IOC member mulls possible 2030 French Olympic Winter Games bid

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France has a “small chance” to host the 2030 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, French International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Guy Drut said Tuesday according to L’Equipe. But first, Drut said, candidacies from the Northern Alps and Southern Alps must work together in a single bid. “If we succeed, we have a small chance, a […]

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3 hours ago, GBModerator said:

France has a “small chance” to host the 2030 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, French International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Guy Drut said Tuesday according to L’Equipe. But first, Drut said, candidacies from the Northern Alps and Southern Alps must work together in a single bid. “If we succeed, we have a small chance, a […]

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Actually, if they get together their chances are quite big.

I imagine that guarantees are less of a problem in France, at least at national level. Political considerations also less of a problem. Capability is there.

The key issue, as mentioned, is what Chamonix considers best for their town.

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Drut, of all people, you would think would know better, especially when their own NOC is not even working on such a project at the moment. Their full attention right now is on Paris 2024, & rightly so.

Plus, does the IOC really want to announce another French (winter) Olympics on the eve of Paris 2024? Not so sure how that would go over for the French public in general (especially when you consider the recent protests there over the gov't position to lengthen their retirement age). For the IOC, though, considering they're so desperate anyway, who knows. Maybe that's where Drut is going with this, come to think of it. Cause "small chance" would be an understatement, IMO. 

And Chamonix has already stated that they're not interested when it came to that "super Alps bid" earlier in the year. Can't see their position has changed that much since then.

[StefanMUC]

Why even Chamonix? For all the criticism of a “spread out” venue plan in 92, it was still more compact than quite a few that came afterwards. So it’s basically all there, even the sliding track and also enough resorts to host the snow events added since then, you just need to sort accomodation and a bigger anchor city (Lyon would be obvious?).

[iceman530]

This would be a VERY welcome knight in shining armor.  I think they are being extremely humble saying their chance is only "small".  If anything, looking at Japan and Sweden's precarious situations, France instantly becomes a strong bid and possibly favorite.  Who gives a flying F if Paris hosted it so soon?  No rational minded Olympics fan will be mad at a 6 year gap in the Olympics.  Literally the same thing would ideally happen in the US with LA and SLC (2034).

You'd think Lyon would be the hub of the whole show.  Just how critical is Chamonix?  It feels like France has enough venues and slopes to dance around that even if Chamonix says no, right?

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Clearly, you're not even talking into equation the delicate political balance that has to be played here. Obviously, Drut sees it (for the most part anyway), & even Rob tweeted as such that Paris 2024 is pretty much a "priority" right now, so "#France 2030?"

It's also not a matter of Paris having hosted it "so soon". It's a matter of what does that mean to the average French citizen to have two Olympics that close together funded by THEM, when in recent weeks, there's been MASSIVE protests in France about changes to their pension act (& yeah, L.A. 2028/SLC 2030 could play out, but even there, you still have the USOC PREFERRING 2034 as to not to spread out the sponsorship money too thin. Go figure).

Like Rob also said in his tweet, it's fun to speculate about some of these project, but then you have to factor in the realities & hurdles that can hinder these projects. In a time when the most average of citizens are getting hit with massive inflation & debt, I'm sure they're the one's who can give a "flying F" over who the IOC's 'knight in shining armor' can be. But hey, there's always Trojena! 

[yoshi]

The TGV is a thing...if Italy can get away with Milan Cortina then there's no reason why the anchor city can't be Paris theoretically. Depends on France's reaction though, and I'd rather see Lyon if it's going to happen at all. Will they need to decide before Paris 2024? If not, then maybe a 2012-style national feelgood factor could carry this all the way. 

[SportLightning]

Maybe they could.

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[baron-pierreIV]

With Estanguet's mismanagement and Paris 2024 going over-budget, like Tokyo 2020ne, the French will be burned after August nest year, and there will be NO enthusiasm for a 3rd WOGs in 70 years.  

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This is pure speculation only.

I dug around a little in French on-line media. It appears that even if French people aren't particularly interested in watching the 2024 games in person or on TV the games as such are still quite popular. Surfing around I didn't get the impression that there was any general discontent except regarding the ticket prices and that many students will be turfed out of their student rooms for the games.

Grand projects are quite common in France and surprisingly popular. In my experience cost is less of an issue than in many other countries. (and in Japan it apparently is more the corruption than the cost that is the issue).

Given that, WOGs 2030 just possibly could be promoted to deflect popular discontent on other matters.

Besides, the decision will most likely be taken before any catastrophic failure in Paris 2024 will be apparent for the general public.

 

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