Annecy and Savoy-Mont Blanc are the French candidate to host the 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. Annecy 2018 promises to be an exceptional event in the mountains, between the eternal snows of Mont Blanc and the purest lake in Europe. A network of closely-located competition venues with guaranteed snow cover promises to make Annecy 2018 a first-class sporting event and unique Olympic experience. Annecy will host the skating and curling events. Snowboard and freestyle skiing competitions will take place in the mountains above the town at the resort of Semnoz. The biathlon, cross-country skiing, ski jumping and Nordic combined events will be held in the nearby resorts of La Clusaz and Le Grand Bornand.

Chamonix Mont-Blanc, where the inaugural Olympic Winter Games were held in 1924, will host the ice hockey and Alpine skiing events. The downhill will be raced on the challenging Verte piste at Les Houches, which is green only in name. Bobsleigh, luge and skeleton titles will be contested at the La Plagne track, which is considered one of the world's most technical. We wish the campaign committee the greatest of luck and sincerely hope that a successful bid will bring this magnificent sporting event to one of the most beautiful corners of the globe!

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