Canadian City Refuses to Organis 2026 Winter Olympics

More than 56% of voters rejected the idea amid a high voter turnout.

Calgary's vote leaves the Swedish capital Stockholm and an Italian bid that includes Milan and Cortina D'Ampezzo as the only remaining candidates.

Interest in organising the Summer and Winter Olympics has dropped, as the cost of organising events has increased.

The International Olympic Committee will select the host city of the 2026 Winter Olympics in next June.

The Swiss city of Zion, Sapporo in Japan and Graz in Austria withdrew from offers for the Games 2026 earlier this year.

Erzurum in Turkey has been eliminated from the tender process by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

Four European cities -- Oslo in Norway, Lviv in Ukraine, Krakov in Poland and Stockholm in Sweden -- also withdrew bids to organise the 2022 Winter Olympics.

Public opinion in Norway was reportedly split after the cost of the 2014 Games in Sochi, Russia, was estimated at 51 billion dollars.

Almay remained in Kazakhstan and the Chinese capital of Beijing.

The International Olympic Committee chose Beijing as host to the 2022 Winter Olympic Games, versus Almat.

Beijing has been hosting the 2008 Summer Olympic Games and thus becomes the only city of the world to host summer and winter Olympic games.

International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach announced the decision today during the 128th session of this committee in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Beijing has been hosting the 2008 Summer Olympic Games and says it will again use many of those games' objects.

Kazakhstan has never been host to the Olympic games.