The Ukrainian News Agency reports that Verkhovna Rada Deputy Chairman Mykota Tomenko said it was inappropriate for Ukraine to host the 2022 Winter Olympic Games.
Tomenko said, “it was always a mystery for me where this inappropriate idea of Winter Olympics came from. Why inappropriate? Because we should not build facilities for kinds of sports not existing in Ukraine and pay for this from the state budget”.
He added, “if this Olympics, God forbid, takes place, it would destroy the whole Ukrainian sport. Because to throw money in digging up the Carpathians and build sports facilities for kinds of sports Ukraine has never had…means to throw budget money into nowhere”.
Tomenko reportedly believes that one of the reasons Ukraine’s President Viktor Yanukovych said Ukraine intended to host the 2022 Games is because he wants to keep pace with Russia, host of the 2014 Winter Games.
Meanwhile Ukraine’s National Olympic Committee believes Ukraine has a good chance to obtain the right to host the 2022 Games, reports the Ukrainian News Agency.
