Snow covered mountains are reflected in the walls of the Olympic ice hockey stadium of Innsbruck April 15, 2013. REUTERS/Dominic Ebenbichler
VIENNA (Reuters) - Innsbruck's plan to bid to host the 2026 Winter Olympics is set to be rejected in a local referendum, with more than 53 percent of voters saying no and only a small number of postal ballot papers still to be counted.
The province of Tirol said in a statement on Sunday that 53.56 percent of the 312,237 valid votes cast across the region were against a bid to host the Games and 46.65 percent were in favour.
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