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Beijing Winter Olympic Games Still Set To Take Place Says IOC

Giovanni Shorter — Fri, 07 Jan 2022 22:09:51 +0000

The International Olympic Committee states that the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games will still take place.
Sportsbooks host +1600 odds for the event to be canceled and +800 odds for it to be postponed.

BEIJING – The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games are still set to take place despite the outbreak of COVID-19 that has affected the world.

Earlier, Switzerland’s Olympic team voiced concern over the event, requesting things to be delayed. This prompted Olympic betting sites to host odds for whether to event will be canceled or not.

Odds On 2022 Olympics Cancellation

No -10000
Yes +1600

Odds at popular sportsbooks show that betting fans expect the Olympics to happen, and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) confirmed the notion in a recent statement.

Addressing the Switzerland team directly, the IOC ensured that the Olympic games will take place and begin as originally planned with no delays.

"The issue of postponement is no longer relevant to all of us," said Ralph Stöckli, Swiss team in a statement translated to English. “We can now concentrate on our task: creating the best possible conditions for the Swiss delegation during the four weeks between us and the opening ceremony."

The IOC originally postponed the Tokyo Summer Olympic Games by one year during the initial COVID-19 outbreak. This set the schedule back for the Winter Games as well.

Sportsbooks are also hosting Olympic betting odds for whether or not the games will be postponed as well.

Odds On Beijing Olympics Being Postponed

No -2500
Yes +800

The Winter Games are set to begin on February 4, 2022, which is less than a month away. When the Summer Games were postponed, the announcement came four months before the start date.

With it being so close to the Winter Games, it is unlikely that things are postponed beforehand as reflected by the odds.

The Winter Olympic Games in Beijing will see the world’s top winter athletes compete for medals and glory. It does not seem like anything will stop this event from taking place.

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Japanese Breakdancers Are Preparing For Paris 2024

Daniel Borjas — Thu, 01 Aug 2019 19:14:15 +0000

Breakdancing is expected to appear in the 2024 Paris Olympics.
A few Japanese breakdancers are preparing for 2024.
Breakdancing will not appear in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Japanese breakdancers are starting to prepare their moves for the Paris 2024 Olympics.

As we are approaching Tokyo 2020, more is being revealed about Paris 2024. In early 2019, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) voted to include breakdancing in Paris. The qualifiers are not likely to occur until 2023. But that has not stopped Japanese breakdancers from preparing for the Olympics.

Breakdancer Shigeyuki “Shigekix” Nakarai is one of the Japanese breakdancers preparing for Paris. The 17-year-old breakdancer is comfortable competing in the world stage. Nakarai won the bronze medal during the 2018 Youth Olympics in Buenos Aries for breakdancing.

Nakarai said that he is going to turn his “frustration into positive energy.” He wants that positive energy to turn into an Olympic gold medal. Nakarai is one of Japan’s biggest hopes to win breakdancing gold in 2024. But other Japanese breakdancers are also aiming for the gold medal.

Issei Hori is a 22-year-old breakdancer, and he is also aiming for Olympic gold. He won the Red Bull BC One World Finals back in 2016, making him the world champion. He was the first Japanese breakdancer to win that competition.

“I would love to win that first gold medal,” said Hori.

Ami Yuasa is also excited that breakdancing is coming to the Olympics. The details for the breakdancing competition have not been hammered out yet. But OlympicBettingOdds.com thinks that it is likely that both men and women will get the opportunity to compete. In that case, Yuasa is also expected to represent Japan. Yuasa said that she considers breakdancing as a form of expression, like photography or art.

Yuasa believes that breakdancing will be a good fit for the Olympics. This is due to the fact that figure skating and synchronized swimming are in the Olympics. At the moment, breakdancing is not officially in Paris 2024. The IOC needs to rubber-stamp the decision in December of 2020. This will likely happen because skateboarding and surfing are in Tokyo 2020.

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Italy Will Host The 2026 Winter Olympics

Daniel Borjas — Wed, 17 Jul 2019 20:39:17 +0000

The 2026 Winter Olympics are going to be in both Milan and Cortina.
Sweden lost its bid to host the Winter Olympics.
We now have a list of where the next five Olympic Games are going to be.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The results are in, and Italy will host the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) always holds a vote to determine where the Olympics will be. There were two countries competing to bring the 2026 Olympics to their homeland. Italy and Sweden were the hopeful hosts for the 2026 Winter Olympics.

Italy ended up being chosen over Sweden with a 47-34 vote by the IOC. This will mark the third time the Winter Olympics will be held in Italy. Sweden has never hosted a Winter Olympics and lost their last eight bids to do so.

But it is not like the residents of Sweden was upset about the results. Italy had 28 percent more people who were excited about hosting the Winter Olympics. Sweden failed to gain the support of the public to host the Olympics. This was a large reason why Italy is going to host the 2026 Olympics instead of Sweden.

Italy also had a better plan on how they would fund the Olympics. Because this is their third winter Olympics, Italy plans on reusing old venues. This will help cut the costs of funding the 2026 Winter Olympics. The IOC will help fund the operating costs of the Winter Olympics to around $1.7 billion.

We now know where the next five Olympics will take place. Next up is the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Then is the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. Paris will host the 2024 Summer Olympics. The 2026 Olympics is in Milan and Cortina. Finally, the US will host the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.

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