France has officially applied to host the 2030 Winter Olympics, with a project jointly led by the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur regions.
With nine months to go until the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, France is embarking on a new challenge: the bid to host the 2030 Olympic Winter Games.
A bid that was not initially planned, but faced with Japan's withdrawal, the International Olympic Committee wanted to fall back on a candidate capable of being ready in a short space of time.
With 95% already at existing venues, the Alpine bid meets these criteria, as well as being marked by the promise of the Games. "Sober and economical.
To win the right to organise the Winter Olympics, a first since the Albertville Games in 1992, France will have to make a better case than Sweden and Switzerland, the other two countries in the running to host the Games.
If the Alps bid is successful, four clusters will be set up in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur regions.
Official award of the 2030 Winter Olympics expected in 2024
In the Alpes-Maritimes, the city of Nice, where a new ice rink will be built, will organise the ice sports, while the Isola 2000 resort will host the skicross and snowboardcross events.
The snowboard and freestyle skiing events will take place in the Hautes-Alpes, on the Briançon hub, between Serre-Chevalier and Montgenèvre.
The Savoie cluster will include bobsleigh, skeleton, downhill skiing, jumping and luge. The Haute-Savoie cluster will host cross-country skiing and biathlon.
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The opening ceremony will be held in the AURA region, while the closing ceremony will take place in Nice.
The IOC will publish the list of selected projects at the end of its meeting on 29, 30 November and 1 December.
In the event of rejection (the definitive answer should be given in 2024), France will not be looking ahead to 2038, since 2034 should be awarded to the United States and Salt Lake City.
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