Bavarian voters have turned down plans for Munich to bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics.
Local media say early returns from Sunday's ballot give the opponents of the Olympics a majority.
Olympic planners needed to have a majority "yes" vote in all four communities that went to the polls and were planned as the hubs of the games, including Munich itself and the community of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, the planned site for the glamorous Alpine events.
Bavarian radio said opponents of the Olympics won a majority in all four communities, meaning the Olympic project won't go ahead.
Munich failed in its bid to stage the 2018 Winter Games.
It had hoped to become the first venue to stage both winter and summer games, after hosting the 1972 Summer Olympics.
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