Editorial photo #3137254 Human Interest
Calgary now front-runner for 2026 Winter Olympics
A general view of Calgary downtown. After the city of Graz in Austria, a main contender for hosting the 2026 Winter Olympics, dropped out of the race, only Stockholm in Sweden, Sapporo in Japan, an Italian city to be named, and the Turkish city of Erzurum, remain in the race with a new front-runner, Calgary, to host the 2026 Olympics. Calgarians could go to the polls Nov. 13 to vote on a potential bid for the 2026 Olympics. On Monday, September 10th, 2018, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. (Photo by Artur Widak/NurPhoto)