IOC Says Approved 3 Candidate Cities For Hosting 2026 Winter Olympics'
Zeeshan Mehtab Published October 10, 2018 | 12:34 AM
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Tuesday approved three candidate cities for the hosting of the 2026 Winter Olympics, at the committee's 133rd session in the Argentine capital of Buenos Aires.
BUENOS AIRES (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 10th October, 2018) The International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Tuesday approved three candidate cities for the hosting of the 2026 Winter Olympics, at the committee's 133rd session in the Argentine capital of Buenos Aires.
"Calgary (Canada), Milan/Cortina d'Ampezzo (Italy), Stockholm (Sweden) are approved by the 133rd #IOCSession as Candidate Cities for the Olympic Winter Games 2026 #Olympics2026," the the IOC said in a tweet.
Earlier in October, the IOC excluded Turkey's eastern city of Erzurum from Olympics bidding contest, saying that the city lacked experience in hosting winter sports and required much investment in sports venues.
The official ceremony to name the host city of the 2026 Olympics will be held in the Swiss city of Lausanne on June 23, 2019.
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