The decisive boost for the Catalan’s sole candidacy for the Winter Olympics

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Since June 21 the Spanish Olympic Committee (COE) announced that it was revoking the joint Catalan-Aragonese candidacy for 2030 Winter Olympics there were several voices from within and close to the Catalan executive who expressed their desire to continue with the winter Olympic project and feel towel, especially after the efforts made, to have political, economic and social support. fabric of the territory and that on the visits of technicians of International Olympic Committee (IOC) at Catalan facilities they will approve with a note the Catalan facilities that are supposed to host sports events.

After about a month, MD was in a position to advance that government He is clearly committed to a Catalan candidacy and next week he will present the new project to the COE, when he has already done so before the Territorial Games Commissionwhere the Barcelona City Council. A project already Presidential Minister Laura Vilagrà assigned the former skier and former director of the Catalan Federation of Hivern Sports (FCEH) Mònica Bosch. Its basis is the technical dossier that has been labored and enriched over the years and the changes made to the candidacy.

A proposal that would be very similar to the one already presented by Catalonia before the Catalan-Aragonese candidacy was formed, but there are some questions, such as the location of cross-country skiing and the biathlon, and the entry of new sporting areas such as of the planned in advance Ice Sports High Performance Center advanced MD and that it can be found in Gava (Barcelona).

The pending edges of the proposal

In the project carried out by Mònica Bosch, Winter Games project coordinator, there are several fringes that must be resolved, and one of them is the location of cross-country skiing and biathlon. During this time, it was studied to place both disciplines at Pla d’Anyella, in La Molina, but this was not confirmed.

In this new dossier the Olympic edition is not detailed, there is no mention of 2030 or 2034, but the will to celebrate the Games, in which the city of Barcelona will play an important role, as explained to MD by Barcelona council sports councilor David Escudé: “In this new phase of the Winter Olympic bid, Barcelona needs to play an important role and leadership, reinforcing its role as the winning bid.”

Source: La Verdad

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