Krakow Submits Applicant Files for 2022 Winter Games Bid

Krakow has officially submitted their Applicant File to host the 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games.

The Polish city sent a delegation to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) headquarters in Lausanne to deliver the files on Thursday 13 March.

The all-female delegation consisted of Jagna Marczulajtis-Walczak, Krakow 2022’s bid leader and former Olympic snowboarder, Kraków Deputy Mayor Magdalena Sroka and Polish Olympic Committee representative Iwona Łotysz.

Marczułajtis-Walczak commented: “We are thrilled to submit our initial plans for the 2022 Olympic Winter Games in Kraków to the IOC today.

“History, culture, youthful energy and our beautiful natural environment all meet to provide an Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games setting that will delight all Games participants and will thrill the world with outstanding broadcast images.

“It is a plan which benefits from the beauty of Kraków and the Tatra region – we’re also very excited that we are submitting the file along with all required guarantees for Applicant Phase.”

Krakow joins Almaty in Kazakhstan, Beijing in China, Lviv in Ukraine and Oslo, the capital of Norway as the five official contenders.

The deadline for bid books is today and the IOC will select a short list of finalists on July the 8^th or 9^th.

The winning city will be announced on July 31^st 2015.