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"&lt;p&gt;               &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; WARSAW, Poland (AP) -- The Polish city of Krakow is bidding to host the 2022 Winter Olympic Games along with neighboring Slovakia.    &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; The head of Poland's Olympic committee, Andrzej Krasnicki said a letter confirming the bid was sent Thursday to the International Olympic Committee, a week before the deadline. He made the announcement alongside Slovak counterpart Frantisek Chmelar.    &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; Under the bid plans, Krakow and the Tatra mountain resort of Zakopane would host the ice events. The Alpine events would be held across the border, in Jasna, Slovakia.    &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; Jasna is located about 150 kilometers (95 miles) from Krakow.    &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; Neither country has hosted the Winter Olympics. Zakopane bid unsuccessfully for the 2006 Winter Games, while the Slovak resort of Poprad-Tatry failed in attempts for the 2002 and 2006 Games.    &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; The Poland-Slovakia joint bid is the fifth declared candidacy for the 2022 Games.    &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; The Norwegian capital of Oslo announced its bid earlier Thursday. The field also includes the Ukrainian city of Lviv; Beijing and the northern Chinese city of Zhangjiakou; and Almaty, Kazakhstan. A referendum will be held Sunday in Germany on a proposed bid from Munich.    &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; The IOC will select the 2022 host city in 2015.  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Copyright 2014 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.      &lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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