2022 Winter Olympics replace the Beijing Nanyuan Airport and operate together with the Beijing Capital International Airport. The estimated budget for the games is US$3.9 billion, less than one-tenth of the $43 billion spent on the 2008 Summer Olympics. The 2022 Winter Olympics are scheduled to include 109 events over 15 disciplines in 7 sports. "Numbers in parentheses indicate the number of medal events contested in each separate discipline." In October 2016, the International Ski Federation (FIS) announced plans to begin sanctioning women's competitions in Nordic combined, with the objective of contesting the discipline at the Olympic level for the first time in
Durban bid for the 2022 Commonwealth Games Durban bid for the 2022 Commonwealth Games The Durban bid for the 2022 Commonwealth Games was a rejected bid by Durban, South Africa and South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) to host the 2022 Commonwealth Games. The coastal South African city had previously considered bidding for the 2020 or 2024 Summer Olympics. If Durban were to host the games, it would be the first Commonwealth Games held on the African continent. South Africa's second largest city, Cape Town bid for the 2004 Summer Olympics, but lost out to Athens. Durban is home to major professional Rugby Union, Cricket