linkit goes on to tell the tales of Stockholm, Munich, Davos/St. Moritz Switzerland, Oslo and Kiev backing outGood. The IOC sucks. It never works out for the citizens of the city/state, it only works out for the IOC, corrupt local officials and large construction companies (and I suppose the employees).
How could this article have been written in May, when it was only this week that Oslo did in fact back out, after it was clear that the main government party would not commit to sponsoring much of the money needed for the event. It seems like Sweden might still be interested in hosting it though. A TV channel here interviewed many Norwegians on the street this week, and they all seemed excited about the prospect that Sweden might host the games instead of us. Most people though it was about time Sweden would get the chance to host the Winter Olympics.
