 2014, and is an international winter sports athletic event that has yet to be organized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The IOC under the leadership of Jacques Rogge has received the applications of seven cities to bid for the honor of hosting the event. On June 22, 2006, the Executive Board of the International Olympic Committee met to narrow the field to three candidate cities. The elected host city will be announced on July 4, 2007 during the 119th International Olympic Committee Session in Guatemala City, Guatemala.

At the time of the 2006 Winter Olympics, Salzburg was considered by the specialists or observers, such as GamesBids or Around the Rings as the favourite, with PyeongChang and Sochi being the other two strongest contenders. In March 2006, Jacques Rogge indicated during an interview to a Spanish newspaper that Salzburg and PyeongChang will be among the candidate cities selected by the IOC.

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[edit] Candidate cities

The following three candidate cities have been approved by their National Olympic Committees - [1]. They all sent their respective questionnaire answers by February 1, 2006. These documents have been made public in the following days. They were selected by the International Olympic Committee on June 22, 2006.

Main article: 2014 Winter Olympic bids
2014 Candidate Cities
Logo Name Country (IOC Country Code) Official
web site
Sochi Flag of Russia Russia (RUS) Sochi 2014
The Russian Black Sea resort will bid for the 2014 Winter Olympics. The ski resort in Krasnaya Polyana district, which is being designed by the same company working on ski slopes for the 2010 Winter Olympics, will open in 2007 and would be the primary venue for outdoor sports while Sochi would host indoor winter sports. The high number of hotel rooms, and strong public and political support from the city and its twin city Cheltenham, England, are expected to strengthen the bid's chances. Sochi may be one of the first subtropical cities to vie for the Winter Olympic games.
Salzburg Flag of Austria Austria (AUT) Salzburg 2014
Despite its excellent technical bid, the Austrian town was eliminated in the first round in voting during the 2010 competition. The 2014 bid is more compact than the 2010 project due to the elimination of the Kitzbühel, St. Johann and Ramsau venues.

One venue (Schönau am Königssee for bob, skeleton and luge) is located in Germany.
PyeongChang Flag of South Korea Republic of Korea (KOR) PyeongChang 2014
PyeongChang was unanimously selected over Muju by the Korean Olympic Committee in December 2004, and was the first city to submit its bid to the International Olympic Committee. The bid has launched a full-scale campaign in an effort to secure a Winter Olympics, which eluded them by a mere three votes in the 2010 Olympic race, in which the Games were awarded to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The 2014 project concentrates all venues within one hour of PyeongChang, calls for huge sums of investment into new infrastructure and sporting venues, including the new Alpensia Resort; moreover, the sporting event would promote a message of peace and harmony in the divided country. Since 2003, the region has landed the 2009 Snowboard World Championships and the 2009 Biathlon World Championships in an aim at becoming the winter sports hub of Asia. Recently, the World Curling Federation [2] gave nearby city of Gangneung (pop. 250,000; mere 20 minutes away from PyeongChang) the 2009 World Women's Curling Championship.

Note: the cities are listed in the presentation order defined by the IOC during its Executive Board of October 26, 2005.

[edit] Out of the race

[edit] Non-selected applicant cities

The following applicant cities have been approved by their National Olympic Committees[3]. They all sent their respective questionnaire answers by February 1, 2006. These documents have been made public in the following days.

2014 non selected Applicant Cities
Logo Name Country (IOC Country Code) Official
web site
Jaca 2014 Jaca Flag of Spain Spain (ESP) Jaca 2014
Jaca has failed four times in bidding for the Winter Olympics — for the 1998, 2002, 2010, and 2014 Olympics. It has previously hosted the 1981 and 1995 Winter Universiades. Skiing events were proposed to take place at ski resorts of the Pyrenees: Candanchú, Formigal, Astún and Panticosa. Most of the ice events, as well as the Opening and Closing Ceremonies (at La Romareda Stadium), were to take place 142 kilometers south of Jaca in Zaragoza. Preliminary ice hockey competitions were to take place in Jaca and Huesca. Jaca did bid for 2002 but missed the short list which was limited to Östersund (Sweden), Quebec City (Canada), Sion (Switzerland) and Salt Lake City from the US, the eventual host.

