Winter Olympics



Annecy 2018 bid is young at heart

Annecy_learn_to_skiJanuary 23 – Annecy's decision to put youth at the heart of its bid to host the 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games has resulted in almost 9,000 local schoolchildren learning to ski over the past year, they have claimed.











"We can make things work" claims new Annecy 2018 leader

By Duncan Mackay in Lausanne
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year

Charles_Beigbeder_in_front_of_Annecy_logo_January_2011January 12 - Charles Beigbeder, the new head of Annecy 2018, has admitted that he would like a bigger budget to take on rivals Munich and Pyeongchang but promised that he will work with the resources he has to try to save the French city's fledging bid to host the Olympics and Paralympics.