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DOSB Set to Anoint Hamburg for Olympic Bid

(ATR) Hamburg will officially join the 2024 Olympic race on Saturday.

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FRANKFURT AM MAIN, GERMANY - OCTOBER 14: The donation ceremony for the peace prize of the German Publishers and Booksellers Association (Boersenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels) takes part in the Church of St. Paul on October 14, 2012 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Yiwu, 53, who spent four years imprisoned in China and currently lives in Germany, is a sharp critic of Chinese authorities. The Peace Prize is the highlight of the current Frankfurt Book Fair. (Photo by Ralph Orlowski/Getty Images)
FRANKFURT AM MAIN, GERMANY - OCTOBER 14: The donation ceremony for the peace prize of the German Publishers and Booksellers Association (Boersenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels) takes part in the Church of St. Paul on October 14, 2012 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Yiwu, 53, who spent four years imprisoned in China and currently lives in Germany, is a sharp critic of Chinese authorities. The Peace Prize is the highlight of the current Frankfurt Book Fair. (Photo by Ralph Orlowski/Getty Images)

(ATR) With a strong tailwind, the German Olympic Sports Confederation wants to give Hamburg a push in its bid to host the 2024 Olympics.

"You need, for such a project, certainly a clear vote," said DOSB boss Alfons Hörmann before the General Assembly on Saturday at the St. Paul Church in Frankfurt.

With Berlin out of the running, the only choice for voters is whether or not to support Hamburg. The DOSB has already said it plans to bid for the 2024 Games.

"It can only be the message: Germany wants the Olympics," said Siegfried Kaidel, spokesman for the associations. "I assume that everyone will stand behind it."

Rome and Boston have already declared their candidacies, and Paris may not be far behind.

Michael Vesper, chairman of the German Olympic Sports Confederation, hopes for the support of the German city no longer in the race: "Berlin has so much power. It is imperative that this power is used."

Hörmann wants to see the federation working together with as little disruption as possible so the IOC is inspired to choose Hamburg in 2017.

"The path to success will undoubtedly be bumpy, and you need the backing of all of German sports."

Hamburg’s bid budget will be around 50 million euros. After a preliminary cost estimate for the construction of sports facilities of 1.9 billion euros, the cost of the Olympic Village or infrastructural measures are to be determined in the coming months.

"We fear no discussion of costs," said Vesper. "We have set before us transparency."

Boxer Wladimir Klitschko, basketball star Dirk Nowitzki, and former tennis player Michael Stich are all candidates to serve as ambassador for the bid. A final decision could be made in the coming weeks.

Written by Heinz Peter Kreuzer

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