South Korea revamps proposal for hosting 2014 Olympic Games

South Korea revamps proposal for hosting 2014 Olympic Games{mosimage}The South Korean site seeking to host the 2014 Winter Olympics announced Monday it was revamping its proposal for the event to centralize venues to increase security and help it win selection.

While the previous plan for Olympic venues was spread across five cities, the new facilities will be centered around the host city Pyeongchang and nearby Gangneung, the bid committee’s executive president Kim Jin-sun said in a statement.

The committee said the new plans and bid would be submitted as required to the International Olympics Committee by Jan. 10.

Pyeongchang is vying with Sochi, Russia, and Salzburg, Austria, for the right to host the event, to be decided at an IOC vote in July 2007.

— The Associated Press