Almaty Officially Bids for 2022 Winter Olympics

August 19, 2013

The city of Almaty in Kazakhstan has officially bid to host the 2022 Winter Olympic Games.

The decision was made at a meeting with the Almaty City Administrations and the Olympic Committee, shop according to BNew.kz.

Erian Kozhagapanov, ed chairman of the Agency for Sports and Physical Education told the website that Almaty was ‘almost ready’ with the majority of facilities constructed at the Asian Games.

He added: “It remains to construct several sports facilities and by 2022 the objects on which you want to repair, will be repaired.”