The 2030 Winter Games in the French Alps, the 2034 Winter Games in Salt Lake City.

The 2030 Winter Games in the French Alps, the 2034 Winter Games in Salt Lake City

The 142ª session of the International Olympic Committee meeting in Paris, two days before the opening ceremony of the French capital’s Summer Olympics, awarded the’organization of the 2030 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games and the 2024 Games.

The edition that will follow Milan-Cortina 2026 will be hosted by the French Alps, which had applied a year ago and was the only consortium in the running. Today their program è was approved by the IOC. There were 84 votes in favor, 4 against and 7 abstentions.

The allocation è però subject to certain conditions and reservations, as the French state, after the dissolution of the Assembly and new legislative elections, has not yet sent a signed financial guarantee letter. The IOC requires this to be done by Oct. 1° 2024.

Instead, the 2034 Games were awarded to the U.S.-based Salt Lake City, Utah, also the only candidate, which will thus return to host a white Olympics after the 2002 one. 83 votes in favor, 6 against, 6 abstained.