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Lillehammer plans Winter Olympic bid

Lillehammer, the charming Norwegian village that hosted the 1994 Winter Olympics, plans a bid for either the 2026 or 2030 Winter Games involving several Norwegian cities, according to Norwegian newspaper Verdens Gang.

The report quotes Olympic downhill champion Aksel Lund Svindal and former IOC member Gerhard Heiberg of Norway.

Lillehammer, which also hosted the 2016 Youth Winter Olympics, published a feasibility report about a potential Winter Olympic bid last year.

It could share an Olympic bid with events also being held in Oslo, Bergen, Stavanger and Trondheim.