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Originally Posted by valo403
Pretty difficult to see the Winter games going to South America simply due to the weather. Beijing is in the Northern hemisphere, and Rio and South Africa are sufficiently warm to still host the games near the Northern summer months. Is there anywhere in South America that would have the ability to host alpine events in January - March? The IOC is all for moving things around, I don't think they'll be backing a winter olympics in the northern summer anytime soon though.
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Winter games going to Rio? It's summer of 2016 that the olympics will be in Rio. That means June, winter in Brazil. Granted, the weather will still be relatively warm and probably at least over 15-20 degrees.
The only places in South America that could host alpine events in February are Chile and Argentina. In fact, it would probably be a shared bid as the best ski hills are near each other on the Argentina border. Chile (Valle Nevado, Colorado) and Argentina (San Martin de Los Andes, Bariloche).