International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach said Tuesday that there is no "Plan B" if 2026 Winter Games bids from Stockholm and two Italian cities are withdrawn, reiterating that Sapporo is not a fallback option.
Speaking exclusively to Kyodo News in Tokyo, Bach acknowledged that challenges to both bids remain, but said that the Swedish and Italian options — in Milan and Cortina — remain "excellent projects" that are in line with the IOC's cost-cutting Olympic Agenda 2020.
"We have no Plan B, there is no Plan B," said Bach, 64, himself an Olympian in 1976.