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These five cities wanted to host the 2026 Winter Olympics, but they had second thoughts – how we got a “widespread Games” instead

Eight cities wanted to bid for the 2026 Olympic Winter Games. Seven submitted applications to host the Games. Four cities withdrew…

February 8, 2026
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A Milano-Cortina 2026 Olympic bid promotional banner in Livigno, where snowboard and freestyle ski events are proposed (GamesBids Photo)

IOC focuses on Switzerland to host 2038 Winter Olympics, possibly shutting door to other nations until 2042

IOC Executive Director Christophe Dubi at press conference Milan, Italy February 4, 2026 (GamesBids photo)

Swiss 2038 Olympic Winter Games bid releases decentralized venue plan with opening ceremony in IOC capital Lausanne – price tag set at 2.2 billion Swiss francs

Swiss Olympic proposes national Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in 2038 © SwissOlympicTeam.ch

GamesBids.com Top Ten: Olympic Bid Stories of 2025 and More

GamesBids.com presents the 18th annual Top Ten list of Olympic Bid Stories for 2025. Warning: surprises ahead!

December 29, 2025
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IOC President Elect Kirsty Coventry (Photo: IOC/Greg Martin)

First glimpse of what 2026 Winter Olympians will covet: Milano Cortina 2026 unveils medals with two joined halves

Each side of a medal has a split, opposite tilting surface with either the Olympic rings or Paralympic agitos in…

July 15, 2025
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Medals for the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games unveiled July 15, 2025 in Venice (Photo: Milano Cortina 2026)

GamesBids.com Top Ten: Olympic Bid Stories of 2024 and More

GamesBids.com presents the seventeenth annual Top Ten list of Olympic Bid Stories for 2024. Warning: surprises ahead!

December 30, 2024
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July 26, 2024 (Anil Mungal/GamesBids.com) Final torchbearers at Paris 2024 Olympic Games cauldron at Jardins des Tuileries in Paris, July 26, 2024 (Anil Mungal/GamesBids.com)

Swiss government lends critical support to ‘privileged’ 2038 Winter Olympics bid with possible referendums on horizon

Over the past decade the IOC and several bid cities have been embarrassed by last-minute referendum defeats that have toppled…

September 27, 2024
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Swiss Olympic to revise plans targeting a 2038 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games bid and enter 'privileged dialogue' with IOC (Swiss Olympic Photo)

Salt Lake City confirmed host of 2034 Olympic Winter Games amid criticism of U.S. anti-doping interference

Salt Lake City will leverage many of the well maintained venues used for the 2002 Winter Olympics to deliver a…

July 24, 2024
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  • Salt Lake City confirmed host of 2034 Olympic Winter Games amid criticism of U.S. anti-doping interference
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Salt Lake City-Utah 2034 President Fraser Bullock presents Winter Olympics bid plans to IOC members at the 142nd IOC Session in Paris July 24, 2024 (IOC media screen capture)

French Alps 2030 conditionally elected to host Olympic Winter Games

The election is conditional on the reception of required signed guarantees be a deadline to be set by the IOC…

July 24, 2024
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French President Emmanuel Macron addresses 142nd IOC Session in Paris, France supporting French Alps 2030 Olympic Winter Games bid, July 24, 2024 (IOC media screen capture)

With time running out to produce guarantees, will French Alps 2030 Winter Games bid be saved by President Macron’s promise?

The deadline in Wednesday morning. The Prime Minister has no capacity to sign the required document that is not considered…

July 23, 2024
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Martin Fourcade, five-time Olympic biathlon champion, has thrown his support behind the French Alps 2030 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (Photo: CNOFS)

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