Tagesspiegel learned about the plans of Berlin to withdraw the bid for the Olympics

Berlin will withdraw its bid to host the 2036, 2040 and 2044 Olympic Games, Tagesspiegel reports, citing sources.

According to the interlocutors of the publication, this was agreed at the meeting Olympic coordinator Kave Nirumand, the mayor of Berlin Kai Wegner and Senator for sports Iris Sprenger. On Thursday, September 24, they will hold a press conference and explain the reasons for the decision.

The German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB) chooses the city or region that will qualify for the 2036, 2040 or 2044 Olympics. After the exit of Berlin from the race will remain two applications – Munich and the Rhine-Ruhr region with Cologne. Hamburg dropped out after a negative referendum result in late May.

According to the results of the DOSB assessment, Berlin received 75 points out of 100 and took third place. Munich scored 87 points, Rhine-Ruhr - 85. At the same time, the Berlin application, according to Tagesspiegel, did not have the confirmed support of residents of the city. In Munich and North Rhine-Westphalia, 66% of participants supported the Olympics in referendums.

The Berlin application received the support of the House of Representatives and the Board of Trustees, which included representatives of politics, business, culture and the church. However, after the victory of the “Left” in the elections to the chamber of deputies of Berlin, the representative of the party Elif Eralp the next day said: “I think the decision has been made.”.

Eralp is an opponent of the Olympics and has been critical of the bid process, including costs.