Winter Olympics 2018 vote: live report

DURBAN, South Africa — 1533 GMT: On the announcement from IOC president Jacques Rogge there was an eruption of joy from the South Korean delegation in the room while South Korean president Lee Myung-Bak walked along the stage where the IOC members sat and thanked them.1529 GMT: AFP Sports looks at some of the South Korean candidate's main selling points:- Seasoned campaigners in their third successive bid for the prize.- Like defeated rivals Munich, there were no question marks over their ability to host the global showpiece, finance was no problem and the bid was environmentally sound too.- Also a strong plus was that Asia has hosted the Winter Games only twice, both times in Japan and not since Nagano in 1998.- The allure of opening up, as the IOC sees it, of a whole new financial goldmine in Asia.- The Evaluation Commission's appraisal said: "Overall, the Commission believes the legacy from a 2018 Pyeongchang Games, building on existing legacies from previous Olympic Winter Games bids, would be significant to further develop winter sport in Asia." 1527 GMT: Marienplatz in Munich empties rapidly. Ditto the lakeside lawns at Annecy.1522 GMT: For the South Korean candidate - who beat Germany's Munich and the French alpine town of Annecy - it was joy at last after the bitter disappointment of losing out to Vancouver for 2010 and the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi for the 2014 Games.In doing so they delivered Asia their first ever Games outside of Japan and first since Nagano in 1998.1521 GMT: Pyeongchang did it in style too as they needed just one round of voting by the 90+ International Olympic Committee (IOC) members eligible to vote to secure only the third Winter Games for Asia.They are the first candidate since the now tarnished Salt Lake City in 1995 (for the 2002 Winter Games) to win in the first round for any Olympic bid.1520 GMT: Pyeongchang will host the 2018 Winter Olympics after obtaining a first-round majority in the vote here on Wednesday, International Olympic Committee president Jacques

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