I like France as a host country of sports competitions but I think IOC decision is unfair for Sweden which is a country where a lot of winter sports are popular and has never been a host of winter Olympics (it will be the 4th time for France). On the contrary, for SLC in 2034 I consider it logic since it will be 24 years after the last time that North America hosted the games and it was Vancouver-Canada , so normally next city from that subcontinent should be from USA
Edited by George_DExpandSwitzerland?
The Swiss Olympic committee is encouraged by the results of a feasibility study commissioned in the spring and has now requested the sports parliament to formally decide on the bid as the next step at its annual meeting on November 24.
https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/switzerland-eyes-first-olympics-since-1948-despite-wary-public/48903280
https://www.goalzz.com/?n=1278051&pg=1&o=n
Expand2030 and 2034 to be awarded next year. Sweden and Salt Lake City, I guess.
https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1141684/ioc-double-award-2030-2034
and these are the best options.
isnt too early after 2024 for France??
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ExpandSweden and IOC had a meeting in january and Sweden will now make a prestudy for a potential bid.
https://www.svt.se/sport/sveriges-olympiska-kommitte/sverige-har-fatt-fragan-om-att-arrangera-os
they can win i think if they include venue for sliding events in sweden
Spain will not present a bid to host the 2030 Winter Olympics in the Pyrenees due to political differences between the governments of the Catalonia and Aragon regions, Spain's Olympic Committee president Alejandro Blanco announced on Tuesday.
Without real surprise, the Spanish Olympic Committee (COE) will announce this week the withdrawal of the Pyrenees-Barcelona bid project for the 2030 Winter Games, a project largely undermined by the persistent political tensions between Aragon and Catalonia.
Referendum on Spain’s 2030 Winter Olympics bid postponed amid collapse of project
Posted on May 27, 2022 12:00 PM by Robert Livingstone in Featured, Future Winter Bids
A binding referendum scheduled to measure public support for the Pyrenees-Barcelona 2030 Olympic and Paralympic Games was postponed by the Catalan government Friday after the collapse of the bid earlier this week.
The Spanish Olympic Committee (COE) has vowed to reorganize a potential 2030 Winter Games campaign after regional partners in the joint bid, Catalonia and Aragon, failed to reach an agreement on venue allocation Monday. However, technical plans remain in limbo and detailed information may not be available for voters for some time.
Originally set for July 24, the dual referendum organized in jurisdictions that would be impacted if the Spanish regions are to host the Games in 2030 has been called off but could be rescheduled if new bid plans are prepared.
Catalan presidency minister Laura Vilagrà said Friday according to Catalan News “we will reactivate the referendum decree once there is a deal and we know which competitions will be held in each place.”
COE President Alejandro Blanco said he is willing to work with any parties interested in pursuing the Games and has encouraged the previous joint partners to meet and reconcile their differences.
“Our calendar is set in hosting the games in 2030, therefore the referendum will take place in Autumn, but as early as possible,” Vilagrà said.
“The new scenario does not affect a potential candidacy as the International Olympic Committee (IOC) will make the decision in May 2023 on where the Games will be held.”
Earlier this month International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach confirmed that his organization is targeting a host election next May at the all-members Session in Mumbai, India, but eligible candidates must be chosen by his Executive Board this December in order to maintain the timeline.
Bach is expected to visit Blanco in Madrid next Wednesday.
Delays have already caused the postponement of two IOC technical visits to Spain, leaving the possible Pyrenees-Barcelona bid behind rivals Sapporo, Salt Lake City and Vancouver that have all already received the three member team for important meetings.
If Spain is not ready to host in 2030, Blanco said his team will remain in continuous dialogue with the IOC and target a 2034 Games instead.
As the political bickering between Catalonia and Aragon continues, with each accusing the other of sabotaging the process, Games opposition group ‘Stop JJOO’ has demanded all parties call off any future bid immediately.
“There is no political agreement, today it has been demonstrated for the umpteenth time,” Stop JJOO spokesperson Bernat Lavaquiol told La Mañana
“The IOC will not give the Games to the Pyrenees.”
opponents of the Pyrenees-Barcelona bid mobilized this Sunday at the initiative of the "Stop JJOO" collective
ExpandStill the smoke & mirrors show? Just announce Salt Lake City and stop the "bidding" nonsense
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there is also Saporro
Aragon leaders reject the new version of the concept that has recently been unveiled, as unfair.
Worse, they are now threatening to launch a solo bid, although the chances of success are nil, the COE having at the same time made it known that Spain would submit a joint bid – here including Aragon and Catalonia – or n would present none .
Motion for public vote on Vancouver
2030 bid fails to secure Council support
Pyrenees residents will vote on the 2030 Winter Games bid on July 24, a day before the 30th anniversary of the Barcelona Summer Olympics.
There will be two referendums to gauge locals' support for the event, the Catalan authorities announced on Monday morning: one in the Alt Pirineu and Aran area of the Western Catalan Pyrenees, and another in the Berguedà, Solsonès, and Ripollès counties.
Aragón refuses to sign 2030 Winter Games bid agreement
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In the past IOC demanded almost everything in the same city/region. Bach's reforms made venues sites selection more flexible but it seems we have gone on the opposite edge
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