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.

Liu's not ready to retire from figure skating after securing dual Olympic gold. But the 2030 Games are a long way out.

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.