After the European Championships, the accusations made by the head of the Olympic Park, Marion Schöne, caused trouble at the German Athletics Association.
The German Athletics Association has rejected the massive criticism of the Olympiapark managing director Marion Schöne because of the lack of support for the European Championships in Munich from her point of view.
“Unusual and suboptimal solution”
“After the awarding of the European Championships, the DLV advocated cooperation with the Olympiapark München GmbH at an early stage”, said the association on dpa request. Against the background of hosting the EM 2018 and the World Cup 2009, both of which were held in Berlin, one “extensively offered his expertise”.
For the first time in history as a national association 2022 not to be involved in the organization of the EM is from the point of view of the DLV and also many other associations “an unusual and suboptimal solution” been. The EM 2018 under the umbrella of the DLV and the European Athletics Association set new standards.
“Extensive offer”
“The DLV also wanted to bring this experience and know-how to the European Championships 2022 in terms of the sustainability of resources and personnel.”, it was said. For this purpose, the Olympiapark München GmbH (OMG) was made a comprehensive and partnership-based offer in the form of a total package for the control of the European Championships in athletics as part of the European Championship.
The DLV offer from 2019 included the complete processing and control of the athletics competitions in the stadium and on the street.
Surprised by the criticism
The amount of the offer included the costs that the DLV would have incurred as a result of the implementation. This complex offer was therefore clearly different from supporting the European Championships of the other associations. In an interview with the “Süddeutsche Zeitung”, Olympia-Park boss Schöne had one “low double-digit million amount” spoken, spoken and emphasized by the DLV: “That was unacceptable.”
“However, Olympiapark München GmbH rejected the offer and commissioned other service providers or GmbHs and paid them accordingly”, announced the DLV. The German Athletics Association was therefore amazed at the form of criticism of the Olympiapark boss Marion Schöne about the cooperation, the statement said.