The year 2026 will be a busy one for the German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB). While she will celebrate its twentieth anniversary In May, she will make significant progress on the project to bid to host the Olympic and Paralympic Games This autumn, when the city/region tasked with representing Germany will be chosen, Thomas Arnold, a long-standing member of the board, expressed his optimism regarding the future candidate's chances of success.
« I perceive a positive climate at all levels, he explains on the DOSB website. Our vision aligns perfectly with the IOC's new direction for the Games. I also feel that, This time, all the key players are truly supporting the project.In previous attempts, we encountered too many conflicts, for example in Hamburg in 2015, when the federal government did not make a financial commitment, a commitment that is now clear and unequivocal. »
« We have also suffered several setbacks due to public opposition, which makes Munich's success in the referendum at the end of October all the more significant in my eyes: Munich is the first city in the world to win a referendum on the Summer Olympic Games. The worlds of business, politics, sport, and the public are now all united behind the Olympic bid ; it has become a major asset " he adds, concluding that seeing the Games in Germany would be a dream come true "This hasn't happened since Munich in 1972."
