query: where will the 2022 winter olympics be played

pos: 2022 Winter Olympics 2022 Winter Olympics The 2022 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XXIV Olympic Winter Games (; ), and commonly known as Beijing 2022, is an international winter multi-sport event that is scheduled to take place from 4 to 20 February 2022, in Beijing and towns in the neighbouring Hebei province, People's Republic of China. Beijing was elected as the host city in July 2015 at the 128th IOC Session in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. These Games will be the first Winter Olympics ever to be held in China, and the last of three consecutive Olympics to be held in East Asia,

pos: 2022 Winter Olympics 2022 Winter Olympics The 2022 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XXIV Olympic Winter Games (; ), and commonly known as Beijing 2022, is an international winter multi-sport event that is scheduled to take place from 4 to 20 February 2022, in Beijing and towns in the neighbouring Hebei province, People's Republic of China. Beijing was elected as the host city in July 2015 at the 128th IOC Session in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. These Games will be the first Winter Olympics ever to be held in China, and the last of three consecutive Olympics to be held in East Asia,

pos: Venues of the 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics and away from Xiaohaituo Mountain Area. Venues of the 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics The Beijing Olympic Games Bidding Committee unveiled the venue layout plan for the 2022 Winter Olympic Games on 20 February 2014: five ice events will be held at the Olympic center, the Capital Indoor Stadium and the Beijing Wukesong Sports Center, which were some of the main venues of the 2008 Summer Olympics. Competitions for luge, bobsleigh and alpine skiing will be held in Xiaohaituo Mountain area northwest of Beijing, away from the city centre. All other skiing events will be held in Taizicheng Area in

pos: Venues of the 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics Venues of the 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics The Beijing Olympic Games Bidding Committee unveiled the venue layout plan for the 2022 Winter Olympic Games on 20 February 2014: five ice events will be held at the Olympic center, the Capital Indoor Stadium and the Beijing Wukesong Sports Center, which were some of the main venues of the 2008 Summer Olympics. Competitions for luge, bobsleigh and alpine skiing will be held in Xiaohaituo Mountain area northwest of Beijing, away from the city centre. All other skiing events will be held in Taizicheng Area in Chongli County, Zhangjiakou, from downtown Beijing

pos: Winter Olympic Games a single Winter Games. Norway led the total medal standings with 39, the highest number of medals by a nation in any Winter Olympics, followed by Germany's 31 and Canada's 29. Host nation South Korea won seventeen medals, their highest medal haul at a Winter Olympics. The host city for the 2022 Winter Olympics is Beijing, the capital of People's Republic of China, elected on 31 July 2015 at the 128th IOC Session in Kuala Lumpur. Beijing will be the first city ever to have hosted both the Summer and Winter Olympics. The 2022 Winter Olympics will take place between

pos: Concerns and controversies at the 2022 Winter Olympics Concerns and controversies at the 2022 Winter Olympics There have been concerns and controversies about the 2022 Winter Olympics which will be hosted in Beijing, China. Several cities withdrew their applications during the bidding process, citing the high costs or the lack of local support to host the 2022 games, leaving Almaty in Kazakhstan and Beijing as the only candidate cities by 1 October 2014. The decision to bid for the Olympics was controversial in China (and outside) because Beijing itself, and especially some of the proposed outdoor venues, does not have reliable snowfall in winter for snow sports. Concerns

pos: Concerns and controversies at the 2022 Winter Olympics the proposed venues will be adjacent to the Songshan National Nature Reserve and part of the same mountain system, and the environmental impact on the nature reserve of construction, and artificially covering parts of the mountain with snow, is uncertain. Domestic Chinese criticism and debate on the potential environmental impacts caused by the game are censored by the Chinese government on the press and internet. Concerns and controversies at the 2022 Winter Olympics There have been concerns and controversies about the 2022 Winter Olympics which will be hosted in Beijing, China. Several cities withdrew their applications during the bidding process,

pos: Lviv bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics Lviv bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics Lviv 2022 was a bid by the city of Lviv and the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine for the 2022 Winter Olympics. Lviv withdrew its bid on 30 June 2014. The IOC ultimately selected Beijing as the host city for the 2022 Winter Olympics at the 128th IOC Session in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 31 July 2015. On 27 May 2010, President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych stated during a visit to Lviv that Ukraine "will start working on the official nomination of our country as the holder of the Winter Olympic Games in

pos: 2022 Winter Olympics city of the 2022 Winter Olympics after beating Almaty by four votes on 31 July 2015 at the 128th IOC Session in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. In urban area of Beijing, five ice events will be held at the Olympic Green, the Capital Indoor Stadium and the Beijing Wukesong Sports Center, which were some of the main venues of the 2008 Summer Olympics. The Big Air snowboarding and freestyle skiing events will be held in a new area of urban development in Shijingshan District, a district in urban area of Beijing. Competitions for luge, bobsleigh and alpine skiing will be held

pos: Olympic Green has room for 91,000 spectators, but the capacity was reduced to 80,000 after the Olympics. It will be the site of the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2022 Winter Olympics. The Beijing National Aquatics Center (国家游泳中心) or "Water Cube" (水立方) hosted the swimming, diving and synchronized swimming events. It has a capacity of 6,000 (17,000 during the 2008 Olympics) and is located next to the National Stadium. It will be the site of the curling competitions during the 2022 Winter Olympics. The Beijing National Indoor Stadium (国家体育馆) or "the Fan" held the handball, artistic gymnastics and trampolining events. With

pos: Beijing bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics Sydney. Beijing went on to successfully bid for and host the 2008 Summer Olympics. Harbin bid to host the 2010 Winter Olympics but failed to become a candidate city. Vancouver was ultimately awarded the 2010 Winter Olympics. Harbin also bid to host the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics but failed to become a candidate. Innsbruck ultimately won the right to host the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics. Nanjing successfully bid to host the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics. The Beijing Olympic Games Bidding Committee unveiled the gymnasium layout plan for the 2022 Winter Olympic Games on 20 February 2014: five ice events will

pos: 1984 Winter Olympics state are the 2008 Summer Olympics held in Beijing and 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing, and the 2022 Winter Olympics which will be held in Beijing. All of these have been in China. The Sarajevo games have also been the only Olympics so far to be hosted by a city with mainly Muslim population. During the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, numerous newspapers drew attention to the Games neglected venues as it was the 30th anniversary of the 1984 Winter Olympics. The host city for the XIV Winter Olympics was announced on 18 May 1978 during an 80th

pos: 2022 Winter Olympics following the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, and the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. These Games will also be the fourth Winter Olympics to be held in East Asia, after Sapporo (1972), Nagano (1998) and Pyeongchang (2018). Beijing will become the first city ever to host both Summer and Winter Olympic Games. There are plans to utilize many of the same indoor venues that were used in 2008, as well as using the Beijing National Stadium for the opening and closing ceremonies. The bidding calendar was announced by the IOC in October 2012, with the application deadline

pos: Beijing National Stadium to maintain per year. The stadium was used for the finals of the 2017 League of Legends World Championship. This included performances by Jay Chou. The stadium is scheduled to be used for the opening and closing ceremonies of 2022 Winter Olympics and 2022 Winter Paralympics. It will be the only stadium to host both the Summer and Winter Olympics and Paralympics opening ceremonies. Beijing National Stadium Beijing National Stadium, officially the National Stadium (), also known as the Bird's Nest (), is a stadium in Beijing. The stadium (BNS) was jointly designed by architects Jacques Herzog and Pierre de

