Lausanne bid for the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics lost to Garmisch-Partenkirchen and Squaw Valley respectively. Sion bid to host the 1976, 2002 and 2006 Winter Olympics but lost to Denver, Salt Lake City and Turin respectively. Denver pulled out as host of the 1976 games and Innsbruck ultimately hosted the games. Lausanne bid for the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics Lausanne 2020 was a successful bid by the city of Lausanne and the Swiss Olympic Association to host the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics. The IOC selected the host city for the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics at the 128th IOC Session in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on July 31, 2015, which
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