Future Winter Olympics Could Be Held Earlier Because Of Climate Change: IOC

MILAN (AP) — The future is being prepared Winter Games Due to its effects, holding the Paralympic Winter Games as early as January and in February is a possibility. higher temperaturesThe International Olympic Committee said in a statement on Wednesday.

Every Winter Games medal since the 1964 Innsbruck Olympics began on January 29 has been won in February, and moving to January would likely disrupt the schedules of World Cup races and events. It would also conflict more directly with the NFL and NBA schedules.

IOC no longer Reviewing Olympic Games topics in first year Kirsty Coventry’s presidency and changing winter edition dates is an option.

“We are discussing perhaps moving the Winter Olympics a little earlier,” Karl Stoss, the IOC member overseeing the sports program review, told reporters. “We will do it in January because it also means something for the Paralympics.”

The Milan Cortina Paralympic Winter Games will be held on March 6-15.

owned by the IOC Long acknowledged by Coventry’s predecessor Thomas Bach that changing the climate is a challenge in terms of finding future hosts and organizing competitions.

“(March) is very late because the sun is strong enough to melt the snow,” said Stoss, whose home country of Austria is a traditional powerhouse in alpine skiing and ski jumping.

“Maybe the Paralympic Games will be held in February and the other edition will be in January. This could also be part of our discussion,” he said on the sidelines of the IOC’s meeting on the eve of the Olympics in Milan.

More than 100 IOC members are due to meet again in June to make decisions about Olympic considerations and whether to add new sports and events to the 2030 French Alps Winter Games under a program called “Fit for the Future.”

The French Alps edition is currently expected to be held February 1-17, and the 2034 Utah Winter Games is expected to be held February 10-26.