Could there be another delay in the International Olympic Committee's final vote on where the 2030 and likely the 2034 Winter Games are going? Maybe.
At one point, the IOC had been expected to formally award at least the 2030 Winter Games this fall, at the regularly scheduled annual session of the full membership. But last December, IOC leaders announced a postponement to study climate change impacts.
A group of tourists walk past the Olympic rings in front of the Paris City Hall with one year to until the Paris 2024 Olympic Games opening ceremony, Wednesday. for host city selection, sites for both Summer and Winter Games have traditionally been selected by the IOC seven years in advance. Livingstone said there's little chance a Winter Games pick could come at this year's annual session, scheduled for October in Mumbai, India, since that's also the next scheduled opportunity to advance bid cities to targeted dialogue.
Fraser Bullock, president and CEO of the Salt Lake City-Utah Committee for the Games that's bidding to bring another Winter Games to the state, doesn't expect to have to wait an extra year for a decision. What's key, the former chief operating officer of the 2002 Winter Games in Salt Lake City said, "is that the IOC can call a meeting anytime virtually, as they have already done. They can adapt to the various circumstances they encounter."
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