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The Winter Olympics have been held twice in this country. However, this dream often burst. A review.
Olympics with figure skating on the frozen lake, ice hockey in the stadium and ski jumping on the mountain – That happened in Switzerland in 1928 and 1948. After that, plans to host the event repeatedly failed. But people stuck to the idea of a Winter Olympics in this country.
Swiss Olympic wants to hold the Winter Games in Switzerland in 2030
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The Swiss Olympic plans for the Winter Games from 2030 are becoming more concrete: hosting them is feasible for Swiss Olympic and the Olympic winter sports associations, as a new study shows. The aim is to have decentralized and largely privately financed games that are played on existing facilities in all language regions.
At the end of November, the delegates from the sports associations at the meeting of the Swiss Sports Parliament will definitely decide whether the Olympic plans should go ahead. In addition to Switzerland, France and Sweden have already signaled interest for 2030.
In 1928 St. Moritz welcomed 25 countries to the Engadine. However, there was almost no snow and the organizers had to contend with unusually high temperatures.
«St. “Moritz has received so many visitors that his streets can hardly accommodate the Olympic hustle and bustle,” was the television commentary in 1948 on the second Winter Olympics in the Swiss mountains. It ended a twelve-year break without the Winter Olympics due to the Second World War.
Since then, dozens of Swiss candidacies have failed – some at an early stage. Squaw Valley (USA) beat St. Moritz for the 1960 event. Innsbruck was once once more the host location for the 1976 Games, for which Sion had also applied.
All previous Winter Olympics venues
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1924 Chamonix (FRA) 1928 St. Louis. Moritz 1932 Lake Placid (USA) 1936 Garmisch-Party Church (GER) Moritz 1952 Oslo (NOR) 1956 Cortina d’Ampezzo (ITA)1960 Squaw Valley (USA) 1964 Innsbruck (AUT) 1968 Grenoble (FRA) 1972 Sapporo (JPN) 1976 Innsbruck (AUT)1980 Lake Placid (USA) 1984 Sarajevo (JUG ) 1988 Calgary (CAN) 1992 Albertville (FRA) 1994 Lillehammer (NOR) 1998 Nagano (JPN) 2002 Salt Lake City (USA) 2006 Turin (ITA) 2010 Vancouver (CAN) 2014 Sochi (RUS) 2018 Pyeongchang (KOR) 2022 Beijing (CHN)
The Winter Olympics are scheduled to be held in Italy (Milan/Cortina) in 2026.
Other Valais applications for the 2002 and 2006 events also lost out in the decisions of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Candidacies planned later – including in Bern and Graubünden – failed because the voters said no.
Switzerland came up once more and once more for the Winter Olympics
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Legend: After, as expected, they had no chance once morest Salt Lake City for the 2002 Winter Games, Switzerland submitted their next candidacy for 2006: Sion 2006. IMAGO / YAY Images
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Legend: On June 19, 1999, 15,000 people were eagerly awaiting the decision for the 2006 Winter Olympics in the Valais capital. Ultimately, the IOC chose Turin. SRF
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Legend: On September 22, 2002, the people of Bern rejected the loans totaling 22.5 million francs needed for an Olympic bid with a massive 78 percent no votes. KEYSTONE/Yoshiko Kusano
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Legend: A few years later, a candidacy was rejected in Grisons – during the Alpine World Ski Championships in St. Moritz in February 2017. After that, Swiss Olympic placed all its hopes on Valais. KEYSTONE/Gian Ehrenzeller)
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Legend: But Sion 2026 also failed because of the people’s no vote. Their verdict in the vote on a cost share of over 100 million francs was: 71,579 no votes to 61,019 yes votes. KEYSTONE/Valentin Flauraud
The Winter Olympics had a difficult time in Switzerland. Although in recent years both the Federal Council and many cantonal governments have supported the event, politicians and society have often disagreed regarding a candidacy.
If the Winter Olympics were to find their way back to Switzerland from 2030, then St. Moritz would no longer be the only place to celebrate. As of now, over ten different venues are being planned.
Will the big Winter Olympics celebrations take place here in 2030?
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Legend: According to Swiss Olympic, the opening ceremony might take place in Lausanne. (View of the Stade de la Tuilière, completed in 2020) KEYSTONE/Laurent Gillieron
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Legend: The closing ceremony would be planned in Bern. (View of the Wankdorf stadium with over 30,000 seats) KEYSTONE/Martin Ruetschi
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