Durban vies to host Olympic Committee session

JOHANNESBURG, May 5 (Xinhua) -- Durban has a sound infrastructure to host the 123rd session of the Olympic Committee in 2011, official said on Monday.

"We've no doubt that Durban has a sound, excellent infrastructure and the potential to host the main Olympic 42 sporting codes in a single precinct," Mike Sutcliffe, the city's manager, said.

Durban and Hong Kong were the two remaining short listed cities vying for the Olympic session.

Delegates are due to meet early in August in China to select the host city, and Sutcliffe said he was confident that Durban could win the bid.

He said the city had worked hard to put together a "powerful bid documentation" for the battle.

Bongi Sishi, spokesman for Makhenkesi Stofile, South Africa's National Sports and Recreation Minister was not immediately available for comment.