Lviv bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics Lviv bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics Lviv 2022 was a bid by the city of Lviv and the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine for the 2022 Winter Olympics. Lviv withdrew its bid on 30 June 2014. The IOC ultimately selected Beijing as the host city for the 2022 Winter Olympics at the 128th IOC Session in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 31 July 2015. On 27 May 2010, President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych stated during a visit to Lviv that Ukraine "will start working on the official nomination of our country as the holder of the Winter Olympic Games in
Bids for the 2022 Winter Olympics Palace with drinks paid for by the royal family. Several commentators pointed out that such demands were unheard of in a western democracy; "Slate" described the IOC as a "notoriously ridiculous organization run by grifters and hereditary aristocrats." On 7 November 2013, the Polish Olympic Committee announced they submitted a bid to the IOC for the 2022 Winter Olympics, together with Zakopane, Poland, and Jasná, a village in central Slovakia, near the Polish border. If the bid had been successful, it would have been the first time either Poland or Slovakia hosted the Olympics. Zakopane previously bid to host the