Another Olympic Games — with even more layers of dissent and debate than Tokyo — are less than six months away in Beijing. The postponement of Tokyo 2020 to 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic pushed those Games nearer to the Winter Olympics. The last time a summer and winter Olympics were held so close together was in 1992 in Barcelona and Albertville, France, respectively. The two properties began alternating every two years after that, which resulted in another Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway, in 1994. Expectations for Winter Olympics are higher, however, because Canada is a winter-sport powerhouse.

Source: CBC News August 09, 2021 14:24 UTC