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Which Countries deserve to host the Winter Olympics Games ?


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17 minutes ago, George_D said:

Sweden and Finland. (i would say also Germany and Switzerland from the countries that have too many years to host again. Germany's last time was in 1936 and Switzerland's in 1948 )

 

Not gonna happen in Germany anytime soon IMO. GaPa and Munich residents rejected the OG idea back in 2013 already.

 

https://www.dw.com/en/voters-deliver-resounding-no-to-munich-2022-winter-olympics-bid/a-17217461

 

The only reasonable back-up option would be Oberhof since they have both the luge track & biathlon arena in place but I feel like the small Lillehammer-like venues for OG hosts are no longer desireable and viable at the same time. That belongs to the Dolby Surround 90s era but not in the 5K era of today anymore.

 

Finland became a mere also-run in a lot of winter sports, ski jumping has belly flopped in the last decade, cross country is second-tier even compared to Sweden let alone Norway and if your two best disciplines historically are struggling so badly what's the point of even bidding for the OG?

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