Poland and Slovakia are poised to step up their efforts to launch a joint bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics after the prime ministers of the two countries stated that the European financial crisis should not be seen as an impediment to such a project.
The two countries share a border straddled by the High Tatras mountains and have been exploring the potential of bidding to host their first Olympics in recent months. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk and his Slovak counterpart Robert Fico on Wednesday staged a meeting in the Slovak town of Poprad, the proposed site of Olympic alpine skiing disciplines. The northern town of Poprad unsuccessfully bid for the 2002 and 2006 Winter Games. Fico said, according to Reuters: ?We have a clear vision. We are not interested in any megalomania.?
Slovakia, which hosted the 2011 ice hockey world championships, would also be seeking to stage the sport during an Olympics, while the historic Polish city of Krakow is envisioned as the main hub of the 2022 Games. Tusk stated that Poland and Slovakia?s joint effort would have ?an extraordinary chance? to succeed.
Meanwhile, Fico shrugged off questions over the justification for investing in an Olympic Games amid the euro zone crisis. He said: ?We have crisis now. Should we crawl under the table? When we have crisis, we should not think about the future, ignore any chances that come up??
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has set November 2013 as the application deadline for the 2022 Winter Games and the host city will be elected in July 2015. The chances of Davos and St. Moritz launching a joint bid for the event were seemingly ended after Swiss voters in the canton of Graub?nden rejected the proposal earlier this month. The eastern province, which is home to the two ski resorts along with Klosters and Arosa, staged a referendum which saw 52.7% of voters reject the proposal.
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Poland and Slovakia focused on 2022 Winter Olympics bid
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