New IOC chief Bach meets Chinese prez
21 Nov 2013 5:07 AM IST
The new head of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Tuesday wished China’s president good luck on the country’s bid to host the 2022 Winter Olympics, state media reported.
IOC President Thomas Bach made the comment while meeting President Xi Jinping in Beijing, the official Xinhua news agency said.
Xinhua reported earlier this month that Beijing will bid to hold the 2022 Winter Games. It said ice sports would be held in Beijing, while snow events would take place in the city of Zhangjiakou, in the neighbouring province of Hebei.
Other candidate cities for the 2022 Winter Games are Germany’s Munich, the Norwegian capital Oslo, Almaty in Kazakhstan, Poland’s Krakow, Ukraine’s Lviv and Sweden’s Oestersund.
China has never hosted the Winter Olympics, but the 2008 Summer Games marked a key milestone in the country’s emergence on the world stage. Xi thanked Bach for the IOC’s support.
IOC President Thomas Bach made the comment while meeting President Xi Jinping in Beijing, the official Xinhua news agency said.
Xinhua reported earlier this month that Beijing will bid to hold the 2022 Winter Games. It said ice sports would be held in Beijing, while snow events would take place in the city of Zhangjiakou, in the neighbouring province of Hebei.
Other candidate cities for the 2022 Winter Games are Germany’s Munich, the Norwegian capital Oslo, Almaty in Kazakhstan, Poland’s Krakow, Ukraine’s Lviv and Sweden’s Oestersund.
China has never hosted the Winter Olympics, but the 2008 Summer Games marked a key milestone in the country’s emergence on the world stage. Xi thanked Bach for the IOC’s support.
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