pos: 2010 Winter Olympics by John Furlong. The 2010 Winter Olympics were the third Olympics hosted by Canada and the first by the province of British Columbia. Canada hosted the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, and the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta. Metro Vancouver is the largest metropolitan area to host the Winter Olympics, although Calgary is the largest city to host the Winter Olympics. They will both be surpassed by Beijing in 2022. Following Olympic tradition, the incumbent mayor of Vancouver Sam Sullivan received the Olympic flag during the closing ceremony of the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. The flag

pos: Beijing bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics Beijing bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics Beijing 2022 was a successful bid by Beijing, China and the Chinese Olympic Committee for the 2022 Winter Olympics. The IOC selected the host city for the 2022 Winter Olympics at the 128th IOC Session in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on July 31, 2015, which Beijing won. The Chinese Olympic Committee nominated Beijing as the candidate city for the 2022 Winter Olympics on November 3, 2013. In addition, Zhangjiakou is the joint city for the bidding. Zhangjiakou is located northwest of Beijing. Beijing bid to host the 2000 Summer Olympics, but lost out to

pos: Almaty bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics Games. They were the first city to do so. Almaty bid to host the 2014 Winter Olympics but failed to become a candidate city. Sochi was ultimately elected at the host city on July 4, 2007. Almaty bid to host the 2022 Winter Olympic Games, but lost to previous host city Beijing. The venue plan comprises: Almaty bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics Almaty 2022 was an unsuccessful bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics by the city of Almaty and the National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The IOC selected the host city for the 2022 Winter Olympics

pos: 1988 Winter Olympics host the Winter Olympics; however, the census metropolitan area of Greater Vancouver could also be considered the largest metropolitan area to host the Winter Olympics. Nonetheless, this title will soon to be turned over to Beijing in 2022. The bid for the 1988 Winter Olympics was Canada's seventh attempt at hosting a winter games and Calgary's fourth. Previous bids representing Montreal (1956) and Vancouver (1976 and 1980) bookended failed attempts by the Calgary Olympic Development Association (CODA) to host the 1964, 1968 and 1972 games. The CODA became dormant in 1966 after losing its bid for the 1972 Olympics, but

pos: Lviv bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics proposed to be rebuilt to host all Nordic events. Additionally, a ski hill would be developed to host all of the snowboard and freestyle skiing events. A new alpine skiing centre, with a vertical drop of 900m, would be developed at Borzhava. It would include an alpine athlete's village and media accommodation. Lviv bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics Lviv 2022 was a bid by the city of Lviv and the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine for the 2022 Winter Olympics. Lviv withdrew its bid on 30 June 2014. The IOC ultimately selected Beijing as the host city for the

pos: China at the 2018 Winter Olympics skating event and became the first male short track speed skater from China to win a gold medal in Olympic short track speed skating. He also broke the world record. With Beijing being the host of the 2022 Winter Olympics, a Chinese segment was performed at the closing ceremony. Those 2022 Winter Olympics will make Beijing the first city to host both a Winter and Summer Olympics, after they hosted the 2008 Summer Olympics. China won 9 medals in total. The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline. China qualified one male and

pos: Beijing bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics laws. It concluded that the acceptance of Beijing's bid undermined this initiative. Beijing bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics Beijing 2022 was a successful bid by Beijing, China and the Chinese Olympic Committee for the 2022 Winter Olympics. The IOC selected the host city for the 2022 Winter Olympics at the 128th IOC Session in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on July 31, 2015, which Beijing won. The Chinese Olympic Committee nominated Beijing as the candidate city for the 2022 Winter Olympics on November 3, 2013. In addition, Zhangjiakou is the joint city for the bidding. Zhangjiakou is located northwest of Beijing.

pos: 2022 Winter Olympics in Xiaohaituo Mountain area in Yanqing District, northwest of urban area of Beijing, away from the city center, using artificial snow because of the rarity of natural snow in this region. All other skiing events will be held in Taizicheng Area in Chongli District, Zhangjiakou city, Hebei Province. It is from downtown Beijing and away from Xiaohaituo Mountain Area. Yanqing District is a suburban district of Beijing. Zhangjiakou is a city in Hebei Province. Chongli District in Zhangjiakou city will stage most of the skiing events during the 2022 Winter Olympics. The ski resort earned over 1.54 billion yuan (US$237.77

pos: 2018 Winter Olympics closing ceremony in Seoul. First, the Greek flag was raised while its anthem played. The Olympic flag was then lowered and passed, by the mayor of Pyeongchang County, Shim Jae-kook, to IOC President, Thomas Bach, who then handed it over to the mayor of Beijing, Chen Jining. This was then followed by the raising of the flag of China, and the playing of its anthem. The flag will be raised again in Tokyo, Japan, for the opening ceremony of the 2020 Summer Olympics on 24 July 2020. Beijing, the host city of the 2022 Winter Olympic Games, presented a special performance "See

pos: 2020 Summer Olympics the second of three consecutive Olympic Games to be held in East Asia, following the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, and preceding the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China. These Games will see the introduction of additional disciplines within several of the Summer Olympics sports, including 3x3 basketball, freestyle BMX and Madison cycling, as well as further mixed events. Under new IOC policies that allow sports to be added to the Games' programme to augment the permanent "core" Olympic events, these Games will see karate, sport climbing, surfing and skateboarding make their Olympic debuts, and the return of

pos: Almaty bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics Almaty bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics Almaty 2022 was an unsuccessful bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics by the city of Almaty and the National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The IOC selected the host city for the 2022 Winter Olympics at the 128th IOC Session in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on July 31, 2015, in which Beijing won. Under the slogan “Keeping it Real,” Almaty had emphasized their traditional winter setting with tall mountains and plenty of natural snow coverage as well as compactness — most venues are within half an hour’s travel through Alpine scenery. Almaty

pos: Olympic Stadium but not during the Winter YOG. Only one stadium, the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, has been the main stadium of two Summer Olympics (and it will be a main stadium a third time during the 2028 games). In addition to the inaugural Summer Olympics, Panathinaiko Stadio was also the main stadium of the only Intercalated Games held. In 2022 Beijing National Stadium will join these in being the main stadium at two Olympics, but with a special distinction: it will become the only stadium to have been such at both a Summer and a Winter Olympics. A number, including both

pos: Oslo bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics Oslo bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics Oslo 2022 was a campaign by Oslo and the Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports for the right to host the 2022 Winter Olympics. This bid was cancelled on October 1, 2014, after the parliamentary caucus of the Conservative Party had voted to not support the bid. Already, the Progress Party, Centre Party and Socialist Left Party were opposed to the bid. Thus, it was no longer possible to get a parliamentary majority for a state guarantee. The IOC selected Beijing as the host city for the 2022 Winter Olympics

pos: 2022 Winter Olympics adjacent to the Beijing Songshan National Nature Reserve and part of the same mountain system, and the environmental impact on the nature reserve of construction, and artificially covering parts of the mountain with snow, is uncertain. The Chinese government responded to these concerns by expanding the adjacent Beijing Songshan National Nature Reserve by 31% of its original size. 2022 Winter Olympics The 2022 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XXIV Olympic Winter Games (; ), and commonly known as Beijing 2022, is an international winter multi-sport event that is scheduled to take place from 4 to 20 February 2022, in

