The three cities competing to (host) the 2018 Winter Olympics took their case to an (influential) European audience Friday to woo support before next year's IOC vote.
Bid leaders from Annecy, France; Pyeongchang, South Korea; and Munich made 15-minute (presentations) to the general assembly of European Olympic Committees.
Pyeongchang, bidding for a third straight time after narrow defeats for the 2010 and 2014 Games, (insisted) this week's deadly skirmish on the Korean peninsula should not hurt South Korea's chances.