Bids for the 2022 Winter Olympics
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XXIV Olympic Winter Games XIII Paralympic Winter Games |
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Beijing Almaty |
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| Committee | IOC |
| Election venue |
Kuala Lumpur 127th IOC Session |
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| Bid | 14 November 2013 |
| Shortlist | 7 July 2014 |
| Decision | July 31, 2015 |
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| Winner | Beijing (44 votes) |
| Runner-up | Almaty (40 votes) |
There were a total of six bids which were initially submitted for the 2022 Winter Olympics. Four of those bids were eventually withdrawn by 1 October 2014, citing either the high costs or the lack of local support to host the games, leaving Almaty, Kazakhstan and Beijing, China as the only candidate cities left.Beijing was then elected as the host city at the 128th IOC Session in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 31 July 2015.
On 3 October 2012, the IOC announced in a letter to the NOCs the bidding calendar for the 2022 Winter Olympics:
On 15 November 2013, the IOC announced the list of the six applicant cities. On 7 July 2014, the IOC announced the three (at the time) remaining applicant cities would move on to the candidate phase.
On 1 October 2014, Oslo withdrew its application after one of the country's governing political parties Høyre decided not to support the application. The remaining two candidate cities are, in the order defined by the IOC:
Since 2011, the National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan has been considering a bid for the 2022 games in Almaty, the former longtime capital city and still the largest city and financial centre of the country. Kazakhstan hosted the 2011 Asian Winter Games. Almaty will host 2017 Winter Universiade. The current Kazakh capital Astana considered to joint bid with Almaty but the idea was later declined. On 17 August 2013, Almaty announced they were bidding for the 2022 Games. Under the slogan "Keeping it Real", Almaty has emphasized her traditional winter setting with tall mountains and plenty of natural snow coverage as well as compactness — most venues are within half an hour's travel through Alpine scenery.
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