Stockholm-Åre 2026 Winter Olympic bid fast facts

Stockholm-Åre 2026 Winter Olympics bid is up for a vote on Monday. Sweden has won 61 Winter Games gold medals and second most total medals of nations yet to host. Stockholm lost six straight Olympic bids. It held Summer Games competition twice, in 1912 as the outright host and in 1956. The latter marked the first time an Olympic sport was held wholly outside the host nation. Sliding sports would be in Sigulda, Latvia. The construction of sliding tracks is among the costliest venues for any Winter games.

Stockholm-Åre 2026 Winter Olympic bid fast facts. Proposed dates are February 6-22 (Olympics), March 6 - 15 (Paralympics) and March 16 - 22 (Winter Paralympic Games). Venues proposed are Stockholm’s 1912 Olympic Stadium, Sigulda, Latvia, Falun, and Stockholm's Friends Arena. Opening ceremony is in Stockholm. Closing ceremony will be in multiple locations across the four venue clusters.

Zuzana Hejnová of Czech Republic was moved from third to second and Jamaican Kaliese Spencer from fourth to third in the 2012 Olympic women's 400m hurdles. Russian athlete Antyukh's results from July 2012 through June 2013 were stripped due to evidence of doping. Demus, who won the gold medal, believes doping should be stripped of all medals. The IOC has not changed its results to reallocate medals but can still do so. It is submitted to the Executive Board for approval. In the 2004 Olympic 400 m hurdles final, Demu was the third-fastest woman in history in that event and the American record holder with a personal best of 52.47.