pos: Bids for the 2022 Winter Olympics went to Beijing. Beijing was selected as host city of the 2022 Winter Olympics and Winter Paralympics after beating Almaty by just four votes. Beijing received one more vote than the 43 needed for majority. Bids for the 2022 Winter Olympics A total of six bids were initially submitted for the 2022 Winter Olympics. Four of the bids were subsequently withdrawn by 1 October 2014, citing either the high costs of hosting the Games or the lack of local support, leaving Almaty, Kazakhstan and Beijing, China as the only two remaining candidate cities. Beijing was then elected as the host

pos: Bids for the 2022 Winter Olympics Bids for the 2022 Winter Olympics A total of six bids were initially submitted for the 2022 Winter Olympics. Four of the bids were subsequently withdrawn by 1 October 2014, citing either the high costs of hosting the Games or the lack of local support, leaving Almaty, Kazakhstan and Beijing, China as the only two remaining candidate cities. Beijing was then elected as the host city at the 128th IOC Session in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on 31 July 2015. On 3 October 2012, the IOC announced in a letter to the NOCs the bidding calendar for the 2022 Winter Olympics:

pos: National Speed Skating Oval completed in 2019; first competition will be held in 2020 National Speed Skating Oval The National Speed Skating Oval (The Ice Ribbon) is an arena which is the only new venue planned to be built on Beijing's Olympic Green for the Winter Olympics. It will host the speed skating competitions at the 2022 edition of the Winter Olympics. It will be able to accommodate 12,000 spectators (6800 permanent and 5200 temporary seats) according to the bid book. After the games it is foreseen to use it as a public skating venue and for ice hockey clubs. It has been designed

pos: National Speed Skating Oval National Speed Skating Oval The National Speed Skating Oval (The Ice Ribbon) is an arena which is the only new venue planned to be built on Beijing's Olympic Green for the Winter Olympics. It will host the speed skating competitions at the 2022 edition of the Winter Olympics. It will be able to accommodate 12,000 spectators (6800 permanent and 5200 temporary seats) according to the bid book. After the games it is foreseen to use it as a public skating venue and for ice hockey clubs. It has been designed by architectural firm BIAD. Construction will begin mid-2017, and be

pos: 2022 Winter Paralympics 2022 Winter Paralympics The 2022 Winter Paralympics (Chinese: 第十三届冬季残疾人奥林匹克运动会), officially known as the XIII Paralympic Winter Games, is an international winter multi-sport event for disabled athletes that is scheduled to take place in Beijing, People's Republic of China, from 4 to 13 March 2022. Beijing will become the first city to host both the Summer and Winter Paralympics. These games will be the first Winter Paralympics held in China. Competitions in the 2022 Winter Paralympics will be held in seven Winter Paralympic sports, with 81 medal events in total. The official emblem "Flying High" (飞得很高) was unveiled on 15 December

pos: Bids for the 2022 Winter Olympics advancing nations can successfully host the winter games". He called to the OCI core values saying that letting Almaty host the Games was "a golden opportunity to showcase the real long-term power of Olympic legacy for a region that has never hosted the Games". In the final voting Almaty lost to Beijing by only 4 votes. On 5 November 2013, the Chinese Olympic Committee announced that it would submit a bid for Beijing to host the 2022 Winter Olympics. Beijing (where the indoor ice sports and the ceremonies would take place), was the host city of the 2008 Summer Olympics.

pos: 2022 Winter Olympics finished by the end of 2020 to enable the city to hold test events. The new Beijing-Zhangjiakou intercity railway will be built, starting from Beijing North Railway Station, and ending at Zhangjiakou South Railway Station. It will be built for speeds of up to 350 km/h (217 mph), and travel time from Beijing to Zhangjiakou is estimated to be around 50 minutes. The Beijing Subway is expected to continue expanding and is projected reach in length by 2022. A new airport for Beijing and the surrounding region, Beijing Daxing International Airport, is due to open by 2019. The airport will

pos: Super Bowl LVI will be televised nationally by CBS. With Super Bowl LVI scheduled to be held on February 6, 2022, the game overlaps with the 2022 Winter Olympics, which will be held in Beijing, China. In contrast to previous Super Bowl bidding processes, no bids were accepted for Super Bowl LVI. The bids for Super Bowl LIII, Super Bowl LIV and Super Bowl LV were all drawn from the same pool of candidates in a meeting on May 24, 2016. Atlanta, Miami, Los Angeles, and Tampa Bay were the four candidates for the three contests; Atlanta received Super Bowl LIII, Miami received

pos: China at the Olympics continued, with Hong Kong competing independently from the rest of the nation under the name "Hong Kong, China". The People's Republic of China has hosted the Games on one occasion, with a second Games scheduled for 2022. Beijing will be the first city to host both Summer and Winter Olympics. Chinese athletes have won medals in most of the current Summer Olympics sports. The exceptions are triathlon, equestrian, rugby and water polo. Chinese athletes have won medals in 6 out of 15 current Winter Olympics sports. Most of the golds and half of the medals come from the sport of

pos: 2008 Summer Olympics was awarded the 2022 Winter Olympics. It will thus be the first city to host both the Summer and Winter Games. 2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and commonly known as Beijing 2008, was an international multi-sport event that was held from 8 to 24 August 2008 in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) competed in 28 sports and 302 events (one event more than those scheduled for the 2004 Games). This was the first time that China had hosted the

pos: International Olympic Committee of its core Olympic sports for the Summer Olympic programme for the 2020 Olympics. This decision was poorly received by the sporting and wrestling community. Wrestling was still part of the programme at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. This decision was later overturned, and wrestling will be a part of the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. As planned, the alpine ski run and luge racing area of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics will be built in the core area of Beijing Songshan National Reserves. A great number of valuable species such as Lonicera oblata and Cypripedium shanxiense

pos: Super Bowl LVI between the three main broadcast television partners of the NFL. For the first time, the Super Bowl will be held on a date that falls within an ongoing Olympic Games, as the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing will begin on the Friday prior to the game. Fellow NFL broadcaster NBC holds the broadcast rights to the Olympics; it is expected that viewership of both events will be impacted by their scheduling. Super Bowl LVI Super Bowl LVI, the 56th Super Bowl and the 52nd modern-era National Football League (NFL) championship game, will decide the league champion for the 2021 season.

pos: 2022 Winter Paralympics 2017 at the Beijing National Aquatics Center. It is an inspiration of a skater and skier with a ribbon motif and the Chinese character "飞" (fēi, means fly), with the Paralympic colors and the Chinese flag colors. The emblem was designed by Lin Cunzhen who also created the Olympic emblem and the Nanjing 2014 Summer Youth Olympics logo. To be unveiled in 2020. 2022 Winter Paralympics The 2022 Winter Paralympics (Chinese: 第十三届冬季残疾人奥林匹克运动会), officially known as the XIII Paralympic Winter Games, is an international winter multi-sport event for disabled athletes that is scheduled to take place in Beijing, People's Republic of

pos: GamesBids The site publishes and regularly updates the BidIndex, an Olympic bid rating system in which the relative strength of the different bids and their chances of succeeding is measured. The BidIndex was correct when it predicted Beijing, though wrong with Vancouver, London and Sochi. The prediction model is further enhanced after each bid. BidIndex has accurately predicted the last four elected host cities, including Rio de Janeiro for the 2016 Summer Olympics, Pyeongchang for the 2018 Winter Olympics, Tokyo for the 2020 Summer Olympics and Beijing for the 2022 Winter Olympics. BidIndex for the 2022 Winter Olympics, which normally is

