Beijing, Almaty bids woo IOC
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SEEKING to cut into Beijing’s status as favorite, leaders of the Kazakh bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics told the IOC yesterday that Almaty presents the ideal choice that offers a “real” winter setting with plenty of natural snow.
Chinese officials played up the experience and legacy from the 2008 Beijing Olympics and said they have sufficient water supply and snow-making capability for hosting the Winter Games.
With the vote less than two months away, leaders of the Almaty and Beijing bids made presentations at a “technical briefing” at the Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland. The meeting was attended by 85 of the International Olympic Committee’s 101 members.
The closed-door presentations could be vital in swaying opinion ahead of the secret IOC ballot in Kuala Lumpur on July 31.
Each city was given 45 minutes to explain their bid plans, with another 45 minutes allotted for questions and answers. Almaty went first, followed by Beijing.
IOC members said Beijing gave a solid, highly-professional presentation that emphasized the experience of 2008 and the use of many of the venues from those games.
“We shared all of our ideas on Beijing’s bid for the Winter Olympics and fortunately all of our strengths were recognized by the IOC members,” Chinese Vice Premier Liu Yandong said. “After this conversation with the IOC, we are now filled with even more confidence in our bid.”
IOC President Thomas Bach said both cities embraced the “Olympic Agenda 2020” reforms.
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