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Olympic Wintergames 2018
Munich is
a candidate for the Olympic Winter
Games in 2018.
See http://www.muenchen2018.org/en
In the framework of the bidding the city
organized for the second time
a wintersports festival in the
Olympic Park.
The visitors had the possibility
to try out all kinds of wintersports such as icehockey,
iceskating, figureskating, skiing,
skeleton, snowboard,
biathlon, curling. Presentation of
the sports as well as competitions were also on the program. It was
a lot of fun, especially for the kids.
See
http://www.jugendsport-foto.de/Wintersport.htm
The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships
began Tuesday in
The event
takes place just three weeks
before the International Olympic
Committee's (IOC) Evaluation
Commission visits Munich 2011 March 1 to 4
to inspect the city's bid.
The fantastic opening ceremony showcased
the
potential of Munich 2018's
Festival of Friendship concept with live
music (including opera, rock and
traditional Bavarian folk music), 1,300
volunteers, and a crowd filling
the Olympic Ski Snow Park.
The other two candidates for the ganes
are
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