pos: Beijing bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics be held at the Olympic center, the Capital Indoor Stadium and the Beijing Wukesong Sports Center. Competitions for luge, bobsleigh and alpine skiing will be held in Xiaohaituo Mountain area northwest of Beijing, 90 kilometers away from downtown. All other skiing events will be held in Taizicheng Area in Chongli District, Zhangjiakou, 220 kilometers away from downtown of Beijing and 130 kilometers away from Xiaohaituo Mountain Area. The issue of air pollution, which was widely discussed during the 2008 Summer Olympics, was cited as a likely factor in Beijing's bid. Beijing and Zhangjiakou suffer from severe air pollution which is

pos: 2022 Winter Olympics between these two major sporting events is expected to affect viewership numbers. The last Super Bowl that was held during a Winter Olympic year, Super Bowl LII in 2018, took place on the Sunday before the Games. Critics questioned the Beijing bid, citing that the proposed outdoor venue sites do not have reliable snowfall in winter for snow sports. Concerns have been raised that snow may need to be transported to the venues at great cost and with uncertain environmental consequences. The environmental impact of hosting the games near Beijing has been questioned. Some of the proposed venues will be

pos: Salt Lake City training. Tourism has increased since the Olympic games, but business did not pick up immediately following them. Salt Lake City expressed interest in bidding for the 2022 Winter Olympics. However, Beijing was selected to host the 2022 Winter Olympics. Salt Lake City hosted the 16th Winter Deaflympic games in 2007, taking place in the venues in Salt Lake City and Park City, and Rotary International chose the city as the host site of their 2007 convention, which was the single largest gathering in Salt Lake City since the 2002 Winter Olympics. The U.S. Volleyball Association convention in 2005 drew 39,500

pos: 2018 Winter Olympics the country overall, after the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. It was the third time that an East Asian country had hosted the Winter Games, after Sapporo (1972) and Nagano (1998), both in Japan. It was also the first of three consecutive Olympics to be held in East Asia, the other two being the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo and the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. The Games featured 102 events over fifteen disciplines in seven sports, with the addition of "big air" snowboarding, mass start speed skating, mixed doubles curling, and mixed team alpine skiing to the Winter Olympic

pos: 2000 Summer Olympics Monaco. The Australian city of Melbourne had lost out to Atlanta for the 1996 Summer Olympics four years earlier. Beijing lost its bid to host the games to Sydney in 1993, but was later awarded the 2008 Summer Olympics in July 2001, and it would eventually be awarded the 2022 Winter Olympics twenty-two years later in 2015. Although it is impossible to know why members of the International Olympic Committee voted for Sydney over Beijing in 1993, it appears that an important role was played by Human Rights Watch's campaign to "stop Beijing" because of China's human rights record. Many

pos: China will also collaboratively host the 2022 Olympic Winter Games, which will make Beijing the first city in the world to hold both the Summer Olympics and the Winter Olympics. China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia and the world's most populous country, with a population of around /1e9 round 3 billion. Covering approximately , it is the third- or fourth-largest country by total area, depending on the source consulted. Governed by the Communist Party of China, the state exercises jurisdiction over 22 provinces, five autonomous regions, four direct-controlled municipalities (Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai,

pos: 2022 Winter Olympics Freestyle skiing big air (men and women), and mixed team events for aerials, ski jumping, snowboarding and short track speed skating. This means a total of 109 events will be held. The official emblem "Winter Dream" (冬梦) was unveiled on 15 December 2017 at the Beijing National Aquatics Center. The emblem is a stylized rendition of the character "冬" (Winter) inspired by winter snow, with a ribbon motif. The top is meant to resemble a skater and the bottom is meant to resemble a skier. The emblem also features the Olympic colors (except black) and the Chinese flag colors. The

pos: Concerns and controversies at the 2022 Winter Olympics have been raised that snow may need to be transported to the venues at great cost and with uncertain environmental consequences. Some commentators alleged that one of the early promotional songs for the 2022 Winter Olympics, called "The Snow and Ice Dance," has suspicious similarities with "Let It Go." A Chinese media outlet cited technical analysis of the two songs: Both songs employ a piano as the major instrument, have similar prelude chords and an eight-beat introduction, and they run at almost exactly the same tempo. The environmental impact of hosting the games near Beijing has been questioned. Some of

pos: Oslo bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics be an "applicant city" in the bidding for the 2022 games. Oslo was joined by five other cities: Beijing, Almaty, Stockholm, Kraków and Lviv. However, Stockholm dropped out of the race two months later due to lack of local political support. Børre Rognlien had originally stated that the Norwegian Olympic Committee required public support of 60% of the population to move forward with the bid. This was also presented as a requirement from IOC. However, building public support proved hard. Just prior to the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, support was lagging at 38%. Despite being a success in medals,

neg: 2022 Winter Olympics emblem was designed by Lin Cunzhen who also created the Nanjing 2014 logo. The mascot(s) for the 2022 Games will be unveiled in Late 2019. In some countries, broadcast rights to the 2022 Winter Olympics are already agreed through existing long-term deals. In France and the United Kingdom, these are the first Games where Eurosport will be the main rightsholder; the BBC will sub-license a limited amount of coverage on free-to-air television, as part of a deal in which the BBC sold the pay-TV rights to the 2018 and 2020 Games to Eurosport. In the United States, the Games will

neg: Stockholm bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics in the city council against organising the games. On 17 January 2014, Stockholm dropped a bid for 2022 Winter Olympics. In summer 2013, the Swedish Olympic Committee (SOK) has expressed plans to submit an application for the 2022 Winter Olympics and the 2022 Winter Paralympics in the capital Stockholm. Four alpine skiing events will be held in Åre in northern Sweden. SOK has the support of the Swedish Sports Organization for the Disabled and Swedish Paralympic Committee and the Swedish Sports Confederation. Some people has expressed that the distance between Stockholm and Åre is too far, about . Åre has

neg: Stockholm bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics needing around 6 hours. Stockholm bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics Stockholm 2022 was a bid by Stockholm with Åre and the Swedish Olympic Committee for the 2022 Winter Olympics. The bid was announced at November 11, 2013. The IOC will select the host city for the 2022 Winter Olympics at the 127th IOC Session in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on July 31, 2015. Stockholm previously hosted the 1912 Summer Olympics and hosted equestrian events at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne. On 17 January 2014, the Moderate Party in Stockholm decided not to support the bid, and after that there

neg: Stockholm bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics Stockholm bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics Stockholm 2022 was a bid by Stockholm with Åre and the Swedish Olympic Committee for the 2022 Winter Olympics. The bid was announced at November 11, 2013. The IOC will select the host city for the 2022 Winter Olympics at the 127th IOC Session in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on July 31, 2015. Stockholm previously hosted the 1912 Summer Olympics and hosted equestrian events at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne. On 17 January 2014, the Moderate Party in Stockholm decided not to support the bid, and after that there is a clear majority

neg: Bids for the 2022 Winter Olympics Both of the candidate cities suggested hosting the Games between February 4–20, 2022. The Paralympics will be held from March 4–13. While another city suggested hosting the Games between February 11–27, 2022. The Paralympics will be held from March 11–20. Since 2011, the National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan has been considering a bid for the 2022 games in Almaty, the former longtime capital city and still the largest city and financial centre of the country. Kazakhstan hosted the 2011 Asian Winter Games. Almaty will host 2017 Winter Universiade. The current Kazakh capital Astana considered to joint bid

