2018 Winter Olympics the country overall, after the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. It was the third time that an East Asian country had hosted the Winter Games, after Sapporo (1972) and Nagano (1998), both in Japan. It was also the first of three consecutive Olympics to be held in East Asia, the other two being the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo and the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. The Games featured 102 events over fifteen disciplines in seven sports, with the addition of "big air" snowboarding, mass start speed skating, mixed doubles curling, and mixed team alpine skiing to the Winter Olympic
Annecy bid for the 2018 Winter Olympics Blanc, as well as suggesting the letter "A" for Annecy. Six years after Annecy's defeat in the race for the 2018 Olympics, Paris won the right to host the 2024 Summer Olympics. The 2024 Olympics will be the first Olympics to be held in France since Albertville hosted the 1992 Winter Olympics. Annecy bid for the 2018 Winter Olympics Annecy 2018 was an unsuccessful bid by Annecy, France for the 2018 Winter Olympics. At first, the French Olympic Committee (CNOSF) was quite reluctant in bidding for a Winter Games, preferring to focus on a bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics.However,