The key proposals, driven by the relevant recommendations from Olympic Agenda 2020, were:[1][2] The IOC also modified the Olympic Charter to increase its flexibility in choosing hosts by making the date of elections more flexible and allowing multiple cities, regions, or countries to host instead of only single cities, regions, or countries.
The Summit was also informed that the commission was looking into challenges and opportunities facing future Olympic Winter Games, such as the impact of climate change.
A number of proposals that could have an impact on future elections were discussed, including rotation of the Games within a certain pool of hosts, minimum climate conditions, and existing infrastructure criteria.
[12] On 21 June 2022, Spain's bid withdrew, due to a political row between autonomous communities: Catalonia and Aragon, where the Pyrenees mountain range extends.
[15] On 4 January 2023, Swiss newspaper Le Temps reported that a bid was being prepared centred around Espace Mont-Blanc, a cross-border initiative with several Alpine regions, including Valais, Chamonix and the Aosta Valley.
[16][17] However the next day Éric Fournier, Mayor of Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, indicated that "the project of a cross-border candidacy for Olympic Games as relayed by certain media is not on the agenda", and that there was public opposition to the bid.
In December 2022, Sapporo officials said that organizers would "discontinue for some time" while investigating the scandal relating to Tokyo 2020, but the bid would not be canceled.
[19] On 10 April 2023 Japanese Olympic Committee President Yasuhiro Yamashita revealed that talks were set to get underway over possibly delaying Sapporo's bid from 2030 to 2034.
[22] The three first potential submitting bidding parties were revealed by Octavian Morariu, the chair of the Future Host Winter Commission, during the 135th IOC Session at the SwissTech Convention Centre in Lausanne, Switzerland in January 2020.
IOC Executive Director Christophe Dubi also confirmed the countries were:[33] Stakeholders were those cities or regions that had expressed potential interest in hosting the Games.
[36] The committee bolstered its engagement with athletes in governance in June 2021, naming four-time Olympic speed skater Catherine Raney-Norman as its chair.
[40] The IOC sent a delegation to Salt Lake City, from 27 to 29 April 2022, to conduct an inspection and a technical site visit of the competitions, ceremonies and Olympic Village proposed venues.
[42] On 29 November 2023, the IOC announced that it had initiated a targeted dialogue phase with the United States, designating it as the proposal most likely to be selected for 2034.
Seven out of ten Swedes thought that Sweden should apply for the Olympics and Paralympics in 2030 if the feasibility study showed that it was possible to implement sustainable, democratic, and cost-effective games.
A bid concept only had a chance if it was sustainable and the Games leave a legacy that goes beyond sport – to society, the economy and Switzerland as a location for innovation.
[49] On 19 July 2023, the presidents of the regional councils of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Renaud Muselier and Laurent Wauquiez, expressed the wish to propose to the sports movement and the French Parliament to submit a joint bid to the IOC.