Winter Olympics 2014 Article Published: 04:03 04/08/2006 Article Classification: Marina du Golf Balchik
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The list of candidate cities shortens to three as the Olympics Committee decides who is in and who is out.

The 2014 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XXII Olympic Winter Games, will be celebrated in 2014, and is an international winter sports athletic event that has yet to be organised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The IOC under the leadership of Jacques Rogge has received the applications of seven cities to bid for the honor of hosting the event. On June 22, 2006, the Executive Board of the International Olympic Committee met to narrow the field to three candidate cities. The elected host city will be announced on July 7, 2007 during the 119th International Olympic Committee Session in Guatemala City, Guatemala.At the time of the 2006 Winter Olympics, Salzburg was considered by the specialists or observers, such as GamesBids or Around the Rings as the favourite, with PyeongChang and Sochi being the other two strongest contenders. In March 2006, Jacques Rogge indicated during an interview to a Spanish newspaper that Salzburg and PyeongChang will be among the candidate cities selected by the IOC.The following three candidate cities have been approved by their National Olympic Committees. They all sent their respective questionnaire answers by February 1, 2006. These documents have been made public in the following days. They were selected by the International Olympic Committee on June 22, 2006.Shortlisted applicant cities1. Sochi - Russia2. PyeongChang – Republic of Korea3. Saltzburg – AustriaNon selected applicant citiesJaca – SpainAlmati – KazakhstanSofia – BulgariaBorjomi - Georgia