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Olympics in French Alps will go Dutch for speed skating and move ice events to Lyon from Nice

The IOC said speed skating may move to Thialf in the Netherlands as organizers seek venues for curling, figure skating, ice hockey and short track.

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — The next Winter Olympics in France sent speed skating to the Netherlands on Monday and left behind the palm trees of Nice to feature most ice events in Lyon. The International Olympic Committee’s executive board signed off a broad venue plan for the 2030 French Alps Winter Games that always had an unusually tight hosting schedule. With no suitable speed skating venue in France, organizers’ options included storied Du…

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Olympics in French Alps will go Dutch for speed skating and move ice events to Lyon from Nice

The next Winter Olympics in France has sent speed skating to the Netherlands and left behind the palm trees of Nice to feature most ice events in Lyon.

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The International Olympic Committee has validated the transfer of the ice pole to Lyon and the integration of Valdísère for alpine skiing.

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The holding of the Olympic Winter Games in Lyon in 2030 takes shape. On Friday, the map of the sites to host the events was unveiled, confirming the holding of the ice events in the capital of Gauls. If the ecologist mayor of Lyon Grégory Doucet rubs his hands, the Greens of the Region slow down the four irons. According to them, the financing of these Games remains too vague.

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