{"id":52905,"date":"2021-04-02T01:03:03","date_gmt":"2021-04-02T01:03:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=52905"},"modified":"2021-04-02T01:56:47","modified_gmt":"2021-04-02T01:56:47","slug":"north-and-south-korea-launchjoint-bid-for-2032-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=52905","title":{"rendered":"North and South Korea launchjoint bid for 2032 Games"},"content":{"rendered":"

Could there be the unlikeliest of joint hosts for the 2032 Olympics Games?<\/p>\n

Hosting duties for the Games could be shared between North and South Korea, after the South Korean capital sent proposals to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to co-host with North Korea's capital, Pyongyang.<\/p>\n

In a press release, the Seoul city government said the Games could serve as a "watershed moment" for peace in the Korean Peninsula.<\/p>\n

When the IOC originally announced that Brisbane was the preferred location for the 2032 Olympic Games,<\/a> South Korean national government and Seoul city government officials expressed their "regret" in a statement.<\/p>\n

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It is not clear when the IOC will announce its official selection for the 2032 games, although in February, the IOC announced Brisbane was the "preferred host" for the 2032 Summer Olympics.<\/p>\n

Named "Beyond the Line, Toward the Future", the Seoul government said in a press release that it hoped the "Games could be a "catalyst that serves both the IOC's vision of sports bringing world peace, and the long-standing wish of the South Korean government to achieve peace and harmony on the Korean Peninsula."<\/p>\n

According to a Unification Ministry press release from December 14, 2018, North and South Korea agreed to send a joint proposal to the IOC on hosting 2032 Games together "in a close future."<\/p>\n

They also discussed attending the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games together, even forming a single joint team together, the Ministry said.<\/p>\n

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