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Pyeongchang Bid Committee to Make Final Push on Wednesday

Written: 2011-07-04 12:55:11Updated: 2011-07-05 08:22:30

South Korea’s Pyeongchang Winter Olympic bid committee is working on attracting undecided voters, in Durban, South Africa.

A final presentation will be held before the International Olympic Committee on Wednesday and the IOC will vote to determine the host city. South Korea's presentation will feature Pyeongchang’s aspirations as an Olympic city and emphasize its thorough preparations to successfully host the winter games.

Winter Olympic bid committee chairman Cho Yang-ho and figure skater Kim Yu-na held a four-hour closed door rehearsal at the International Convention Centre Durban early Monday morning.

President Lee Myung-bak, who is on his tour to three African nations, will be the main speaker during the presentation. He took the stage three times to practice his speech in English during the rehearsal.

Toby Dawson, a bronze medalist at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, will also take part in Pyeongchang’s pitch. The ethnic Korean mogul skier was adopted at a young age and raised in America.

Moreover, the committee will promote Pyeongchang’s bid in cooperation with experts who helped Russia’s Sochi get the nod to host the 2014 Winter Olympic Games.

Munich, Germany and Annecy, France are Pyeongchang's competition to host the games. Representatives from each city will give a final 45-minute presentation before IOC officials on Wednesday followed by a 15-minute question and answer session.

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