France is first out of the blocks in bidding race for 2015 worlds
Below is a screen shot of an email I got today from Athle Rhone Alpes, writing on behalf of the organizers of the world masters championships bidders for the 2015 WMA meet in Lyon, France. “LYON CITY PROMOTES THE BID IN GHENT,” says the English version of the multilingual message. “Lyon City left a deep impression on athletes’ minds during the last European Masters Athletics Indoor Championship in Ghent, with the intention of defend the French bid for the World Masters Athletics Championship in 2015. Thank you very much for your many supports! See you in Sacramento!” So the first shot comes from France. As mentioned in September, Perth, Western Australia; Bydgoszcz and Torun; Poland; and London, Great Britain; are the other sites in the race. The 2013 meet is in Porto Alegre, Brazil. London needs to step up, and not take it for granted its Olympic Stadium will be draw enough.
Lyon, France, is about 4 hours' drive southeast of Paris, just so you know.
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The London Olympic stadium will be used for soccer after 2012. While the new tenant has agreed to leave the track in place, the field event areas are likely to be removed.
The Perth web site has been up for some time now http://www.perth2015.com/
As far as I know, London dropped out of the bidding.
It is good to have choices – I do not have a vote so it does not matter what I think or where I would prefer to go – but given the possible sites – all are great locations I would love to visit. I have not been to Poland nor Perth, I have been to Brisbane and Sydney – going “down-under” again would be great. And as for Lyon – only been through the train station – but it is a lovely city with great cuisine. (and wine). Pull a name out of a hat.
What about the Indoor WMA – any bids yet for 2014?
Drive??? Mon dieu! oh, yeah, I forgot, we Americans love our cars, even if we could ride a bullet train, like France’s TGV (Paris – Lyon 1:55)
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