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2030 Winter Games

— 9 February 2023

Sweden sees an opening

Little expected but welcome. The race for the 2030 Winter Games, whose finish line has been postponed for a year, may have just inherited a new starter. Sweden announced... Read more »

— 10 January 2023

The survey that is hurting Sapporo

Bad numbers. And a gloomy outlook for Sapporo’s bid for the 2030 Winter Games, which is now on hold. According to a poll published on Sunday 8 January, two... Read more »

— 16 December 2022

Governor expresses doubts

A bad signal for Sapporo’s bid for the 2030 Winter Games. Kyodo News agency reports that the governor of Hokkaido prefecture, of which Sapporo is the capital, has expressed... Read more »

— 28 November 2022

Vancouver 2030 is still breathing

The race for the 2030 Winter Games is becoming confused. It now seems to have been reduced to two bids, led respectively by Japan’s Sapporo and the United States’... Read more »

— 23 November 2022

An open letter to put Vancouver back in the race

Will Vancouver be back in the running for the 2030 Winter Games? It seemed like a done deal when the British Columbia authorities announced last month that they were... Read more »

— 9 November 2022

Sapporo adapts its budget to inflation

It makes sense. Now alone in the race against the Americans of Salt Lake City in the race for the Winter Games in 2030, the Japanese of Sapporo have... Read more »

— 2 November 2022

Salt Lake City wants to make the most of its chance

The race for the 2030 Winter Games is changing. Reduced to two candidates after the withdrawal of the Canadians from Vancouver at the end of last week, it looks... Read more »

— 19 October 2022

Decision next year

Thomas Bach confirmed on Wednesday 19 October in Seoul, during his speech on the first day of the General Assembly of the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC): the... Read more »

— 16 September 2022

Salt Lake City looks to 2034

Is the game already up? Susanne Lyons, President of the US Olympic Committee (USOPC), was in Los Angeles this week for a visit from the IOC Coordination Commission for... Read more »

— 14 September 2022

Sapporo keeps its support

Surprising. Against all odds, the corruption case surrounding the Tokyo 2020 Games does not seem to be affecting popular support for Sapporo’s bid for the 2030 Winter Games. The... Read more »