Almaty bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics

Almaty 2022 was an unsuccessful bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics by the city of Almaty and the National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The IOC selected the host city for the 2022 Winter Olympics at the 128th IOC Session in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on July 31, 2015, in which Beijing won. Under the slogan “Keeping it Real,” Almaty had emphasized their 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.[1][2] Almaty was the only contender to have never hosted the Olympics before. Almaty previously hosted the 2017 Winter Universiade.

Bids for the
2022 (2022) Winter Olympics and Paralympics
Overview
XXIV Olympic Winter Games
XIII Paralympic Winter Games
Winner: Beijing
Runner-up: Almaty
Details
CityAlmaty, Kazakhstan
NOCNational Olympic Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan (KAZ)
Previous Games hosted
None • Bid for 2014
Decision
Result40 votes (Second place)

History
Medeo, a probable location near Almaty for skating.
Shymbulak, planned venue for alpine skiing.
Sunkar Ski Jumping Hills Complex.

On 29 November 2011, Almaty was chosen to host the 2017 Winter Universiade. The city also co-hosted the 2011 Asian Winter Games with Astana, the capital since 1997. It can be seen as preparation for hosting the Winter Olympic Games in the future.

Kazakhstan had been considering a bid for these games since 2011. On 17 August 2013, Almaty, the former capital city and still the largest city and financial centre of the country,[3] confirmed their bid for the 2022 Winter Olympic Games. They were the first city to do so.[4][5]

Previous bids
Main article: Almaty bid for the 2014 Winter Olympics

Almaty bid to host the 2014 Winter Olympics but failed to become a candidate city. Sochi was ultimately elected at the host city on July 4, 2007. Almaty bid to host the 2022 Winter Olympic Games, but lost to previous host city Beijing.

Venues

The venue plan comprises:[6][7]

Olympic City
  • Almaty Olympic Ice Arena - Figure skating, short track
  • Non-competitive venues: Olympic Village, Main Press Centre, International Broadcast Centre, Media Village, Olympic Family Accommodations

Central Cluster
Sunkar Precinct
  • Sunkar Jumping Hills - Ski jumping, Nordic combined
  • Sunkar Skiing Centre - Nordic combined
  • Sunkar Sliding Centre - Bobsleigh, luge, skeleton

Stand-alone venues

Ak–Bulak Cluster

Medeo Cluster
  • Medeo Skating Oval - speed skating
  • Shymbulak ski resort - alpine skiing (downhill, super g, super combined)
  • Tau Park Snowboard Freestyle - freestyle (ski-cross, slopestyle), snowboarding (parallel slalom, parallel giant slalom, snowboard cross, slopestyle)
  • Non-competitive venues: Olympic Village, Mountain Media Sub Centre

Tabagan Cluster
  • Tabagan Ski Park - freestyle (aerial, mogul, half-pipe), snowboarding (half-pipe)
  • Tau Park Alpine - alpine skiing (slalom, giant slalom)

References
  1. Almaty offers traditional winter setting in 2022 Olympic bid, The Washington Post, 2015/7/28
  2. Almaty 2022 Winter Olympic bid at a glance, The Washington Times, 2015/7/26
  3. "Kazakhstan to bid for 2022 winter Olympic Games". En.tengrinews.kz. 28 March 2011. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
  4. Almaty Bids For 2022 Winter Olympic Games Archived 2014-10-06 at the Wayback Machine
  5. Kazakhstan bids to host 2022 Games
  6. Applicant city questionnaire Archived 2014-03-20 at the Wayback Machine
  7. https://web.archive.org/web/20150110013750/http://almaty-2022.org/static/img/Almaty2022_BidBook_Volume2.pdf
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