Personnel disputes within the organizing committee, sponsorship issues, and delays in preparations: four years before the next Winter Games, the problems faced by host nation France are overshadowing the joy of France's record haul of 23 Olympic medals at Milan/Cortina.
This is because the International Olympic Committee (IOC) doesn’t want a multimillion-pound stadium built for a two-week event that will be left abandoned immediately after the Games end. France does not have a strong speed skating culture, meaning a brand new oval would be useless long-term.
The 2026 Winter Olympics are approaching their conclusion. Sunday's closing ceremony will draw the curtain on the Milano Cortina Games and give fans time to look back on an incredible two weeks of competition.
The 2030 Winter Olympics are headed to the French Alps. Here’s everything to know about the host regions and venues. The post Where Are the Next Winter Olympics? Here’s Everything You Need to Know About 2030 appeared first on Heavy Sports.
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Next Winter Olympics organizers in French Alps deal with turmoil before handover from Milan Cortina
MILAN (AP) — We’ve got this. Really, we do. Organizers of the 2030 French Alps Olympics worked Saturday to put a positive sheen on their project that already was on the tightest of hosting schedules before being rocked by inner turmoil.
The 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics came to a close with Sunday's closing ceremony at Italy's historic Verona Arena.
IOC President Kirsty Coventry tells organizers they “delivered a new kind of Winter Games” and “set a new, very high standard for the future.”
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