neg: Kraków bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics Kraków bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics Kraków 2022 was a bid by the Polish Olympic Committee to hold the 2022 Winter Olympics in Kraków. On 25 May 2014, the inhabitants of Kraków voted to withdraw the bid in a binding referendum. After that Krakow discontinued the application on 26 May 2014. On 6 March 2010, during a sports facility opening ceremony, Polish President Lech Kaczyński announced that he would like his country to be a candidate for 2022 Winter Olympic Games. A month later, on 10 April 2010, he died in a tragic plane crash, which killed 96 people

neg: Kraków bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics Kraków bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics Kraków 2022 was a bid by the Polish Olympic Committee to hold the 2022 Winter Olympics in Kraków. On 25 May 2014, the inhabitants of Kraków voted to withdraw the bid in a binding referendum. After that Krakow discontinued the application on 26 May 2014. On 6 March 2010, during a sports facility opening ceremony, Polish President Lech Kaczyński announced that he would like his country to be a candidate for 2022 Winter Olympic Games. A month later, on 10 April 2010, he died in a tragic plane crash, which killed 96 people

neg: Olympic results index [[Speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics|1992]] [[Speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics|1994]] [[Speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics|1998]] [[Speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics|2002]] [[Speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics|2006]] [[Speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics|2010]] [[Speed skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics|2014]] [[Speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics|2018]] [[Speed skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics|2022]] [[Paralympic results index]] [[Category:Sports at the Summer Olympics|*]] [[Category:Sports at the Winter Olympics|*]] Olympic results index This Olympic Games results index is a list of links which forms an "index" which can be used to quickly find

neg: Kraków bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics Upper Silesia organised 2009 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival. Poznań hosted 2011 Women's Indoor Hockey World Cup and 2011 Men's Indoor Hockey World Cup.In 2012 Poland co-host UEFA Euro 2012. Sopot will be host 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships. Poland will host too the 2014 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship. The 2017 World Games will be held in Wrocław. Zakopane bid to host the 2006 Winter Olympics but failed to become a candidate. Turin was ultimately awarded the games. Poznań bid to host the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics, but failed to become a candidate. Singapore was ultimately awarded the games.

neg: Stockholm bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics for the Winter Olympics and says the city already has the most of what is needed. According to calculations, a Swedish Olympic Games will costs approximately 15–20 billion SEK (€ 1.7–2.3 billion). On October 1, 2013, investigator Jöran Hägglund indicated that it is entirely possible to host the Winter Olympics in Stockholm. Hägglund estimated the implementation budget to 9.79 billion SEK (€ 1.13 billion) and the investment budget to 2.5 billion SEK (€ 290 million). The games will be concentrated entirely in the Stockholm area, and only eight of the alpine events are planned to be held in Åre. He

neg: Winter Olympic Games to host the 2022 Winter Olympics, and the host of the 2026 Winter Olympics will be selected on June 23rd, 2019. , no city in the southern hemisphere has applied to host the cold-weather-dependent Winter Olympics, which are held in February at the height of the southern hemisphere summer. To date, twelve countries have participated in every Winter Olympic Games – Austria, Canada, Finland, France, Great Britain, Hungary, Italy, Norway, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland and the United States. Six of those countries have earned medals at every Winter Olympic Games – Austria, Canada, Finland, Norway, Sweden and the United States. The

neg: Olympic results index the 2018 Winter Olympics|2018]] [[Ice hockey at the 2022 Winter Olympics|2022]] [[Luge at the 1924 Winter Olympics|1924]] [[Luge at the 1928 Winter Olympics|1928]] [[Luge at the 1932 Winter Olympics|1932]] [[Luge at the 1936 Winter Olympics|1936]] [[Luge at the 1948 Winter Olympics|1948]] [[Luge at the 1952 Winter Olympics|1952]] [[Luge at the 1956 Winter Olympics|1956]] [[Luge at the 1960 Winter Olympics|1960]] [[Luge at the 1964 Winter Olympics|1964]] [[Luge at the 1968 Winter Olympics|1968]] [[Luge at the 1972 Winter Olympics|1972]] [[Luge at the 1976 Winter Olympics|1976]] [[Luge at the 1980 Winter Olympics|1980]] [[Luge at the 1984 Winter Olympics|1984]] [[Luge at the 1988 Winter

neg: Olympic results index at the 1964 Winter Olympics|1964]] [[Snowboarding at the 1968 Winter Olympics|1968]] [[Snowboarding at the 1972 Winter Olympics|1972]] [[Snowboarding at the 1976 Winter Olympics|1976]] [[Snowboarding at the 1980 Winter Olympics|1980]] [[Snowboarding at the 1984 Winter Olympics|1984]] [[Snowboarding at the 1988 Winter Olympics|1988]] [[Snowboarding at the 1992 Winter Olympics|1992]] [[Snowboarding at the 1994 Winter Olympics|1994]] [[Snowboarding at the 1998 Winter Olympics|1998]] [[Snowboarding at the 2002 Winter Olympics|2002]] [[Snowboarding at the 2006 Winter Olympics|2006]] [[Snowboarding at the 2010 Winter Olympics|2010]] [[Snowboarding at the 2014 Winter Olympics|2014]] [[Snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Olympics|2018]] [[Snowboarding at the 2022 Winter Olympics|2022]] [[Speed skating at the 1924

neg: Olympic results index at the 1972 Winter Olympics|1972]] [[Skeleton at the 1976 Winter Olympics|1976]] [[Skeleton at the 1980 Winter Olympics|1980]] [[Skeleton at the 1984 Winter Olympics|1984]] [[Skeleton at the 1988 Winter Olympics|1988]] [[Skeleton at the 1992 Winter Olympics|1992]] [[Skeleton at the 1994 Winter Olympics|1994]] [[Skeleton at the 1998 Winter Olympics|1998]] [[Skeleton at the 2002 Winter Olympics|2002]] [[Skeleton at the 2006 Winter Olympics|2006]] [[Skeleton at the 2010 Winter Olympics|2010]] [[Skeleton at the 2014 Winter Olympics|2014]] [[Skeleton at the 2018 Winter Olympics|2018]] [[Skeleton at the 2022 Winter Olympics|2022]] [[Ski jumping at the 1924 Winter Olympics|1924]] [[Ski jumping at the 1928 Winter Olympics|1928]] [[Ski jumping at

neg: Olympic results index Winter Olympics|1994]] [[Ski jumping at the 1998 Winter Olympics|1998]] [[Ski jumping at the 2002 Winter Olympics|2002]] [[Ski jumping at the 2006 Winter Olympics|2006]] [[Ski jumping at the 2010 Winter Olympics|2010]] [[Ski jumping at the 2014 Winter Olympics|2014]] [[Ski jumping at the 2018 Winter Olympics|2018]] [[Ski jumping at the 2022 Winter Olympics|2022]] [[Snowboarding at the 1924 Winter Olympics|1924]] [[Snowboarding at the 1928 Winter Olympics|1928]] [[Snowboarding at the 1932 Winter Olympics|1932]] [[Snowboarding at the 1936 Winter Olympics|1936]] [[Snowboarding at the 1948 Winter Olympics|1948]] [[Snowboarding at the 1952 Winter Olympics|1952]] [[Snowboarding at the 1956 Winter Olympics|1956]] [[Snowboarding at the 1960 Winter Olympics|1960]] [[Snowboarding

