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The 2012 Winter Youth Olympics is a youth sports festival to be celebrated in early 2012, in accordance with the International Olympic Committee as a new program to encourage youth and sport. It will be the inaugural event similar to the Winter Olympics. Currently, host cities are bidding for the right to host the Games. Swedish skiier Pernilla Wiberg has been appointed as the Evaluation Chair for the Commission to score the applicant cities.1
Two cities are in the running to host the Games: Innsbruck (Austria), and Kuopio (Finland). The cities of Harbin (China), and Lillehammer (Norway) made the shortlist, but were eliminated from the final selection on November 2, 2008.
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Bid process
The schedule was announced in January, 2008.
- March 6, 2008 – National Olympic Committees (NOCs) were to inform the IOC of the names of their candidate cities.
- May 19, 2008 – Cities submit Candidature files.
- June 2008 – IOC announces shortlist of Candidate Cities.
- July 2008 – The Evaluation Commission submits its report to the IOC Executive Board.
- August 2008 – The IOC Executive Board will submit its recommendations to the IOC members for a postal vote.
- December 6, 2008 – The host city will be announced. 2
Candidate cities
All four applicant cities were kept as candidate cities by the IOC in August 2008. In November 2008, two cities were cut from the list, leaving:3
Innsbruck, Austria. The city of Innsbruck is bidding, supported by the Austrian Olympic Committee.4 It is a two time host city of the Winter Olympics in 1964 and 1976. Innsbruck received top marks from the evaluation committee and presents the "least risk". 3
Kuopio, Finland is a first time bidder.5 A University town, Kuopio has "some risks" for the IOC in the short preparation period.3
Non-selected cities from the short list
Harbin, China last bid for the 2010 Winter Olympics, but failed to make the shortlist. Harbin is known as China's "Ice City" for its winters and associated festivals. 5 The bid has "a number of risks" due to lack of information from the bid committee.3
Lillehammer, Norway Host city of the 1994 Winter Olympics. The bid was not choosen because of financial risks and lack of governmental guarantees.3
References
- ^ IOC Appoints 2012 Youth Games Evaluation Chair
- ^ IOC Announces 2012 Winter Youth Olympics Bid Process
- ^ a b c d e Innsbruck and Kuopio Make Final Shortlist For 2012 Youth Olympic Winter Games
- ^ ÖOC nominiert Innsbruck für Olympische Jugendspiele 2012. (Austrian Olympic Committee nominates Innsbruck for the Youth Olympic Games 2012)
- ^ a b Four Cities Apply To Host The 2012 Winter Youth Olympic Games
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