The IOC Executive Board has selected only one of the three declared candidates for this edition, that of the French Alps. A gamble won in record time for a project to be finalized in the coming months, with many challenges at stake. The French application ticked many boxes: 95% of existing facilities, the smallest possible surface area - 500 km from north to south all the same. The only uncertainty is about the speed rink oval. The one used for the 1992 Winter Games in Albertville no longer exists as such.