Ukraine’s Lviv withdraws bid for 2022 Winter Games

Published June 30, 2014 3:41am ET



LONDON (AP) — The Ukrainian city of Lviv withdrew its bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics on Monday, becoming the third contender to drop out of the race for a games that no one seems to want.

Lviv pulled out because of the continuing political and security crisis in Ukraine, where government forces are battling an insurgency by pro-Russian separatists.

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