Asian Olympic leader favored Sapporo for 2026 Winter Games bid

2017年3月7日

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Asian Olympic Council president Sheikh Ahmad Al Fahad Al Sabah said Sapporo has all the facilities needed to organize the Winter Olympics for the second time. Sapporo hosted the Winter Games in 1972 and city officials are considering a bid for 2026. It would mean that the IOC would return to a city in Asia for a third straight time following Pyeongchang, South Korea in 2018 and Beijing in 2022. Sapporo is capable and ready, Sheikh Al Fahad said while in Sapporo for the Asian Winter Games.

The facilities being used for the Asian Winter Games were built for the 19 72 Games and are showing signs of age. The Japanese Olympic Committee would have to determine whether it is wise to move forward with a Sapporo bid before it submits its application. Japan is hosting the Summer Olympics in Tokyo in 2020. Applications are anticipated to be due early in 2018 with the IOC electing a winner in 2019. Other cities working with their National Olympic Committees on a potential bid include Innsbruck, Austria, Sion, Switzerland and Calgary, Canada.
 
Vocabulary:
bid – request
capable – able to perform
anticipated – expected
due – expected at or planned for at a certain time
potential – having or showing the capacity to become or develop into something in the future
 
True or False:

  1. Sheikh Ahmad Al Fahad Al Sabah said Sapporo has all the facilities needed to host the Winter Olympics.
  2. City officials of Beijing are considering a bid for 2016.
  3. The next Winter Olympics will be held at Pyeongchang, South Korea in 2018 and Beijing in 2022.
  4. The facilities being used for the Asian Winter Games were produced for the 1972 Games.
  5. Japan is hosting the Summer Olympics in Tokyo in 2020.

 
Express your opinion:

  1. Does your country do better at the summer or the winter Olympics? Please explain your answer.
  2. Should professional athletes be allowed in the Olympics?
  3. Do you think countries spend too much time on the Olympics?
  4. How is a country chosen to hold the games? Please explain your answer.

 
Defend your argument:

  1. “The most important thing in the Olympic games is not winning, but taking part; the essential thing in life is not conquering but fighting well. – Pierre de Coubertin”
  2. “Failure, I can live with. Not trying is what I can’t handle. – Sanya Richards Ross”
  3. “Don’t practice till you get it right, practice till you can’t get it wrong. – Mckayla Maroney”