The organizers of the European Championships in Munich drew an exuberant conclusion. Olympiapark Managing Director Marion Schöne said, alluding to the 2006 World Cup in Germany: “We have created another summer fairy tale after 2006.”
The organizers of the European Championships in Munich drew an exuberant conclusion. Olympiapark Managing Director Marion Schöne said, alluding to the 2006 World Cup in Germany: “We have created another summer fairy tale after 2006.”
The targeted mark of one million visitors was already reached last Thursday, with a total of 1.2 million so far. The number of tickets sold will approach 400,000, “even if it’s getting tight,” said Schöne. Since August 11th, European Championships in nine sports have been held in Munich.
The event, which was also highly praised by athletes such as the 5000-meter European champion Konstanze Klosterhalfen on Sunday, triggered a debate about Germany’s renewed application for the Olympics. The Bavarian Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann pointed out that the last Olympics in Germany were 50 years ago with the Summer Games in Munich. “It’s actually high time that summer or winter games were held in Germany again,” said Herrmann (CSU).
State Secretary Mahmut Özdemir from the Federal Ministry of the Interior responsible for sports referred to an exchange with the German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB), but did not want to give any details. Munich’s Lord Mayor Dieter Reiter said that the topic would be dealt with because the positive feedback from the European Championships was not to be ignored. “But it’s not the central issue for the next few weeks,” said Reiter (SPD).
Beach volleyball player Karla Borger, who is also chairwoman of the Athleten Deutschland association, said of a possible candidacy: “I don’t know if the Olympic number isn’t a bit too big.” Past candidacies such as Munich for the 2022 Winter Olympics or Hamburg for the 2024 Summer Olympics had failed in public opinion polls.
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Source: Stern
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