The three cities bidding to host the 2014 Winter Olympic Games are travelling to Beijing to attend the 5th SportAccord between April 24 and 26. SportAccord is the largest annual convention for international sport.
More than 1500 participants and 30 IOC members are expected at the event, which provides the three bid cities, PyeongChang, Salzburg, and Sochi, an opportunity to present their concepts to sports officials in 20-minute presentations.
It’s one of the last official appearances of the bid 2014 bid cities before the final vote by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in Guatemala on July 4.
The delegation from Salzburg says it wants to give IOC members and representatives of the 100 international Sport Federations a better understanding of Salzburg’s concept for the 2014 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
The 2014 bid leaders will have the opportunity to talk with senior sports officials promoting their respective bids.
Before leaving for the convention Han Seung-soo, Chairman of the PyeongChang 2014 bid committee said, “we very much look forward to the opportunity to discuss PyeongChang’s bid with such a large distinguished audience from the Olympic Movement in Beijing. SportAccord promises to be an excellent event and the fact that it has completely sold out demonstrates the growing significance of the sports industry in Asia. Should PyeongChang be awarded the opportunity to host the Olympic Winter Games in 2014 it will serve as a chance to highlight the immense potential and interest in winter sports in Asia”.
Madrid is bidding for the 2016 Summer Olympic Games and Madrid 2016’s CEO, Mercedes Coghen, will be leading the Spanish Olympic bid’s delegation to the convention. In addition to attending the conferences about “Sport and The City”, Madrid bid officials will be listening to the presentations made by the three cities bidding for the 2014 Winter Games.
