SOK want to take the Winter Olympics in 2026 in Sweden – Expressen

Stockholm withdrew its application for organizing the Winter Olympics 2022nd

Now it is clear that Beijing is organizing the championship, but now opens SOK up to apply for Olympic Games 2026th

– I personally think that we should try to look at it again says the organization’s vice-president Per Palmström.

At the end of 2013 it was announced that Stockholm and Åre will search the Winter Olympics 2022. But the politicians in the City argued that the project was not economically sustainable, and the application was withdrawn.

Now it is clear that Beijing is hosting the Olympic Winter Games 2022nd

The decision could mean that Sweden chances to stage the championship in 2026 increases. Winter Olympics 2018 will be held in Asia, South Korean Pyeongchang. IOC has the habit of spreading Championships evenly across the world.

By the Winter Olympics were held in Europe Turin in 2006.

The Swedish Olympic Committee has not yet taken any decision to apply for Olympics in 2026, but the organization’s vice-president Per Palmström hope for it.

– We came a long way in the last, no bridges are burned, and we have good material that we have developed. If you ask me as a private person, I say I’ll do what I can so that we can move forward, if it turns out that the numbers hold, he said.

Since Sweden last filed for the Olympics the IOC made some changes in its regulatory framework. Among other things, they have increased the financial assistance, which reduces the risk of the local organizer.

– It is also transparent now, anyone

can see it in advance. It will be a better predictability of the process, says Per Palm Power, who hope that a new application could begin to take shape in the autumn.

– I would like to begin discussions in the autumn. If there is an application in the stars, but I hope so. I would think it was great fun, he says.