Winter Olympic Games 2030 Bid Process

[Federer91 2,904]

  On 10/13/2023 at 11:35 AM, Triplecast said:

2030 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

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Switzerland?

[George_D 1,206]

  On 10/13/2023 at 3:05 PM, Federer91 said:

Switzerland?

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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

 

[heywoodu 15,357]

@SalamAkhi Would the French 2030 bid that's been in the news this week actually include speed skating in Thialf?   

 

 

[NearPup 3,255]

  On 11/9/2023 at 3:12 PM, heywoodu said:

@SalamAkhi Would the French 2030 bid that's been in the news this week actually include speed skating in Thialf?   

 

 

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They'll really do anything to never hold this sport outside again.

[Belle 986]

The  government says YES to WOG 2030 in Sweden. 

[Quaker2001 251]

 

I trust the source, so perhaps this might be it and France is about to get announced as host of the 2030 Olympics.  That would be a shocker

[freds77 104]

https://www.lequipe.fr/Tous-sports/Actualites/Jo-2030-les-alpes-francaises-seules-candidates-en-dialogue-cible-avec-le-cio/1434064

 

No news about 2034 Winter Olympics?

[SalamAkhi 323]

  On 11/9/2023 at 3:12 PM, heywoodu said:

@SalamAkhi Would the French 2030 bid that's been in the news this week actually include speed skating in Thialf?   

 

 

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A bit late, but it seems unfortunately (for us, not so for you I guess) 

[Quaker2001 251]

  On 11/29/2023 at 4:12 PM, freds77 said:

https://www.lequipe.fr/Tous-sports/Actualites/Jo-2030-les-alpes-francaises-seules-candidates-en-dialogue-cible-avec-le-cio/1434064

 

No news about 2034 Winter Olympics?

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It is assumed they will award the 2034 Olympics to Salt Lake City.

[heywoodu 15,357]

  On 11/29/2023 at 4:22 PM, SalamAkhi said:

A bit late, but it seems unfortunately (for us, not so for you I guess) 

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I would not be thrilled with that, no

 

I mean, in terms of atmosphere, there is absolutely not going to be any better place in the world for speed skating - from national championships to Olympics - than Thialf. Hamar once rivalled it, but not anymore. That being said: I'd be sad to have Olympics in one country, and one sport pretty far away in another country.

 

Last week a Dutch former speed skater (Olympic champion Mark Tuitert) was talking about it during the World Cup broadcast, and he said he'd have been sad to have that in his career: according to him, a majority of athletes of course wants to go to the Olympics, but with part of that being immersed in the entire Olympic feeling, from a nation's culture to so many athletes from different sports being in the same area, which normally just doesn't happen. Olympics in France or Switzerland or so, with speed skating in Thialf, would mean the speed skating is basically just another championship instead of something special like the Olympics.