BERLIN, May 10 (Reuters) - The three candidates bidding to host the 2018 Winter Olympics entered the final campaign stretch with no clear frontrunner emerging from an International Olympic Committee evaluation report issued on Tuesday.
The IOC released its technical report on South Korea's Pyeongchang, Germany's Munich and France's Annecy, less than two months before the July 6 vote but stopped well short of giving any one candidate the edge.
"All three candidate cities could successfully host the 2018 Olympic Winter Games," the IOC said.
Pyeongchang, which the report said could become a springboard to develop winter sports in Asia, came out on top in opinion polls conducted on site on behalf of the IOC, with 92 percent of city locals and 87 percent of South Koreans in favour of the Games being held there.
Munich, which still has unresolved disputes with several land owners who refuse to release their properties for Olympic use, came second with 60 percent of Munich residents in favour of the Olympics, with Annecy scoring only 51 percent.
Pyeongchang and Munich received high marks for their short travel times with the vast majority of athletes able to stay within ten minutes of their competition venue.
The South Korean bid was also praised for a "very compact concept." All their 13 proposed venues met or exceeded IOC spectator standards, the report said.
Munich was told it would need to improve plans to sustain high national support in the seven year run-up to the Games, with the bid surviving a referendum in the town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, site of the skiing events, only two days ago.
Annecy was praised for its comprehensive environmental plan but the bid could face some "operational challenges" with the spread of accommodation, the report said.
That would create "operational and financial challenges," it said. Travel times were also longer than in the other two candidates.
All bids were rated as low risk in terms of security.
The IOC released its technical report on South Korea's Pyeongchang, Germany's Munich and France's Annecy, less than two months before the July 6 vote but stopped well short of giving any one candidate the edge.
"All three candidate cities could successfully host the 2018 Olympic Winter Games," the IOC said.
Pyeongchang, which the report said could become a springboard to develop winter sports in Asia, came out on top in opinion polls conducted on site on behalf of the IOC, with 92 percent of city locals and 87 percent of South Koreans in favour of the Games being held there.
Munich, which still has unresolved disputes with several land owners who refuse to release their properties for Olympic use, came second with 60 percent of Munich residents in favour of the Olympics, with Annecy scoring only 51 percent.
Pyeongchang and Munich received high marks for their short travel times with the vast majority of athletes able to stay within ten minutes of their competition venue.
The South Korean bid was also praised for a "very compact concept." All their 13 proposed venues met or exceeded IOC spectator standards, the report said.
Munich was told it would need to improve plans to sustain high national support in the seven year run-up to the Games, with the bid surviving a referendum in the town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, site of the skiing events, only two days ago.
Annecy was praised for its comprehensive environmental plan but the bid could face some "operational challenges" with the spread of accommodation, the report said.
That would create "operational and financial challenges," it said. Travel times were also longer than in the other two candidates.
All bids were rated as low risk in terms of security.
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