Where are the 2006 Winter Olympics going to be held, and what other countries were finalists for the position to host the games that year?

the_peacemaker

It's being held in Torino, Italy. I don't know what other countries were finalists, though. Aug 12 04, 10:08 AM

RogerW1nz

Hi. The other finalists were Helsinki (Finland), Klagenfurt (Austria), Poprad-Tatry (Slovakia), Sion (Switzerland) and Zakopane (Poland). Turin was elected on 19 June 1999. See http://www.olympic.org/uk/games/torino/index_uk.asp Aug 12 04, 8:34 PM

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