Poland and India are each planning a bid for the 2036 Summer Olympic Games.

The 2036 Olympics are the subsequent version of the Summer Games up for grabs after Brisbane, Australia was chosen to host the 2032 Games two years ago.

Under the brand new system for choosing Olympic hosts, put in place in 2019, the IOC’s Future Host Commissions select a front-runner early within the course of and the total IOC govt board then votes to approve or disapprove that selection. That is in distinction to the previous course of, which arrange a dramatic head-to-head vote between high bidders and created a course of that was each costly and inclined to corruption.

The IOC has not but set a timeline for choosing a future host, and at this early stage of the method, there may be a variety of cities, international locations, and areas which have floated the concept, however solely a handful are confirmed bids.

Among these are a bunch of 4 cities in Mexico; the brand new under-construction capital of Nusantara, Indonesia; and Istanbul, Turkey. Egypt and China are additionally anticipated to formally bid.

Upcoming Olympic hosts embody Paris in 2024 (summer season), Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, in 2026 (winter), Los Angeles in 2028, and Brisbane in 2032.

Poland’s Bid

Poland’s made a joint announcement of their bid through Polish president Andrzej Duda and Polish Olympic Committee chairman Radoslaw Piesiewicz with Warsaw because the centerpiece.

Warsaw, Poland’s capital and largest metropolis, has a inhabitants of over 1.8 million, which makes it the Sixth-largest metropolis within the European Union. The bid coincides with the conclusion of a large already-planned growth of the CPK, or Central Communication Port, primarily based outdoors of Warsaw.

Infrastructure growth, typically a result-of and justification-for internet hosting the Olympics, is already excessive on Poland’s radar, with large expansions of public transport and the nation’s central airport deliberate as a part of a broader growth of rail service in central and jap Europe.

The declaration was made through the 2nd European Congress of Sport and Tourism in Zakopane.

Poland has by no means hosted an Olympic Games, however did bid for the Winter Games in 2006 (Zakopane) and 2022 (Krakow). Neither bid superior to the ultimate vote below the previous system. Poland additionally bid for the 2014 Youth Summer Olympics in Poznan, although that vote was misplaced to Nanjing, China.

Poland’s largest worldwide internet hosting was the European Games in summer season 2023. With 6,857 athletes from 48 nations collaborating, that occasion is likely one of the largest in scale of members (the Olympics are about 10,000 members) although with far much less of a spectator affect.

India’s Bid

India has not specified a metropolis to its bid, however the world’s second-most populous nation has dedicated to the method of bringing the Games to South Asia.

India and its large market has been a spotlight of the Olympic motion, together with the addition of the nation’s hottest sport, cricket, for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics.

The 141st IOC Session, the place cricket was confirmed, was held in Mumbai, and the nation’s Minister of Youth and Sports Affairs Anurag Thakur stated there that he backed Ahmedabad to be the host metropolis. He additionally stated India intends to bid for the 2029 Summer Olympic Olympics.

India has additionally by no means hosted the Olympics, however did host the 2010 Commonwealth Games, the place 4,352 from 71 Commonwealth nations and territories competed. That occasion was hit by issues with flooding, poor situations within the Athletes’ Village, delays in building, and corruption, however the nation fashioned a particular committee to evaluate the allegations and “draw lessons from it.”

Allahabad has an estimated inhabitants of round 1.5 million. As of the 2011 census, the nation of India has at the very least 46 cities with a inhabitants larger than 1 million.