International Olympic Update
2012 is a year of heavy activity in the world of international sports with both a potentially iconic Olympic Games and a strong array of other events and competitions. These events and their related issues are likely to impact future Olympic bids – both summer and winter. The following update covers the full range of […]
Continue Reading...Olympian Jill Savery Embracing Our Planet Through Sport
Traveling to far off destinations used to be limited to booking an airline, packing a bag and fumbling with the language. Today, an average of 55 million tourists seek a travel experience that immerses them in the areas they’re visiting…from local customs, geography, environment, economics and more. It’s called Geotourism and it is driven strongly […]
Continue Reading...Nevada and California Leaders Unveil Joint Effort to Explore Bid for Olympic Winter Games in the Lake Tahoe Region
Reno Tahoe Winter Games Coalition and California Winter Games Committee Join Forces with the Creation of Lake Tahoe Winter Games Exploratory Committee [Olympic Valley, Calif.] April 5, 2012 – Fifty-two years after the Olympic flame was first ignited in the Tahoe region, California Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom and Nevada Lieutenant Governor Brian Krolicki announced the formation […]
Continue Reading...An Inside Look into the World of Olympic and International Sports
As always, the world of Olympic and international sports continues to progress and to make news. These activities impact the full range of international sports but, most particularly, existing and future Olympic bids. The following provides an update on relevant international sports news and activities. 2012 Summer Olympic Games – London These games are rapidly […]
Continue Reading...Tahoe Making Bid For Winter Olympics Despite Slim Snowpack
Lake Tahoe is making a pitch for the Olympics in a decade, and officials say the slim 2012 snowpack won’t have an effect on their efforts (reported by CBS 13 in Sacramento, CA) To watch the news report click here.
Continue Reading...RTWGC Chairman Lt. Governor Krolicki to Attend Youth Olympic Winter Games
Lieutenant Governor Brian Krolicki, RTWGC Chairman of the Board of Directors, is in Innsbruck, Austria to attend the inaugural Youth Olympic Winter Games (YOG), which take place through Sunday, January 22. RTWGC leadership felt it was important for the organization to show its support for this first-time event. “The Youth Olympic Games offer another outstanding […]
Continue Reading...International Update
As always, the world of Olympics and international sports continues to make news and impact the full range of international events and bids. The following provides an update on relevant international sports activities. 2012 Winter Youth Olympic Games (YOG) –Innsbruck These new games, created in 2007 by the International Olympic Committee under the auspices of […]
Continue Reading...RTWGC Debuts New Website
Tweet Earlier this week, a complete new look came to our organization’s website: Reno Tahoe Winter Games Coalition. Capturing the iconic image of Lake Tahoe that was donated to us for its use by local photographer Chris Talbot, the new pages have been created with our site visitors in mind…providing navigation tools that give them […]
Continue Reading...Spotlight on Olympian Franz Weber
Tweet Franz Weber likes to ski fast. Real fast. He is a six time consecutive World Speed Skiing Champion and former world speed record holder. How fast did he ski? Franz flew down the slopes at a mind boggling 140 miles per hour. He dominated the sport of speed skiing in the early eighties winning […]
Continue Reading...International Olympic Games Update
Tweet 2018 Winter Olympic Games After years of campaigning and two, very close, second place finishes to Vancouver in 2010 and Sochi in 2014, Pyeongchang , South Korea was selected at the July 6, 2011 IOC meeting in Durban, South Africa to host the 2018 Winter Olympic Games over Munich, Germany and Annecy, France. The […]
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