OLYMPICS-2022/ANNOUNCEMENT ARRIVALS IOC congress delegates arrive at Malaysian conference centre

Record ID: 145574

  • Title: OLYMPICS-2022/ANNOUNCEMENT ARRIVALS IOC congress delegates arrive at Malaysian conference centre
  • Date: 31st July 2015
  • Summary: VARIOUS OF INTERNATIONAL OLYMPICS COMMITTEE (IOC) DELEGATES WALKING INTO CONVENTION CENTRE VARIOUS OF SECURITY SCANNING IOC DELEGATE'S IDENTITY PASSES VARIOUS OF IOC DELEGATES WALKING INSIDE CONVENTION CENTRE SIGN READING (English): "128th SESSION, 31 JULY - 3 AUGUST, 2015. KUALA LUMPUR"
  • Embargoed: 15th August 2015 13:00
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  • Location: Malaysia
  • Country: Malaysia
  • Topics: General
  • Reuters ID: LVAAHJA9VEMY0CMP95CT70W3SKYC
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  • Story Text: International Olympics Committee delegates arrived into a conference centre in downtown Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Friday (July 31) ahead of the vote to decide the host cities of the 2022 Winter Olympics and 2020 Winter Youth Olympics.
    Around 85 members of the 100 IOC are expected to vote at the 128th session with a straight majority sufficient to decide the outcome.
    The IOC President Thomas Bach has elected not to vote along while a handful of other members, including FIFA president Sepp Blatter, were not present.
    The Chinese capital, banking on the country's financial clout and the city's past Olympic experience from hosting the summer 2008 Games, has emerged as the clear frontrunner as it looks to become the first city to be awarded both summer and winter Games.
    Beijing's biggest drawback, identified by the IOC, is a lack of snow at the mountain venues, which are some 90km and 160km respectively away from Beijing, forcing organisers to create tonnes of artificial snow.
    Almaty, which made a failed attempt to host for the 2014 Olympics back in 2006, has made up some ground in recent months with a compact bid that sees all sports taking place within a 35-kilometre radius of the former Soviet winter sports hub.
    The result is expected to announce around 6 p.m. local time (1000GMT).
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