A senior Salzburg 2014 delegation was present in Lausanne to receive the news which  included: The Mayor of Salzburg, Dr Heinz Schaden, the Governor of Salzburg, Mag Gabi Burgstaller, the CEO of Salzburg 2014, Fedor  Radmann, Austria NOC President Dr Leo Wallner and NOC Secretary General Dr Heinz Jungwirth.

Mayor Dr Heinz Schaden said: “This is a great day for our city, our state and all of Austria, which is unified in its support for our bid. We have listened and learned since our previous bid and adjusted our plans accordingly. The feedback from the Olympic movement has made Salzburg stronger and hopefully an even better location for the Winter Olympic Games in 2014.“   

Salzburg 2014 CEO Fedor Radmann said: “I would like to express my appreciation to the IOC for their selection of Salzburg as a Candidate City. I am delighted with the recognition we received today confirming that our plans are strong and robust.  As CEO of the bid I know that we’re ready, we’ve put together the most compact Winter Games plan in the last 30 years and we passionately want to celebrate the magic of winter sport with the world in Salzburg in 2014.”

Governor Mag Gabi Burgstaller added: “We congratulate the other Candidate Cities for the high-quality of their plans and their success in joining the last stages of the 2014 race. We admire the work they have done, the plans they have put together and the way they have campaigned to date.  As true Olympic competitors, each of them has pushed us forward and made us stronger. We look forward to competing with these worthy opponents all the way to Guatemala City.”
 
NOC Secretary General Dr Heinz Jungwirth said: “I too would like to express my appreciation to the IOC Working Group and Executive Board for recognizing the quality of Salzburg’s bid. We will strive to continually improve our plans and look forward to revealing more of our story in the months ahead as we seek to convince the IOC that Salzburg is the ideal place to celebrate the magic of winter sport in 2014.”

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Notes to Editors
The selection of Candidate Cities was based on an analysis of responses from Applicant Cities to a preliminary questionnaire covering key Games factors such as venues, transport, accomodation and security.
Candidate Cities will have until 10 January 2007 to submit their full Candidate Files to the IOC.  These will be subjected to intense scrutiny before each city is visited by the IOC Evaluation Commission in spring next year.
The Evaluation Commission’s report will be made public one month before the IOC session vote, which take place in Guatemala in July 2007.     

For further informations please contact:
Salzburg Winterspiele 2014 GmbH
Mag. Sabine Blattner
Medienkoordination
Alpenstraße 48a
5020 Salzburg
Tel:  +43 662 42 2014 11
Fax: +43 662 42 2014 50