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
Brașov bid for the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics Brașov bid for the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics Brașov 2020 was a bid by the city of Brașov and the Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee to host the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics. The International Olympic Committee selected Lausanne as the host city on 31 July 2015. Brașov's bid for the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics was confirmed on 28 November 2013. Brașov signed their Youth Olympic Game Candidature Procedure on 12 December 2013. This is the first time that Romanian city bidded for the Youth Olympic Games. In early 2013, Brașov hosted the 2013 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival. The proposed