2024 Winter Youth Olympics

The 2024 Summer Youth Olympics will be the fourth edition of the Winter Youth Olympic Games, an international sports, education and cultural festival for teenagers, in a city designated by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The host city will be elected at the 134th IOC Session, which will be held in Lausanne, Switzerland on 23 June 2019.[1]

Potential bids

Before the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics, to be held in Buenos Aires, International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach visited Ushuaia and talked about the possibility of helding the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics here.[2] In October 2014 the Argentine Olympic Committee (COA) had already revealed the plan to use the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics as the launchpad for a bid in the near future. The Committee identified Argentina's south-eastern region of Patagonia, which comprises the southern section of the Andes mountains, as a possible location to host the Winter Games[3], while in 2010 it was suggested that Ushuaia would be the main option for a bid.[4] The commonly regarded southernmost city in the world hosts the annually cross-country skiing marathon Ushuaia Loppet, has hosted several ice hockey tournaments (at the only full-size ice rink of South America)[5] and the FIS Freestyle Slopestyle World Cup, organized by the International Ski Federation.[6]

Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Boyko Borissov launched a bid to host the event after Thomas Bach visited Sofia in September, 2018.[7] Sofia bid to host the 1992 and 1994 Winter Olympics, but lost to Albertville and Lillehammer respectively. Sofia was going to bid for the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics but did not submit a bid citing that they did not fill the requirements set by the IOC. The Bulgarian Olympic Committee was also interested in the city potentially bidding for the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics but eventually declined.

Harbin, the capital of Heilongjiang province and largest city in the northeastern China has confirmed to apply for hosting the games on 3 March 2017.[8] The city has hosted most international sporting events such as the 1996 Asian Winter Games and the 2009 Winter Universiade. Harbin previously bid for the 2012 edition but lost to Innsbruck, Austria. If Harbin would awarded to host the games, it would be the first time these Winter Youth Olympics to be held in Asia.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Livingstone, Robert (20 September 2018). "Lausanne To Host Vote For Winning 2026 Winter Olympic Bid Instead of Milan After Italy Enters Race". GamesBids.com. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
  2. ↑ "Sueños y Secreto de los hombres que trajeron los Juegos a la ciudad". La Nación. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
  3. ↑ "Patagonia put forward as potential Winter Olympic bid by Argentina". insidethegames.biz. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
  4. ↑ "COI no descartó opción de que Chile o Argentina organicen los Juegos de Invierno". latercera.com. 28 July 2010. Archived from the original on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
  5. ↑ "Antarctic pond hockey". IIHF. 6 August 2018.
  6. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 23 January 2013. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
  7. ↑ "Bulgaria Poised To Bid For The 2024 Winter Youth Olympics". Games Bids. 16 September 2018.
  8. ↑ . My399. 3 March 2017 http://news.my399.com/local/content/2017-03/03/content_2008995.htm. Text "哈尔滨欲申办2024年冬青奥会 " ignored (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
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