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Least favourable appraisal from Evaluation Commission
Bid slogan: "Imagine It Now"
Bid committee chief: Valery Shantsev (Moscow
deputy mayor)
Previously hosted Olympics: 1980
Other Olympic bids: None
Estimated bid cost: $3.3 billion
Bid features: Most events in five complexes
within 10km radius along Moscow River. All events within city
limits.
Estimated 60,000 visitors can travel by boat
to Olympic venues.
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An area outside the Red Square in Moscow decorated by
an installation with the Olympic rings and declaring 'Moscow
2012 candidate city'. - AFP PHOTO |
Strengths: All venues in Moscow.
Experience from hosting 1980 Olympiad also valuable.
Has hosted over 100 world and European sports
championships in past 25 years
About 65 per cent of sporting venues already
in operation, with only 12 left to be built. More than 100
major events hosted since 1980 Games.
Weaknesses: Concerns over accommodation, transport,
security and environmental impact.
Consistently ranked last in various polls and
may not receive a good evaluation report.
Supporters: Vladimir Putin, Maria Sharapova,
Boris Yeltsin, Alexander Popov, Marat Safin
Who's coming to Singapore: Prime Minister Mikhail
Fradkov, Alexander Popov, Dmitry Svatkovsky, Evgeny Kafelnikov,
Alexey Nemov, Larissa Latynina, Alina Kabaeva, Irina Rodnina,
Oleg Saitov, and Alexander Timoshinin.
Website: www.m2012.ru
Source: TODAY
/ Channel NewsAsia
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