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In 2022, Beijing became the first city to have hosted both the Summer and Winter Olympics. By 2034, eleven cities will have hosted the Olympic Games more than once: Athens (1896 and 2004 Summer Olympics), Paris (1900, 1924 and 2024 Summer Olympics), London (1908, 1948 and 2012 Summer Olympics), St. Moritz (1928 and 1948 Winter Olympics), Lake ...
Egypt has expressed interest in hosting the 2036 Summer Olympics (and eventually, the 2040 Summer Olympics) in a multi-million dollar under-construction sports complex called the Egypt International Olympic City, 45 kilometers east of Cairo. [5] In January 2022, Egyptian Sports Minister Ashraf Sobhy revealed the country's plans to bid for the ...
Ancient. Intercalated. v. t. e. National Olympic Committees that wish to host an Olympic Games select cities within their territories to put forth bids for the Olympic Games. The staging of the Paralympic Games is automatically included in the bid. [ 1 ] Since the creation of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1894, which successfully ...
One of the world's oldest sporting events returns this year in the form of the 2024 Paris Olympics, to be held from Friday through Aug. 11.. The modern Games, which have been played for parts of ...
July 26, 2024 at 1:18 PM. France’s famed capital city, Paris, will be home to the 2024 Summer Olympic Games held from July 26 to Aug. 11. It will then host the Paralympic Games from Aug. 28 to ...
The following is a list of bids for the Summer Olympics. It consists of the year the games were held or scheduled to be held, the date the decision was made, the city and country which issued the bid, the votes at the IOC Session for each voting round, and the ultimate host of the games. The bid listed first for each games is the one selected ...
The Asian Games has more sports and athletes than the Olympics, and Saudi Arabia does not host it until 2034, in Riyadh. Qatar did in 2006 in Doha and will again in 2030. Qatar did in 2006 in Doha ...
Istanbul will host the 2025 European Para Youth Games, the 2027 European Games and is wanting to host the 2027 European Para Championships, as part of a long-term bid to host the 2036 Olympic and Paralympic Games. [13] [14] [15] If the bid is successful, Istanbul will be the first city in the Middle East to host the Olympic Games.