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mt01ap
Joined: 04 Nov 2006
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 Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 7:32 am Post subject: Pyeongchang 2018?!? 3rd times the charm.... |
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A 3rd time?!! something to think about for the next 4 years...
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Pyeongchang has declared its intention to bid for the 2018 Winter Olympics, a third consecutive attempt after the South Korean city narrowly lost two previous bids.
The government of Gangwon province, to which Pyeongchang belongs, said it made the decision because it needs a "growth engine" for the province, and it expects unspecified "more favorable conditions" in the next bid.
"Hosting Winter Olympics still remains the yearning" of Gangwon province, the local government said in a statement Monday, calling the Games a "springboard" for the region's growth.
In July, Pyeongchang, located 175 kilometres northeast of Seoul, lost the 2014 Games to Russia's Sochi by a margin of four votes. Four years ago, Vancouver won the 2010 Games after beating Pyongyang by a margin of three votes. |
http://www.tsn.ca/olympics/news_story/?ID=217565&hubname= |
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Alyallen
Joined: 29 Mar 2004
Location: The 4th Greatest Place on Earth = Jeonju!!!
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| Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 7:37 am Post subject: Re: Pyeongchang 2018?!? 3rd times the charm.... |
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| mt01ap wrote: |
A 3rd time?!! something to think about for the next 4 years...
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Pyeongchang has declared its intention to bid for the 2018 Winter Olympics, a third consecutive attempt after the South Korean city narrowly lost two previous bids.
The government of Gangwon province, to which Pyeongchang belongs, said it made the decision because it needs a "growth engine" for the province, and it expects unspecified "more favorable conditions" in the next bid.
"Hosting Winter Olympics still remains the yearning" of Gangwon province, the local government said in a statement Monday, calling the Games a "springboard" for the region's growth.
In July, Pyeongchang, located 175 kilometres northeast of Seoul, lost the 2014 Games to Russia's Sochi by a margin of four votes. Four years ago, Vancouver won the 2010 Games after beating Pyongyang by a margin of three votes. |
http://www.tsn.ca/olympics/news_story/?ID=217565&hubname= |
With an error like that, I bet they'll lose again 
Considering the current furor over the Tour de Korea madness, I don't see people seeing this bid as representative of the Olympic spirit but that's probably overreaching... |
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Don Gately
Joined: 20 Mar 2006
Location: In a basement taking a severe beating
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| Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 11:53 am Post subject: |
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| They don't give up, do they? |
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dogshed
Joined: 28 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 1:38 pm Post subject: |
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There are still farmers here, but the main industry here in Pyeongchang is construction.
All they think about is Seoul giving them money to build stuff.
Pretty soon it will be wall to wall pension houses and then the retirees will run out of money or die and they will be left with empty houses and no taxes to pay for all the roads they built.
Soon all the natural beauty that attracted the pension houses will be gone. A lot of it is gone already. |
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 3:39 pm Post subject: |
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| Korean stick-to-it-iveness! |
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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| Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 3:42 pm Post subject: |
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| third time's a charm |
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Kimchi Cowboy
Joined: 17 Sep 2006
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| Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 6:09 pm Post subject: |
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| Doubt there'll be much snow up there by 2018. Maybe they'd better try for the summer Olympics instead. |
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