Personnel disputes within the organizing committee, sponsorship issues, and delays in preparations: four years before the next Winter Games, the problems faced by host nation France are overshadowing the joy of France's record haul of 23 Olympic medals at Milan/Cortina.

This is because the International Olympic Committee (IOC) doesn’t want a multimillion-pound stadium built for a two-week event that will be left abandoned immediately after the Games end. France does not have a strong speed skating culture, meaning a brand new oval would be useless long-term.

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MILAN (AP) — We’ve got this. Really, we do. Organizers of the 2030 French Alps Olympics worked Saturday to put a positive sheen on their project that already was on the tightest of hosting schedules before being rocked by inner turmoil.

BORMIO, Italy (AP) — Thanks to ski mountaineering, Emily Harrop has a rank in the French military of chief sergeant. Because of the newest Winter Games sport, she could soon have another title — Olympic champion.

IOC President Kirsty Coventry tells organizers they “delivered a new kind of Winter Games” and “set a new, very high standard for the future.”

Where are the Winter Olympics heading to next with the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics over? Here's what to know on the 2030 Winter Games.