Ukrainians selected logo of Lviv's application for the Winter Olympics 2022

Vice Prime Minister Olexandr Vilkul and Ukrainian NOC President Sergey Bubka presented the logo of Lviv’s application for the Winter Olympics and Paralympics in 2022. The presentation took place during a ceremony of sending the Olympic team of Ukraine to participate in the XXII Olympic Winter Games.

"The Logo that will represent Lviv and Ukraine to the world had not been chosen in the offices. Nearly 60 thousand Ukrainians took part in its selection. Voting lasted from January 13 to January 26 at the specially created web-site www.lviv2022.in.ua where the Ukrainians could not only to see all four variants of the logos, but also to vote for one of them. More than 32 thousand Ukrainians had voted for the logo that won," Olexandr Vilkul said.

"Olympic ambitions of Ukraine are evident not only in the pursuit of our athletes to victory at the Winter Olympics in Sochi, but also in the desire to hold such sport event in Ukraine. After all that is - a unique way to raise the sport level of the state, stimulate the economy, tourism and improve the international image of the country," Ukrainian NOC President Sergey Bubka said.

Director General of Application Committee Lviv 2022 Serhiy Goncharov said that "a very tough fight in choosing the winning city by the IOC lasts. We have very serious competitors. For the preparation of the bid, we have attracted the world's best experts." He said that according to experts, Ukraine prepares application file at a high level.

The elected logo by the results of the public voting has already been approved by International Olympic Committee, in accordance with the procedure of preparation of the application file of the Bid.

"The logo harmoniously combines the openness of Lviv city to the world, its multinational, multicultural, and at the same time - high tolerance, friendliness. The logo also combined deep, long-standing culture of the city and region with nature - unique Carpathians, which are an integral part of the history and present of Lviv City and its visitors," Sergey Goncharov said.

"The idea to bid for the Olympics belongs to our President Viktor Yanukovych. And participation in the global promotion of the city and the holding of the Games - is not just important in themselves, it contributes to the promotion of sports and accelerate the development of tourism in the Carpathian region by 20-30 years. The effect of this impact the whole country will feel," Olexandr Vilkul said.

Apart from Ukraine, now in the fight for the right to host the biggest winter sports event of the world Poland and Slovakia (joint bid), Kazakhstan, Norway and China compete.

Logo of Lviv’s application for the Winter Olympics

Other variants that have not won