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Last update - 10:46 09/12/2007 Germany pins hopes on Munich to hold Winter Games 2018, first since Nazi era By The Associated Press Tags: Munich, Winter Games  Munich received support Saturday for a 2018 Olympic bid, with Germany hoping to stage the Winter Games for the first time since the Nazi era in 1936. Munich could become the first city to host both the Winter and Summer Games. The city hosted the 1972 Summer Olympics, which were marred by the murder of 11 Israeli athletes, taken hostage in the Olympic Village by the Fatah-linked Palestinian terrorist group Black September. Advertisement Germany's Olympics Sports Federation voted unanimously for Munich at its general assembly. The government has also backed Munich and two Alpine resort towns that would stage events - Garmisch-Partenkirchen and Schoenau. Garmisch-Partenkirchen hosted the 1936 Winter Games, which took place a few months before the Berlin Summer Olympics. "We should embrace the competition - confident, committed and united," said German Interior Minister Wolfgang Schaueble, whose department is responsible for sports in the country. South Korea's Pyongchang has announced it will bid for the 2018 Games. Vancouver, British Columbia, will host the 2010 Winter Games, followed by Sochi, Russia, in 2014. Germany is expected to spend about 30 million (US$43 million) on the bid, which will be decided in 2011 by the International Olympic Committee. Skiing would be held at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, which is 90 kilometers (55 miles) from Munich. Events like luge and bobsledding would take place at Schoenau, 160 kilometers (100 miles) from the city. Germany won the most medals at the past two Winter Olympics - 36 at Salt Lake City in 2002 and 29 at Turin, Italy, in 2006. Bookmark to del.icio.us   Death penalty Iran hands down death sentence to man who spied for Israel. Robot hospital The place where IDF treats droids wounded in the line of fire.   1.   The past is only a reflection of the future if it is ignored. 08:43  |  Yered Shmuel 09/12/07   2.   I Think We`ll Be Skipping This One... 11:44  |  Eyal 09/12/07   3.   Take it as it was ment - just a scientfic guiding question 22:08  |  sportsman 02/07/08

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