'Munich - 2018' Bid Committee delegation visited Medeu ice rink
20:06, 1 February 2011
ALMATY. February 1. KAZINFORM /Yelena Ilinskaya/ A delegation of "Munich - 2018" Winter Olympics Bid Committee headed by chairman of the Committee Katarina Witt has visited Medeu skating rink today.
The Munich delegation has visited Kazakhstan for the first time and held a range of briefings and meetings with officials of the Asian Olympic Committee, including representatives of the National Olympic Committee.
According to K.Witt, the main purpose of their visit is to assess the level of organization of the Asian Winter Games.
"We can always learn something new from the examples of other countries. We defer to the Olympic community's opinion to understand what else we can do to meet the expectations while holding the 2018 Winter Olympics", K.Witt said.