The IOC is facing increasing problems finding bidders to host the Winter Olympics, and skiing legend Lindsey Vonn says there are talks ongoing to bring in a rotating roster of cities to put on the Games.
"A rotating venue option is on the table in which certain altitude standards would be in place and it would have to have mostly pre-existing structures and it would limit the cost for the venues and it would limit the chances of climate change affecting the competitions in a negative way," Vonn said.
Sapporo, Japan was considered the favourite for 2030 before an ongoing bid-rigging scandal related to the Summer Olympics in Tokyo held in 2021. If a Stockholm-centred bid does go ahead, it currently seems sure to win without opposition and get the IOC out of a hole less than seven years before the Games open., the Milano-Cortina Games in 2026 will be held across a wide swath of northern Italy.
"I think there's a lot of places that can host the Winter Olympics … but it's definitely hard for us when there's so few that want to."
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