With the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad (commonly known as the 33rd Summer Olympic Games or Paris 2024) now open, the State of Utah received official word on the eve of the opening ceremonies that The Beehive State has been selected to host the 2034 Winter Olympic Games, in its return to the United States. Utah was the last American location to host the Winter Olympic Games in 2002.

With PyeongChang 2018 now less than a year away, the International Olympic Committee’s coordination commission has wrapped-up its eighth visit to the Korean host city confident athletes and fans will have a unique Olympic Winter Games experience.

The International Olympic Committee Coordination Commission for the Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018 has wrapped up its sixth visit confident that PyeongChang 2018 is moving in the right direction as Games preparations intensify in the final two years. At a closing news conference with PyeongChang 2018 Organising Committee president Yang-ho Cho, Coordination Commission chair Gunilla Lindberg expressed satisfaction with construction progress at competition venues and congratulated Games organisers for the success of early test events.

Following the turmoil that has swept the country in recent months, the Ukrainian city of Lviv has pulled out of the race to host the 2022 Winter Olympic Games. The decision follows talks between the president of the International Olympic Committee, Thomas Bach, Ukrainian prime minister, Arseniy Yatsenyuk, and the president of the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine, Sergey Bubka.

It will be terra nova for the Olympic Movement in 2020, as the Winter Youth Olympic Games head to one of two cities that have never previously hosted an edition of the Olympic Games. Brasov (Romania) and Lausanne (Switzerland) have both submitted their applications to host the third edition of the Winter YOG to the International Olympic Committee.

The International Olympic Committee has awarded the rights to Ten Network Holdings to broadcast the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia, in 2014. IOC president Jacques Rogge said: “Sochi 2014 will be the first Olympic Winter Games held in Russia, and sports fans around the world will be tuning in to follow the very best of Olympic winter sport next February.”