2028 Winter Youth Olympics
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The 2028 Winter Youth Olympics, officially known as the V Winter Youth Olympic Games will be the fifth edition of the Winter Youth Olympics, a youth winter multi-sport event, in a city designated by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
Bidding process
The new IOC bidding process was approved at the 134th IOC Session at their headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland. The key proposals driven by the relevant recommendations from Olympic Agenda 2020, are:[1][2]
- Establish a permanent, ongoing dialogue to explore and create interest among cities/regions/countries and National Olympic Committees for any Olympic event
- Create four Future Host Commissions (Summer,Winter and Youth Games) to oversee interest in future Olympic events and report to the IOC executive board
- Give the members present at the Sessions more influence by having non-EB members form part of the Future Host Commissions
At this session,IOC also modified the Olympic Charter to increase flexibility by removing the rule to select a host city for the Games,the period between 5 and 7 years before the next disponible games, and changing the concept of the host-city and opened the possibility to Games to be held in a multiple cities, regions, or countries.
Dialogue stages
According to Future Host Commission terms of reference with rules of conduct, the new IOC bidding system is divided to 2 dialogue stages are:[3]
- Continuous Dialogue: Non-committal discussions between the IOC and Interested Parties (City/Region/Country/NOC interested in hosting) with regard to hosting future Olympic events.
- Targeted Dialogue: Targeted discussions with one or more Interested Parties (called Preferred Host(s)), as instructed by the IOC Executive Board. This follows a recommendation by the Future Host Commission as a result of Continuous Dialogue.
Timeline
- Future Summer Host Commission meeting (16–17 January 2020)
Interested parties
The following are interested bidding parties for the 2028 Winter Youth Olympics, one of which took part in targeted dialogue with the IOC and Future Host Commission:
Europe
- On 11 April 2024, Peter Kaiser, the governor of Carinthia, announced that a joined bid of the austrian state of Carinthia, alongside Italian Region Friuli-Venezia Giulia and Slovenia will be prepared. If selected, the Winter Youth Olympics would pose as a test for an eventual olympic bid.[4]
- In June 2023, the Italian regions of Lombardy and Trentino began continuous dialogue with the International Olympic Committee over hosting the Winter Youth Olympic Games in 2028.[5] Milan the capital of Lombardy will host the with Cortina d'Ampezzo in Veneto will be the main host cities of the 2026 Winter Olympics, while Val di Fiemme in Trentino will host several events during those games as well.
- On September 27, 2023, the Olympic Committee of Bosnia and Herzegovina president Izet Rađo announced that Bosnia and Herzegovina would prepare a bid to host the Youth Olympic Games in the future, though it was not specified whether they were pursuing either the Summer or Winter Youth Olympic Games.[6] Sarajevo previously hosted the 1984 Winter Olympics and the 2019 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival.
North America
On 13 February 2023, Lake Placid Mayor Art Devlin announced that a bid for the 2028 Winter Youth Olympics is up to debate. Lake Placid previously hosted the 1932 and 1980 Winter Olympics, as well as the 2023 Winter World University Games.[7]
References
- ^ "Future Olympic Games elections to be more flexible". International Olympic Committee. 2 May 2019.
- ^ "Evolution of the revolution: IOC transforms future Olympic Games elections". International Olympic Committee. 26 June 2019.
- ^ "Future Host Commissions: Terms of Reference" (PDF). International Olympic Committee. 3 October 2019.
- ^ "Euregio-Treffen: Olympia-Fahrplan der Dreiländer-Bewerbung Kärntens fixiert". www.kleinezeitung.at (in German). 2024-04-11. Retrieved 2024-04-17.
- ^ Dan Palmer. "Lombardy-Trentino enters continuous dialogue phase to host Winter Youth Olympics". Inside the Games. Retrieved 2023-06-23.
- ^ Robert Livingstone. "Bosnia and Herzegovina preparing bid to host Youth Olympic Games". GamesBids.com. Retrieved 2023-09-27.
- ^ "IOC says "several" nations interested in 2028 Winter Youth Olympic Games". www.insidethegames.biz. 2023-02-13. Retrieved 2024-04-17.
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