Venues of the 1998 Winter Olympics the event entirely before a compromise was reached three months before the Olympics. M-Wave has hosted three World Speed Skating Championships since the Olympics while the Spiral has hosted a couple of World championships in bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton. Nagano first attempted to host the Winter Olympics in 1940, but lost out to Sapporo. Those Olympics were abandoned in 1937 when Japan invaded China for the second time, forcing Sapporo's withdrawal. The city tried again for the Winter Olympics in 1968 in 1961, but lost out in domestic voting to Sapporo who in turn lost out to Grenoble, France in
2024 Winter Youth Olympics lost to Innsbruck, Austria. Brasov hosted the 2013 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival and submitted a bid to host the 2020 Youth Olympic Games (it lost over the Olympic Capital, Lausanne). The Romanian Olympic Committee announced that there might be a possibility to submit a new bid for the 2024 Games. 2024 Winter Youth Olympics The 2024 Winter Youth Olympics will be the fourth edition of the Winter Youth Olympic Games, an international sports, education and cultural festival for teenagers, in a city designated by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The host city is to be announced at the 134th