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Originally Posted by Cactus Jack
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).
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Huh? Beijing, Rio, and South Africa are the examples of southern hemisphere (as I pointed out Beijing is not southern hemisphere) nations that have previously, or are likely to, play host brought up by the previous poster.