MEETING AND PRESS CONFERENCE HELD IN CITY HALL

A meeting was held with the Mayor of the City of Sarajevo, Benjamin Karić, Deputy Mayor Samir Avdić, Kenan Magoda, Minister of Culture and Sports of Sarajevo Canton, and Jasmin Ademović, Chairman of the City Council and the Organizing Committee of WOG '84 Sarajevo.

The meeting was attended by Pamela Vipond, executive director of Olympic Solidarity of the International Olympic Committee, Pere Miro, special advisor to IOC President Tomas Bach, general secretary of the European Olympic Committees Raffaele Pagnozzi, president of the Olympic Committee of Bosnia and Herzegovina, academician prof. Ph.D. Izet Rađo, General Secretary of OC BiH Said Fazlagić and others.

After international support for the organization of the World Youth Olympic Games (WYOM), the hosts of the meeting were presented with the idea of candidacy for the YOG, which was accepted with joy, and they will jointly move towards the candidacy for the YOG. 

After the meeting, a press conference was held for Olympians Sanda Dubravčić Šimunjak, Katarina Witt, Jure Franko, Bojan Križaj, special advisor to the IOC President Pere Miró and the President of the OC BiH, academician prof. Dr. Izet Rađo.

Both events ended with one conclusion: "Why shouldn't Sarajevo be the center of the world of sports again!? The first opportunity is to host the Winter Youth Olympics!"

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