neg: Olympic results index Olympics|1988]] [[Luge at the 1992 Winter Olympics|1992]] [[Luge at the 1994 Winter Olympics|1994]] [[Luge at the 1998 Winter Olympics|1998]] [[Luge at the 2002 Winter Olympics|2002]] [[Luge at the 2006 Winter Olympics|2006]] [[Luge at the 2010 Winter Olympics|2010]] [[Luge at the 2014 Winter Olympics|2014]] [[Luge at the 2018 Winter Olympics|2018]] [[Luge at the 2022 Winter Olympics|2022]] [[Nordic combined at the 1924 Winter Olympics|1924]] [[Nordic combined at the 1928 Winter Olympics|1928]] [[Nordic combined at the 1932 Winter Olympics|1932]] [[Nordic combined at the 1936 Winter Olympics|1936]] [[Nordic combined at the 1948 Winter Olympics|1948]] [[Nordic combined at the 1952 Winter Olympics|1952]] [[Nordic combined at

neg: Olympic results index 2006 Winter Olympics|2006]] [[Short track speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics|2010]] [[Short track speed skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics|2014]] [[Short track speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics|2018]] [[Short track speed skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics|2022]] [[Skeleton at the 1924 Winter Olympics|1924]] [[Skeleton at the 1928 Winter Olympics|1928]] [[Skeleton at the 1932 Winter Olympics|1932]] [[Skeleton at the 1936 Winter Olympics|1936]] [[Skeleton at the 1948 Winter Olympics|1948]] [[Skeleton at the 1952 Winter Olympics|1952]] [[Skeleton at the 1956 Winter Olympics|1956]] [[Skeleton at the 1960 Winter Olympics|1960]] [[Skeleton at the 1964 Winter Olympics|1964]] [[Skeleton at the 1968 Winter Olympics|1968]] [[Skeleton

neg: Olympic results index 1992 Winter Olympics|1992]] [[Biathlon at the 1994 Winter Olympics|1994]] [[Biathlon at the 1998 Winter Olympics|1998]] [[Biathlon at the 2002 Winter Olympics|2002]] [[Biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics|2006]] [[Biathlon at the 2010 Winter Olympics|2010]] [[Biathlon at the 2014 Winter Olympics|2014]] [[Biathlon at the 2018 Winter Olympics|2018]] [[Biathlon at the 2022 Winter Olympics|2022]] [[Bobsleigh at the 1924 Winter Olympics|1924]] [[Bobsleigh at the 1928 Winter Olympics|1928]] [[Bobsleigh at the 1932 Winter Olympics|1932]] [[Bobsleigh at the 1936 Winter Olympics|1936]] [[Bobsleigh at the 1948 Winter Olympics|1948]] [[Bobsleigh at the 1952 Winter Olympics|1952]] [[Bobsleigh at the 1956 Winter Olympics|1956]] [[Bobsleigh at the 1960 Winter Olympics|1960]] [[Bobsleigh

neg: Poprad-Tatry bid for the 2006 Winter Olympics selection, Poprad didn't bid for Olympics, but withdrawnKraków bid for 2022 Games included Chopok Mountain as a venue for alpine skiing events. Poprad-Tatry bid for the 2006 Winter Olympics Poprad-Tatry 2006 was an unsuccessful bid by Poprad, Slovakia and the Slovak Olympic Committee to host the 2006 Winter Olympics. It was one of six candidates, but failed to be short-listed. The proposed venues were: The proposed bid was considered as a compact sports concept in attractive surroundings, with many venues yet to be constructed. The post-Olympic use of the ice facilities was excellent as all arenas will be dedicated for

neg: Olympic results index Olympics|1998]] [[Freestyle skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics|2002]] [[Freestyle skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics|2006]] [[Freestyle skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics|2010]] [[Freestyle skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics|2014]] [[Freestyle skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics|2018]] [[Freestyle skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics|2022]] [[Ice hockey at the 1924 Winter Olympics|1924]] [[Ice hockey at the 1928 Winter Olympics|1928]] [[Ice hockey at the 1932 Winter Olympics|1932]] [[Ice hockey at the 1936 Winter Olympics|1936]] [[Ice hockey at the 1948 Winter Olympics|1948]] [[Ice hockey at the 1952 Winter Olympics|1952]] [[Ice hockey at the 1956 Winter Olympics|1956]] [[Ice hockey at the 1960 Winter Olympics|1960]] [[Ice

neg: Olympic results index Olympics|2018]] [[Curling at the 2022 Winter Olympics|2022]] [[Figure skating at the 1924 Winter Olympics|1924]] [[Figure skating at the 1928 Winter Olympics|1928]] [[Figure skating at the 1932 Winter Olympics|1932]] [[Figure skating at the 1936 Winter Olympics|1936]] [[Figure skating at the 1948 Winter Olympics|1948]] [[Figure skating at the 1952 Winter Olympics|1952]] [[Figure skating at the 1956 Winter Olympics|1956]] [[Figure skating at the 1960 Winter Olympics|1960]] [[Figure skating at the 1964 Winter Olympics|1964]] [[Figure skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics|1968]] [[Figure skating at the 1972 Winter Olympics|1972]] [[Figure skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics|1976]] [[Figure skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics|1980]] [[Figure skating

neg: Olympic results index at the 1964 Winter Olympics|1964]] [[Bobsleigh at the 1968 Winter Olympics|1968]] [[Bobsleigh at the 1972 Winter Olympics|1972]] [[Bobsleigh at the 1976 Winter Olympics|1976]] [[Bobsleigh at the 1980 Winter Olympics|1980]] [[Bobsleigh at the 1984 Winter Olympics|1984]] [[Bobsleigh at the 1988 Winter Olympics|1988]] [[Bobsleigh at the 1992 Winter Olympics|1992]] [[Bobsleigh at the 1994 Winter Olympics|1994]] [[Bobsleigh at the 1998 Winter Olympics|1998]] [[Bobsleigh at the 2002 Winter Olympics|2002]] [[Bobsleigh at the 2006 Winter Olympics|2006]] [[Bobsleigh at the 2010 Winter Olympics|2010]] [[Bobsleigh at the 2014 Winter Olympics|2014]] [[Bobsleigh at the 2018 Winter Olympics|2018]] [[Bobsleigh at the 2022 Winter Olympics|2022]] [[Cross-country skiing at the 1924

neg: Olympic results index at the 1984 Winter Olympics|1984]] [[Figure skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics|1988]] [[Figure skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics|1992]] [[Figure skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics|1994]] [[Figure skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics|1998]] [[Figure skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics|2002]] [[Figure skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics|2006]] [[Figure skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics|2010]] [[Figure skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics|2014]] [[Figure skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics|2018]] [[Figure skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics|2022]] [[Freestyle skiing at the 1924 Winter Olympics|1924]] [[Freestyle skiing at the 1928 Winter Olympics|1928]] [[Freestyle skiing at the 1932 Winter Olympics|1932]] [[Freestyle skiing at the

