2022 Winter Olympics adjacent to the Beijing Songshan National Nature Reserve and part of the same mountain system, and the environmental impact on the nature reserve of construction, and artificially covering parts of the mountain with snow, is uncertain. The Chinese government responded to these concerns by expanding the adjacent Beijing Songshan National Nature Reserve by 31% of its original size. 2022 Winter Olympics The 2022 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XXIV Olympic Winter Games (; ), and commonly known as Beijing 2022, is an international winter multi-sport event that is scheduled to take place from 4 to 20 February 2022, in
Kraków bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics Upper Silesia organised 2009 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival. Poznań hosted 2011 Women's Indoor Hockey World Cup and 2011 Men's Indoor Hockey World Cup.In 2012 Poland co-host UEFA Euro 2012. Sopot will be host 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships. Poland will host too the 2014 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship. The 2017 World Games will be held in Wrocław. Zakopane bid to host the 2006 Winter Olympics but failed to become a candidate. Turin was ultimately awarded the games. Poznań bid to host the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics, but failed to become a candidate. Singapore was ultimately awarded the games.