(ATR) Candidate files from Berlin and Hamburg are prepared to help Germany pick the city to bid for the 2024 Olympic Games.
The files, 102 pages long, will be considered in three meetings this month that will lead to a decision between the two cities. The documents cover 10 areas to be evaluated by groups of experts in sport and society at large in Germany. The candidate files, in German, can be viewed at the DOSB website.
The first meeting March 15 will allow sports confederations from around the country to weigh in on the cities. The next day, several dozen experts from outside of sport, such as business, labor and nongovernmental organizations will consider the information on Berlin and Hamburg.
The four-hour meeting will be followed by a meeting of the DOSB board of directors, which will make a choice.
Then, on March 21, one more meeting will be held to gather the opinions of experts in sport, as well as members of the DOSB, before a decision is ratified. All the meetings are scheduled to take place in Frankfurt.
A public opinion survey by TV station and newspaper shows that there is slightly more support nationally for Berlin than Hamburg, 34 percent to 30 percent.
The survey also shows that 69 percent of Germans are in favor of hosting the Olympic Games in 2024, just 20 percent opposed. Media chief Christian Klaue tells Around the Rings that the DOSB has conducted its own survey of public opinion in the two cities, which has yet to be released. He says that information will also be used along
with the criteria in the files to make a decision.
"There would be a referendum in either city, so we want to make sure public opinion is strong in the city we select," says Klaue.
This week, leaders of the DOSB visited IOC headquarters in Switzerland and spent five hours with IOC staff, reviewing the German plans with the reforms to the bidding and staging of the Olympic Games produced by Olympic Agenda 2020.
A bid from Germany will be the third official declaration for the 2024 campaign. Already in the early stages of the race are Rome and Boston. The IOC opens the race for 2024 in September with the election set for 2017.
Written by EdHula
20 Years at #1: Your best source of news about theOlympics is AroundTheRings.com, for subscribersonly.
Últimas Noticias
Brigitte Henriques: “The important thing is that the women who are elected should be chosen for their ability, not because we are looking for modernization in terms of gender”
“When I was a girl I couldn’t find a club to play soccer in because most of them didn’t work with women,” Henriques tells Around the Rings during an in-depth interview in Crete, Greece.
The Hula Report: Winds of Change for ANOC in Crete
New leaders coming for peak Olympic group. Whether other candidates emerge in the months ahead, a contested election for the ANOC presidency will be a first for the organization.
Gilles Gilbert Gresenguet, presidential candidate for AFCNO: “We must take advantage of Paris 2024 to bring the Olympic Games back to French”
The elections take place November 18, and Abakar Djermah Aumi, president of the Chad Olympic Committee, is also aiming to win them.
USOPC announces 613-member 2020 U.S. Olympic Team
Roger Federer pulls out of Tokyo Olympics: "I am greatly disappointed"
(ATR) Federer cites "a setback with my knee" for the decision.