neg: Olympic results index [[Alpine skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics|1972]] [[Alpine skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics|1976]] [[Alpine skiing at the 1980 Winter Olympics|1980]] [[Alpine skiing at the 1984 Winter Olympics|1984]] [[Alpine skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics|1988]] [[Alpine skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics|1992]] [[Alpine skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics|1994]] [[Alpine skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics|1998]] [[Alpine skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics|2002]] [[Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics|2006]] [[Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics|2010]] [[Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics|2014]] [[Alpine skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics|2018]] [[Alpine skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics|2022]] [[Bandy at

neg: Olympic results index [[Cross-country skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics|1992]] [[Cross-country skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics|1994]] [[Cross-country skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics|1998]] [[Cross-country skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics|2002]] [[Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics|2006]] [[Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics|2010]] [[Cross-country skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics|2014]] [[Cross-country skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics|2018]] [[Cross-country skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics|2022]] [[Curling at the 1924 Winter Olympics|1924]] [[Curling at the 1928 Winter Olympics|1928]] [[Curling at the 1932 Winter Olympics|1932]] [[Curling at the 1936 Winter Olympics|1936]] [[Curling at the 1948 Winter Olympics|1948]] [[Curling at the 1952 Winter Olympics|1952]] [[Curling

neg: Olympic results index Winter Olympics|2010]] [[Nordic combined at the 2014 Winter Olympics|2014]] [[Nordic combined at the 2018 Winter Olympics|2018]] [[Nordic combined at the 2022 Winter Olympics|2022]] [[Short track speed skating at the 1924 Winter Olympics|1924]] [[Short track speed skating at the 1928 Winter Olympics|1928]] [[Short track speed skating at the 1932 Winter Olympics|1932]] [[Short track speed skating at the 1936 Winter Olympics|1936]] [[Short track speed skating at the 1948 Winter Olympics|1948]] [[Short track speed skating at the 1952 Winter Olympics|1952]] [[Short track speed skating at the 1956 Winter Olympics|1956]] [[Short track speed skating at the 1960 Winter Olympics|1960]] [[Short track speed skating at

neg: Oslo bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics candidate (the games were ultimately awarded to Innsbruck). Lillehammer went on to submit an uncontested bid for the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics. Oslo bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics Oslo 2022 was a campaign by Oslo and the Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports for the right to host the 2022 Winter Olympics. This bid was cancelled on October 1, 2014, after the parliamentary caucus of the Conservative Party had voted to not support the bid. Already, the Progress Party, Centre Party and Socialist Left Party were opposed to the bid. Thus, it was no longer possible

neg: Lviv bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics mountains. This was the first bid Ukraine had ever submitted for an Olympic Games. On 30 June 2014, the International Olympic Committee announced "Lviv will turn its attention to an Olympic bid for 2026, and not continue with its application for 2022. The decision comes as a result of the present political and economic circumstances in Ukraine." Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister Oleksandr Vilkul said that the Winter Games "will be an impetus not just for promotion of sports and tourism in Ukraine, but a very important component in the economic development of Ukraine, the attraction of the investments, the creation

neg: 2022 Summer Youth Olympics 2022 Summer Youth Olympics The 2022 Summer Youth Olympics, officially known as the IV Summer Youth Olympic Games (), and commonly known as Dakar 2022 will be the fourth edition of the Summer Youth Olympics, an international sports, education and cultural festival for teenagers, in a city designated by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). It will be held in Dakar, Senegal, becoming the first IOC event to be held in Africa. Originally scheduled to be held in 2022, at the 127th IOC Session it was decided to move the organisation of the YOG to a non-Olympic year, starting with the

neg: Khabarovsk China was the only newcomer, while Canada and Ukraine withdrew, the latter for political reasons. Khabarovsk will organise the 2018 tournament as well, but not Division B this time around, which will be held in Chinese Harbin. The event has been named by the Federal Agency for Tourism as one of the best 200 events of the year. A delegation from the 2022 Winter Olympics organising committee will visit Khabarovsk to watch matches in the bandy league, since they are considering letting bandy be a part of the programme in 2022. Khabarovsk is twinned with: Khabarovsk Khabarovsk ( is the

neg: Stockholm bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics Lake City respectively. Stockholm is currently bidding for the 2026 Winter Olympics. List of proposed venues: Stockholm is served by the Stockholm-Arlanda Airport, which has intercontinental flights. The distance between Stockholm and Åre is about . There will be air connections to Åre Östersund Airport around 90 km from Åre. There are suggestions to use an airfield at Järpen ( from Åre), which probably must be upgraded to be used for commercial passenger flights. Groups in large planes going to Åre will probably use the Trondheim Airport in Norway ( from Åre). There are train connections between Stockholm and Åre,

neg: Olympic sports have never been included on the official Olympic program: Ice climbing was showcased in 2014, and will be demonstrated at the 2018 Winter Olympics, with a plan to be included official competition sport for the 2022 Winter Olympics. Ski ballet, similarly to Military Patrol, was simply a demonstration event falling under the scope of freestyle skiing. Disabled sports are now part of the Winter Paralympic Games. Many sports are not recognized as Olympic sports although their governing bodies are recognized by the IOC. Such sports, if eligible under the terms of the Olympic Charter, may apply for inclusion in the

neg: Kraków bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics view of the negative result of the referendum Krakow would withdraw its bid for the Winter Olympics. In 2000 Kraków were chosen by the European Union as the European Capital of Culture. In 2012, during UEFA European Championship none of the events were held in Kraków, although English, Dutch and Italian teams chose the city as their base-camp. Kraków Arena will be one of the venues hosting the 2014 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship tournament. Kraków also bid to host events of 2015 European Capital of Sport (lost to Turin). In 2016 World Youth Day will be organized, with approximately

neg: Lviv bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics (around from Lviv) as venue for all other "snow sport" competitions. By March 2013 no other preparations than the feasibility study had been approved. On 24 October 2013, session of the Lviv City Council adopted a resolution "About submission to the International Olympic Committee for nomination of city to participate in the procedure for determining the host city of Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in 2022". On 5 November 2013, it was confirmed that Lviv was bidding to host the 2022 Winter Olympics. Lviv would host the ice sport events, while the skiing events would be held in the Carpathian

neg: 2022 Summer Youth Olympics Summer Youth Olympics in three distinct areas, consist of Dakar, Diamniadio and Saly. The city of Saly will host of water sports, beach sports and golf. 28 core sports are expected to feature at the Games, being confirmed in 2019. This means the four sports added to the 2018 program (sport climbing, karate, breakdancing and roller speed skating) will not feature again. 2022 Summer Youth Olympics The 2022 Summer Youth Olympics, officially known as the IV Summer Youth Olympic Games (), and commonly known as Dakar 2022 will be the fourth edition of the Summer Youth Olympics, an international sports,

neg: Almaty bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics was the only contender to have never hosted the Olympics before. Almaty previously hosted the 2017 Winter Universiade. On 29 November 2011, Almaty was chosen to host the 2017 Winter Universiade. The city also co-hosted the 2011 Asian Winter Games with Astana, the capital since 1997. It can be seen as preparation for hosting the Winter Olympic Games in the future. Kazakhstan had been considering a bid for these games since 2011. On 17 August 2013, Almaty, the former capital city and still the largest city and financial centre of the country, confirmed their bid for the 2022 Winter Olympic

