2030 Winter Olympics
26ᵗʰ edition of the Winter Olympics in the French Alps, France
The 2030 Winter Olympics (French: Jeux olympiques d'hiver de 2030), officially known as the XXVI Olympic Winter Games (French: XXVIes Jeux Olympiques d'hiver) and branded as Alpes 2030, is an upcoming international winter multi-sport event scheduled to take place from 1 to 17 February 2030 in the French Alps region as main hosts.
As part of the new Olympic bid process, the Future Host Commission of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) nominated the French Alps as its preferred candidate on 29 November 2023. The French Alps' bid was approved during the 142nd IOC Session in Paris, France ahead to the 2024 Summer Olympics on 24 July 2024. These will be the first Olympic Games to be officially hosted by a region rather than a host city.
The events will take place in two French regions, mainly in the Metropolis of Lyon and in the departments of Savoie and Haute-Savoie in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, as well as in the Hautes-Alpes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Speed skating is scheduled to be held in Heerenveen, Netherlands. These will be the fourth Winter Olympics, and the seventh Olympic Games overall, to be hosted by France.
Bidding process
Under the new bidding process established under Olympic Agenda 2020, the IOC's Future Host Commission (FHC) for the Winter Olympic Games engages in ongoing, non-committal "continuous dialogue" with parties that are interested in hosting a future edition. The Commission then recommends preferred candidates to be invited to "targeted dialogue" with the IOC Executive Board to formalise their bid, after which it is presented to the IOC's delegates for final approval.
During the 135th IOC Session in January 2020, FHC chair Octavian Morariu identified that Barcelona—Zaragoza, Salt Lake City (which hosted in 2002, but was understood to prefer to host the 2034 so that it would not take place immediately after the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles), and Sapporo (which hosted in 1972) had entered into continuous dialogue regarding hosting a future Winter Olympics in 2030 or later.
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