The two emblems of the Alpes 2030 Olympic Winter Games and Paralympic Winter Games, inspired by “a mountain revealed by light,” have been officially unveiled.
The emblems feature a range of colors inspired by two elements of mountainous regions: light and ice. Midnight blue and azure blue evoke altitude, depth, stability and the horizon, while red and pink alpenglow represent the energy of the event, spirit of sport and enthusiasm, coming together under one unified identity.
As well as light and ice, the selected emblems were built around convergence and the concept of “coming together.”
“Different yet inseparable, they form a whole: one of the Winter Games united by a shared vision, a shared energy, a shared territory and shared values,” the Organizing Committee said in a statement.
“The same mountain will unite the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in 2030,” said Edgar Grospiron, president of the Alpes 2030 Organizing Committee. “That is why our two emblems were conceived as complementary expressions of the same vision. Together, they embody our ambition: to give Olympism and Paralympism the same place, strength and visibility.”
New Games Signature
Marking the first Olympic Winter Games in France since Albertville in 1992, the launch marks a major milestone for the Organizing Committee of the Games. A new Games signature has officially been adopted, meaning “Alpes 2030” will formally replace “Alpes Françaises 2030 / French Alps 2030.”
As well as Albertville 1992, France also hosted the Chamonix 1924 and Grenoble 1968 Olympic Winter Games, as well as the Olympic Summer Games in 1900, 1924 and 2024 (all in Paris).
Grospiron pointed to previous Games as proof of France’s ability to deliver world-class sporting events.
“We know how to organize big events,” he said. “We’ve proven it. We have the expertise, the people and the infrastructure.”
Alpes 2030 Schedule and Venues
Alpes 2030 is scheduled to take place from February 1–17, 2030, in Nice and the French Alps region. The region was awarded the right to host the Games by an 84–4 vote of IOC members at the 142nd IOC Session in Paris in July 2024.
The 2030 Games will take place across four main areas, or clusters: Haute-Savoie, Savoie, Briançon and Nice.
From what we know already, the city of Briançon will welcome freestyle skiing and snowboarding (held at ski resorts in Serre Chevalier and Montgenèvre, respectively); Savoie will deliver bobsled, luge, skeleton (La Plagne ski resort), alpine skiing, ski jumping and Nordic combined (Courcheval and Val-d’Isère ski resorts) and Haute-Savoie will be home to cross-country skiing (La Clusaz) and biathlon (Le Grand-Bornand).
Nice was due to host ice hockey, figure skating, short track, curling and the Closing Ceremonies, however, the city is now believed to be at risk of losing those events to Lyon due to a political deadlock over venue infrastructure and readiness.
Speed skating events could yet also be hosted outside of France as organizers do not want to build any new venues that will not have a definite, long-term legacy for the host region. Heerenveen in the Netherlands would be a prime candidate to host the events should France not find a viable alternative.
Retaining a core focus on sustainability, Alpes 2030 organizers are pledging to deliver 93 percent of venues that are pre-existing or temporary to reduce the carbon footprint of the Games. The majority of venues will also be legacy structures that were previously used for the Albertville Games in 1992.
Confirmed Sports
The IOC already approved the initial sports program two years ago, with biathlon, bobsleigh, curling, ice hockey, luge, skating and skiing all confirmed. However, the individual disciplines in each sport are still to be determined once a program review has been concluded.
All seven of the sports confirmed so far have been included at every edition of the Olympic Winter Games since Nagano 1998.
In the meantime, the Alpes 2030 Organizing Committee can still propose additional sports to be included.
Grospiron previously intimated that six proposals for new events at the French Alps Games were on the table, including speed skiing, telemark, cross-country, cyclo-cross and ice-cross.
Sebastian Coe, president of World Athletics, also suggested that he would be in favor of cross-country running and cyclo-cross being added to the Games program for 2030.
On the flip side, snowboard parallel giant slalom and Nordic combined events are reportedly at risk of being dropped from the 2030 program due to smaller TV audiences and limited global competition for podium positions.
Alpes 2030 Executive Board Upheaval
In March, Michel Cadot was appointed as the interim CEO of the Alpes 2030 Organizing Committee, just a month after previous Chief Executive Cyril Linette resigned from the role following a dispute with Grospiron.
Cadot, who was an interministerial delegate for the Paris 2024 Olympic Summer Games, was tasked with supporting the Committee’s mission to deliver and prepare for the Games and “guaranteeing the stability and progress of strategic issues,” while a permanent, experienced replacement for Linette was sought.
Linette’s departure in February came after he said that he was unable to work with Grospiron any longer due to undisclosed “irreparable differences.”
Prior to that, the COJOP had already seen the departures of Remuneration Committee Chairman Bertrand Meheut, Director of Operations Anne Murac, and Communications Chief Arthur Richter.
2034 Olympic Winter Games
The 2034 Olympic Winter Games will take place in Utah and will be the 27th edition of the international multi-sport event. Taking place between February 10–26, 2034, Utah 2034 will be the fifth Olympic Winter Games (and 10th overall Games) to be hosted by the United States, following Lake Placid, New York (1932, 1980); Squaw Valley, California (1960); and Salt Lake City, Utah (2002).
It will also be the first Olympic Winter Games in the United States to be branded under a host U.S. state as opposed to an individual city.
Earlier this week, the Organizing Committee announced a number of several new appointments as Utah prepares to host the Games for the first time in 32 years.
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