POSTED: February 28th 2010
NewsUpdate
Munich 2018 buoyant with 30 medals and TV ratings soaring
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT / Sports Features Communications
VANCOUVER, Feb 28: The Munich 2018 bid wound up the Olympic Games with a strong number of 30 medals and television ratings in Germany going through the ceiling as the athletes racked up medals.
A good ten gold, 13 silver and 7 bronze medals were won by German Olympians and 15 were won by Munich 2018’s active ambassadors led by two double Vancouver Olympic champions, biathlon champion Magdalena Neuner, who will carry Germany’s flag at the Closing Ceremony and Maria Riesch, in Alpine skiing.
Tens of millions of passionate winter sports fans in Germany watched on TV and close to 11 million alone watched the women’s biathlon – breaking all previous German records for this event.
Bid ceo and Olympian Willy Bogner said, “Germany’s incredible passion for winter sport and the Olympic Games has been reflected both on the podium and back home. However medal successes and high TV figures are only part of our Olympic offer. The friendliness of the fans and volunteers seen in Vancouver is also central to Munich’s vision for the Olympic Movement. We aim to combine the famed friendliness and hospitality of Bavaria with the national passion for winter sport.”
“Munich 2018 has been honoured to observe the winter Games at first hand and we would like to congratulate VANOC and all of Canada for staging on such a wonderful Games. This time in four years in Sochi, I hope to be saying, “Munich is next!”
Aside from the sports events, another boost for the Bid came from the 100,000 people enjoying the Games in a traditional Bavarian festival tent run by the German National Sports Confederation (DOSB). Fans enjoyed German barbeque and beer while watching the Games and even live music between the events.
“It is amazing to see that the German Fan Fest attracted so many people, especially the Canadians,” said Bogner. “They seem to love the German concept of celebrating sport! The Football World Cup in 2006 proved that Germans know how to celebrate sporting excellence. We aim to stage the world’s biggest ever Olympic winter sports celebration in Munich and across Bavaria in 2018”.
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