neg: Oslo bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics removed an alleged 4,9 billion NOK in positive effects of improved health in the population, finding no basis for the claim that hosting the olympics increases physical activity in the population. The Oslo 2022 proposal included existing venues around Oslo itself, with a goal of hosting as many events as possible, including snow events, within Oslo's city limits. Certain Alpine events would be held in Lillehammer, which had hosted the 1994 Winter Olympics. Several new venues would also be constructed, and Valle Hovin would be renovated into an indoor arena. The following is the list of proposed venues for both

neg: Capital Indoor Stadium 17, 2004 in front of a sellout capacity of 17,903. It also hosted the first-ever professional football game featuring all-stars from the Arena Football League to help promote the new AFL China league (now known as the China Arena Football League. Capital Indoor Stadium has undergone a new renovation and expansion that was completed in late 2007 for the 2008 Summer Olympics, where it hosted volleyball tournaments. The venue is also used for figure skating, curling and ice hockey, which will also be used for the 2022 Winter Olympics. Capital Indoor Stadium The Capital Indoor Stadium () is an indoor

neg: Rebecca Lowe their annual Media Awards. On 28 February 2016 it was announced that Lowe had signed a 6-year extension to her current deal with NBC. She will be the face of the Premier League until 2022 as well as part of the NBC Olympics hosting team for the next four Summer and Winter Games. On 30 November 2017, NBC announced Lowe would be the face of the network's Daytime coverage for the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. On 22 December 2008, while presenting "Football Matters", Lowe confirmed she supports Crystal Palace. She has confirmed this in several appearances with

neg: 2022 FIFA World Cup country or change their jobs. Owing to the climate in Qatar, concerns were expressed over holding the World Cup in its traditional timeframe of June and July. In October 2013, a task force was commissioned to consider alternative dates and report after the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. On 24 February 2015, the FIFA Task Force proposed that the tournament be played from late November to late December 2022, to avoid the summer heat between May and September and also avoid clashing with the 2022 Winter Olympics in February and Ramadan in April. The notion of staging the tournament in

neg: Bids for the 2022 Winter Olympics 2006 Winter Olympics but failed to become a candidate. Kraków's bid was submitted to a local referendum held on 25 May 2014, which had a negative result. After that Kraków discontinued the application on 26 May 2014. The National Olympic Committee of Ukraine officially submitted a bid for Lviv to host the 2022 Winter Olympic Games on 5 November 2013. On 30 June 2014, however, the IOC announced that Lviv would "turn its attention to an Olympic bid for 2026, and not continue with its application for 2022. The decision comes as a result of the 2013–15 Ukrainian crisis" which

neg: Nordic combined at the Winter Olympics no women's competitions. However it was decided in early-November 2016 that women's competitions were to be established at the Olympic Winter Games in 2022. "Updated after 2018 Winter Olympics. Nordic combined at the Winter Olympics The Nordic combined events have been contested at the Winter Olympic Games since 1924. The first competition involved 18 km cross-country skiing, followed by ski jumping. Whoever earned the most points from both competitions won the event. At the 1952 Winter Olympics, the ski jumping was held first, followed by 18 km cross-country skiing. The cross-country skiing portion was reduced to 15 km at the

neg: Youth Olympic Games than their senior equivalents. The most recent Summer YOG was the 2018 Summer Youth Olympic Games of Buenos Aires. The next Winter YOG to take place will be the 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games of Lausanne while the 2022 Summer Youth Olympics will take place in Dakar. The concept of the Youth Olympic Games came from Austrian industrial manager Johann Rosenzopf in 1998. This was in response to growing global concerns about childhood obesity and the dropping participation of youth in sport activities, especially amongst youth in developed nations. It was further recognized that a youth version of the Olympic

neg: Kraków bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics located about 75 minutes from Kraków. The Poprad-Tatry Airport is located from Jasná. Kraków has no suburban rail system, but there are plans to develop such a system. Kraków is located on the A4 East-West highway. The road distance from Kraków to Jasná is , at least 2 hours 50 minutes by road in good traffic conditions. The road distance from Kraków to Zakopane is , 1½ hours by road in good traffic conditions. The Kraków-Zakopane road is notorious for traffic jams in high tourist season and during major sporting events. By 2022 the first will probably be expressway (S7).

neg: Kraków bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics the possible bid. On 29 March 2014 Elżbieta Bieńkowska, Poland's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure and Development, said that the central government would only finance those Games-related infrastructure projects that are planned anyway, independently of the Games. The remaining costs, including sport facilities and the Olympic village, would need to be financed by local authorities. Kraków confirmed their joint bid with Jasná, Slovakia to host the 2022 Winter Olympics on November 7, 2013. Initial opinion polls commissioned by Kraków city authorities returned results in favour of holding the Games. A majority of 68% of participants in a public

neg: Kraków indoor athletics, hockey, basketball, futsal, etc. The Arena will be ready in 2013; the total cost is estimated to be 363 million Polish złoty. It will accommodate up to 15 thousand viewers. In the case of a concert, when the stage is set on the lower arena, the facility will be able to seat up to 18 thousand people. Kraków was bidding to host the 2022 Winter Olympics with Jasná but the bid was rejected by a majority (69.72%) of the vote in a referendum on 16 May 2014. The referendum was organised after a wave of criticism from citizens

neg: Beijing July 2015, the International Olympic Committee awarded the 2022 Winter Olympics to the city becoming the first ever to host both Summer and Winter Olympics also for the 2022 Winter Paralympics becoming the first ever to host both Summer and Winter Paralympics. Major sporting venues in the city include the National Stadium, also known as the "Birds' Nest", National Aquatics Center, also known as the "Water Cube", National Indoor Stadium, all in the Olympic Green to the north of downtown; the MasterCard Center at Wukesong west of downtown; the Workers' Stadium and Workers' Arena in Sanlitun just east of downtown

neg: BBC Sport with special extended coverage and BBC Two would broadcast coverage when BBC One was broadcasting news bulletins. The BBC's current rights deal lasts through the 2020 Summer Olympics. Beginning at the 2018 Winter Olympics, the BBC will enter into sub-licensing agreements with Discovery Communications, the pan-European rightsholder of the Olympics for 2018 through 2024. Discovery will sub-license exclusive pay television rights to the Games from the BBC in 2018 and 2020, and will then, in turn, sub-license terrestrial rights to the Games to the BBC in 2022 and 2024. The deal is intended to maintain the BBC's tradition of Olympic

neg: Shymbulak Winter Olympics, considered a bid for 2018 Winter Olympics, but decided to bid for 2022 Winter Olympics instead; Shymbulak was a venue for the Alpine Skiing events (both speed and technical), and would have been for the latter. The Shymbylak ski resort is located in the upper part of the Medeu Valley in the Zaiilisky Alatau mountain range, 25km from Almaty. The resort can be reach by Gondola cars from Meadeu. The weather varies from in summer to in winter and the snow base is about .The average snowfall is around 1.5 m. The duration of the ski season is

neg: Oslo bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics four-lane motorway between Oslo and Lillehammer (route E6). Oslo bid to host the 1932 and 1944 Winter Olympics but lost to Lake Placid and Cortina d'Ampezzo respectively (the 1944 games were cancelled because of World War II). Oslo went on to successfully bid to host the 1952 Winter Olympics. The city later bid to host the 1968 Winter Olympics but lost to Grenoble. Lillehammer bid to host the 1992 Winter Olympics but lost to Albertville. Lillehammer successfully bid to host the 1994 Winter Olympics. The city also bid to host the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics but failed to become a