POSTED: July 1st 2011
NewsUpdate
PyeongChang Bid committee heads to Durban for final IOC vote
LAURA WALDEN / Sports Features Communications
TAMPA/SEOUL, Jul 01: Today the PyeongChang 2018 bid committee enjoyed a celebratory send off from the Seoul Incheon Airport as they took off in a special Korean air plane for Durban for the International Olympic Committee (IOC) vote for host city of the winter Games.
Senior members of the bid included Byoung-gug Choung, Korea’s Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism; Jin-sun Kim, former Governor of Gangwon Province and Special Ambassador for PyeongChang 2018 and Do Bong Ha, Secretary General of PyeongChang 2018. They were joined by a number of athlete ambassadors and five members of the National Assembly.
A number of high level officials were already on the African continent following the Lome, Togo ANOCA general assembly where they gave a presentation on Tuesday. Chairman Yang Ho Cho and gold medal Olympic champion, Yu-Na Kim were leading the delegation with spokesperson, Theresa Rah.
Kim said, “It is a great honour for me to support PyeongChang 2018 in this crucial time ahead of the IOC Host City decision.”
“PyeongChang 2018’s bid is a national priority and Korea is committed to developing winter sports in the country. Our new ‘Drive the Dream’ programme will see 440 million US Dollars being invested from 2012 to 2018 to develop Korean winter sports athletes – athletes who can go on to become Olympic Champions just like me.”
Ceo Cho added, “As our team heads to South Africa, I am reminded of the importance of our campaign message of ‘New Horizons’. Our bid is founded on the desire to help the Olympic Movement expand to new regions of the world and connect with new audiences.
“When we have the honour of presenting directly to the IOC Members on 6 July we will showcase how a Winter Games in Korea can help spread important Olympic values to a new part of the world, help a young and dynamic population in Asia connect with winter sports, and inspire a new generation of winter sport athletes.”
This 2018 bid is the third Olympic campaign for PyeongChang after losing by just a couple of votes to Vancouver 2010 and Sochi 2014. This time they are running against Munich and Annecy to host the 2018 winter Games and Paralympics.
We will know the winner next Wednesday July 6th when the IOC votes at the IOC session in Durban.
Keywords · PyeongChang 2018 · Yu-Na Kim · Yang Ho Cho · Jin-Sun Kim · Byoung-gug Choung · Do Bong Ha
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