One of the main reasons that Jaca didn't make the short list is that the Opening and Closing Ceremonies were not scheduled to take place in Jaca which is in contradiction with article 35.1 of the Olympic Charter.
Almaty Flag of Kazakhstan Kazakhstan (KAZ) Almaty 2014
Almaty, the former Soviet republic's largest city, submitted its official bid for the 2014 Olympics to the International Olympic Committee. The city had already planned to host the 2011 Winter Asian Games. The National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan cited that the city would have used existing indoor sports facilities and the Chimbulak Mountain ski slopes. The bid was quite compact with all the ice events in downtown Almaty and the alpine events in nearby Kumbel. The farthest events would have been in the Soldatskoe Valley venue, only 45 km away from the center of Almaty and the Olympic Village. The historic Medeo ice rink would have been the speed skating venue and would have been covered for the Games. It bears to mention that based on the scores released by the Executive Committee report, Almaty placed fourth overall, and would have been eligible for the shortlist as it had cleared the benchmark for some categories. However, IOC president Jacques Rogge commented that in the process of shortlisting in order to determine an Olympic Host City, what matters was 'not quantity, but the quality' of the overall bids. Although Almaty presented a good bid, it was implied that it was not as feasibly up-to-par as the three that were selected to enter the shortlist.
Sofia Flag of Bulgaria Bulgaria (BUL) Sofia 2014
Sofia submitted its application in the city's third attempt to land the Winter Games, after losing the 1992 and 1994 nominations to Albertville and Lillehammer, respectively. The proposed Olympics was based on three main centers: Sofia itself, Borovets and Bansko. Sofia would have hosted the ice events and bobsleigh and luge events in nearby Vitosha natural park. The ambitious multi-million euro Super Borovets (70 km away) expansion project was a further signal of Bulgaria's continual investment into infrastructure and would have hosted cross country skiing, freestyle skiing and snowboarding events. Near Sofia is located also the fast developing Bansko resort (159 km). Bansko, the site of the 2007 European biathlon championship, would have hosted the biathlon and alpine skiing events. The city's bid also seemed to had gained significant political support within the country and thus sent in its application early on April 17, 2004. Sofia missed the 2014 shortlist on June 22, 2006. According to experts, the main reason for the 2014 elimination was the lack of detailed information provided in the reply to the IOC's questionnaire [citation needed]. Sofia reportedly will try again for 2018. The Bulgarian Olympic Committee will decide upon a future bid in December 2006.
Borjomi Flag of Georgia (country) Georgia (GEO) Borjomi 2014
Despite the lack of sports infrastructure, Georgia reportedly had the money and the will to host the Winter Olympics. The Games were proposed to be held in two locations: Borjomi and Tbilisi, which are about 200 km apart.

Borjomi was the proposed venue for the outdoor sports disciplines (Alpine Skiing, Biathlon, Bobsleigh, Cross Country Skiing, Freestyle Skiing, Luge, Nordic Combined, Skeleton, Ski Jumping and Snowboard), while Tbilisi was expected to host the indoor sports disciplines (Curling, Figure Skating, Ice-Hockey, Short Track Speed Skating and Speed Skating). The Opening and Closing Ceremonies were expected to take place in the natural amphitheatre in the centre of Bakuriani, a suburb of Borjomi. Bakuriani would also have been the venue for the cross country and freestyle skiing.

Note: the cities are listed in the presentation order defined by the IOC during its Executive Board of October 26, 2005.

[edit] Non-finalised applicant cities

The following cities expressed interest in bidding but withdrew their 2014 Winter Olympic bids or decided not to bid.

[edit] Additional sports

Various sport events sought inclusion into the official sport program of these Olympic Games. The sports included:

On November 28, 2006, the Executive Board of the IOC decided not to include these sports in the review process of the program.[7]

[edit] External links

[edit] Mini bid books

[edit] IOC evaluation report of the applicant cities

[edit] See also

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