Romania's Octavian Morariu has been appointed chairperson of the Evaluation Commission for the 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games candidate cities, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced today.
The chair of Calgary City Council’s Olympic Assessment Committee Evan Woolley has insisted they do know what the cost of hosting the 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games would be, but admitted he would withdraw his support for the bid if it were to lose a crucial plebiscite next month.
Swedish Olympic Committee (SOK) President Mats Årjes is refusing to give up on Stockholm's bid for the 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympics even though it has been thrown into serious doubt last week after the City Council's two newly-merged parties agreed they will not host the Games.
The anti-Olympic campaign group NoCalgaryOlympics have called on the City Council to "come clean" regarding the risk to taxpayers if the Canadian city stages the 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Calgary 2026 have been handed a blow in their efforts to host the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games after the Government of Alberta made a commitment to pledge CAD$300 (£174 million/$230 million/€198 million) million shy of the figure the Bid Committee had initially hoped for.
Stockholm's bid for the 2026 Winter Olympics and Paralympics has been thrown into serious doubt after the City Council's two newly-merged parties agreed they will not host the Games.
The Calgary 2026 Bid Committee has released a defiant statement defending their work after opposition group NoCalgaryOlympics suggested the city should vote against hosting the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games next month because of a lack of clarity over costs.
Swedish Olympic Committee (SOK) President Mats Årjes has said he is convinced that Stockholm will host a "world-class" Winter Olympic Games, should it be awarded the 2026 edition.
Anti-Olympic campaign group NoCalgaryOlympics have said the city should not host the 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games because it is not clear how much hosting would cost.
Calgary, Stockholm and a joint attempt from Milan-Cortina d'Ampezzo have been officially confirmed as the three candidates in the race for the 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Session here today.
Calgary has announced several public engagement forums which will provide information on what a potential 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic bid would mean for the city.
The Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI) has confirmed that it will put forward a two-city bid from Milan and Cortina D’Ampezzo to host the 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Calgary 2026 has received backing from chiefs of Treaty 7 First Nations, although further consultation from the Bid Committee has been requested.
A document leaked from Calgary City Council suggests hosting the 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games could cost more than the CAD$5.3 billion (£3.1 billion/$4 billion/€3.5 billion) figure originally quoted, it has been reported.
Russian governing bodies have offered their support to Sochi potentially hosting sliding sports at the 2026 Winter Olympics as part of a bid from Turkish city Erzurum.
At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Iranian judoka Arash Miresmaeili was disqualified for weighing in at nearly four pounds above the limit for his weight class of his under-66 kilograms match against an Israeli opponent Ehud Vaks in the first round. It was claimed Miresmaeili had gone on an eating binge to protest the International Olympic Committee's recognition of the state of Israel. Iran does not recognise the state of Israel, and Miresmaeili's actions won praise from high-ranking Iranian officials. Mohammad Khatami, the country's President at the time, was quoted as saying Miresmaili's actions would be "recorded in the history of Iranian glories". He was later awarded $125,000 by the Government - the same amount given to Olympic gold medallists.
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