Munich and Annecy frozen out in Winter Games vote
China Daily | Updated: 2011-07-08 08:11
German fans react after the IOC announcement that Pyeongchang in South Korea will host the 2018 Winter Olympics at Marienplatz in Munich, southern Germany, on Wednesday. Munich was one of the three candidate cities for the Winter Olympic Games. Christof Stache / Agence France-Presse |
DURBAN, South Africa - Germany's Munich and the French alpine town of Annecy ended up in the miserable position here on Wednesday of being firmly rejected as hosts of the 2018 Winter Olympics.
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