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[KRATK]

Well... Sweden has lost every bid for the WOG, so it's not a good comparation for the topic...

[The Moose]

nzolympic, on Nov 27 2006, 04:01 PM, said:

I am already well aware of all this, believe me.

Being a small county, New Zealanders are very much aware of what we can and what we cant do. i fact is that it would be very hard for the NZ governent to justify fiancing an winter olympic games in this country due to the fact that there is still a really lack of interest in winter sports in New Zealand. new Zealand would have no need for example ski jumping towers because alot of people here would have no idea what ski jumping is. So i an reasure you that New Zealand is not going to be building gigantic ice rinks or ski jumps anytime soon.

This is why the Kiwis should not start with the biggest ski jumping hills:
http://www.youtube.com/v/N47pReJB62s

Apparantly, the guy is OK now, but no longer jumps......

[stevie]

Moose fka w.b., on Dec 6 2006, 10:36 PM, said:

This is why the Kiwis should not start with the biggest ski jumping hills:
http://www.youtube.com/v/N47pReJB62s

Apparantly, the guy is OK now, but no longer jumps......

Well the kiwi is a flightless bird

[IceNarcissus]

Events!

First world countries with poor notability have to rely on events to build a bid if they aren't a powerhouse or major destination.

So far NZ is the most prevalent in curling, but what events does it hold? OCCASIONALLY the Pacific Championships. PLEEZ.

Until NZ can capitalize on curling and maybe nab a few worlds events somehow (not just curling!) AND win a gold in Vancouver by some miracle, a bid is out of the question.

[The Moose]

nzolympic, on Dec 9 2006, 01:41 PM, said:

Well the kiwi is a flightless bird

So I have heard. The natural question to ask is then: Which type of New Zealander will do best in a ski-jumping hill: Kiwi the bird, Kiwi the (Chinese) fruit, or Kiwi the human?


PS: Ski jumping is actually not as dangerous as it used to be, with the modern hill profiles the jumpers are only a few meters above ground, and the last serios accident (with paralysis) I can remember in Norway at least, was 20 years ago.

[AdisterBryce]

Moose fka w.b., on Dec 6 2006, 05:36 PM, said:

This is why the Kiwis should not start with the biggest ski jumping hills:
http://www.youtube.com/v/N47pReJB62s

Apparantly, the guy is OK now, but no longer jumps......

Wow, After that i think I'm so inspired to become a ski jumos. I beilieve i can fly too! lol

[Guardian]

To put my blunt answer to the topic's question: why not? I don't know about you guys, but if the Austrian ski team uses New Zealand for "summer training" and its results are being shown right now in the FIS World Cup, then the Austrians may have indirectly shown to the Kiwis that perhaps it is possible.

[stevie]

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Events!

First world countries with poor notability have to rely on events to build a bid if they aren't a powerhouse or major destination.

So far NZ is the most prevalent in curling, but what events does it hold? OCCASIONALLY the Pacific Championships. PLEEZ.

Until NZ can capitalize on curling and maybe nab a few worlds events somehow (not just curling!) AND win a gold in Vancouver by some miracle, a bid is out of the question.

Well that is exactly what the NZOC has said, that they would not bid unless they feel NZ has enough 'clout' in the winter spots to make a games here fesable.

The fact is that is it bloody hard to be a winter sporting athlete in NZ, they have very little (if not any) support from the national sport funding body in New Zealand. If anything they are some off the hardest working athletes out there. It's a disgrace when New Zealand's top female winter olympian struggles to find the fiancial backing to make it onto the world circuit.

For a country which prides itself on its great sporting achievements, our resutls at the winter olympics are nothing but embaressing.

Edited by nzolympic, 11 December 2006 - 02:51 AM.

[Sir Rols]

Well, this could be a good impetus for future NZ plans. i wonder if we'll see any statement from NZ, or Rogge himself, after the event?

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Olympic bigwigs in Queenstown
By Tracey Roxburgh on Thu, 26 Mar 2009

Queenstown will host 160 of the most powerful people in Olympic sports - including former Olympic athletes - next week, when the Oceania National Olympic Committee (ONOC) holds its annual meeting in the resort.

New Zealand Olympic Committee communications manager Ashley Abbott said it was just the second time the meeting had been held in New Zealand and was "a big deal" for the country and the host town.

The meeting, held annually, was an opportunity for ONOC members to discuss advancement for sports, drugs in sports, how poor communities were benefiting from Olympic involvement and different sporting policies.

However, this year's meeting would be bigger than usual, with the venue for the 2016 Olympic Games being announced in October.

"Firstly, the president of the IOC [International Olympic Committee, Dr Jacques Rogge] is coming.

He will go around the world and try and attend the European National Olympic Committee assembly every couple of years.

"This year, it's our turn."

Dr Rogge, an orthopaedic surgeon by profession, was born in Belgium and is the eighth IOC president.

Dr Rogge competed in yachting at the Mexico Olympic Games in 1968, the Munich Olympics in 1972 and at Montreal in 1976.

He was also a member of the Belgian national rugby team.

It will be Dr Rogge's second official visit to New Zealand and his trip will also include Wellington meetings with Prime Minister John Key and Minister for Sport and Recreation Murray McCully, Olympians, heads of sport and business leaders.

Ms Abbott said aside from Dr Rogge's attendance, there was plenty to look forward to from next week's meeting.

"It's extremely exciting. The four cities - Chicago, Tokyo, Rio and Madrid, which are the official bid cities for the 2016 Olympic Games - are all in town with their representatives presenting to the members of the Oceania Olympic Committee and the IOC."

Ms Abbott said the aim of the bid cities was to impress those voting in October for the host of the 2016 Games, hoping to secure their votes.

Ms Abbott said Dr Rogge would be treated as a government visitor and, as such, would be looked after directly by the New Zealand Government.

It was not known if additional security would be imposed in Queenstown, she said.

Representatives of several new sports bidding for inclusion in the 2016 Olympics would also make presentations next week.

Softball, golf, karate, rugby 7s and "roller sports" (for example, in-line skating), would present their cases and hope also to secure votes in Queenstown.

Ms Abbott said part of the reason Queenstown was chosen to host the meeting was because New Zealand Olympic Committee president Eion Edgar lived in the resort.

It would be a wonderful opportunity to showcase the area and would attract significant international media coverage, she said.

The cost of the conference, being held at The Millennium Hotel, was covered by ONOC.

The conference begins on Tuesday and will officially conclude on Thursday.

The conference

What: Oceania National Olympic Committee Assembly.
When: March 31 to April 2.
Where: Queenstown.
Number of delegates: 160.
Of interest: Bid cities for 2016 games present.
On the agenda: Five new sports to make a case.

Otago Daily Times

[Rafa]

If Sochi can win NZ can win..sort of.

It's all about political will, and based on IRB 2011, I'd love a NZ winter games but I'm less optimistic.