2014 News

Did you know that the host cities for the Olympic Games are named seven years in advance?

That’s right. The upcoming 2008 Summer Games in Beijing, China was announced back in 2001.

Why bring this up? Because today the International Olympic Committee announced the host city for the 2014 Winter Games.

The three finalists were PyeongChang, Korea, Salzburg, Austria, and Sochi, Russia. Voting took place today at the IOC’s annual meeting, this year held in Guatemala City.

After the first round of voting no one city had the necessary number of votes, which in this case would be 51. However, PyeongChang received 36 votes, Sochi received 34, and Salzburg received 25. Salzburg was eliminated.

In the second and last round of voting a winning city was crowned. Sochi earned 51 votes while PyeongChang received 47.

With today’s win, here is the schedule for the upcoming Olympic Games:

Summer Olympics, August 8-24, 2008 in Beijing, China
Winter Olympics, February 12-28, 2010 in Vancouver, Canada
Summer Olympics, July 27-August 12, 2012 in London, England
Winter Olympics, 2014 in Sochi, Russia

See you in Beijing in 400 days.