Where were the 26th Winter Olympics held?

The 26th Winter Olympics will be held in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. Reports say that due to the fierce competition for the 2026 Olympic Winter Games and the opening of the Hokkaido Shinkansen in 2030, Sapporo's advantageous conditions are not yet complete, so the Sapporo side proposed to apply for the 2030 Olympic Winter Games instead.

The city of Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, decided to give up on its original plan of bidding for the 2026 Olympic Winter Games on September 17, 2018, and instead bid for the 2030 Olympic Winter Games.

Overview of the Winter Olympics

The full name of the Winter Olympics is Winter Olympic Games, also known as the Winter Olympics, which is a worldwide winter sports event hosted by the International Olympic Committee and held every four years.The event's main feature is that it features winter sports on ice and snow.

In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, some snow and ice sports such as skiing, bobsledding, ice skating and ice hockey were gradually popularized and developed in Europe and the United States. The International Olympic Committee added figure skating to the program at the 4th Summer Olympics in 1908, and ice hockey was included in the program at the 7th Summer Olympics in 1920.