Gunilla Lindberg Browse All Authors Top 6 quotes by Gunilla Lindberg It has been an interesting couple of months for us but luckily we had almost all qualifications done, in principle, we just moved from one place to another. There were a lot of logistics preparations. I am impressed. Gunilla Lindberg sports We looked at it before. Of course it is still warm. But the athletes at the beach games are more used to competing in warm weather, we also don't have long endurance competitions. The aquathlon is much, much shorter than a triathlon. When we had a team chiefs' meeting a month ago, it was 48 degrees Celsius. Now it's 34. Gunilla Lindberg sports We want to open it up for smaller nations to be able to have a worldwide event without complicated venues and expenses. Here they put up provisional venues. It is a low-budget project, we told them we don't want big opening ceremonies, big expensive venues. We want beach competitions where athletes are happy and enjoying themselves in their competitions. Gunilla Lindberg sports The general council was planned first week of April, that is six months from now and we couldn't fill an agenda, it is a lot of organization for a host city, I think we have taken a good decision to go to Qatar in November. Gunilla Lindberg sports The competition sites remain on schedule for the Games but the organizers need to maintain their focus, as some delivery dates are very close to the start of the test events, it is important that Pyeongchang 2018 delivers these events successfully and, in particular, the first events next February, in order to create a solid basis for its planning and preparations for the Games. Gunilla Lindberg sports The venues continue to progress rapidly, we visited Jeongseon (Alpine Center) and the Alpensia Sliding Center and got a really good impression of what the athletes will experience come Games time. Gunilla Lindberg sports
