<Li> Candidate City Briefing 2026 for IOC Members and International Olympic Winter Sports Federations (July 2019) </Li> <Li> Candidate Cities present to IOC Session in Milan, followed by election of the Host City 2026 (September 2019) </Li> <Li> Individual debriefing with each NOC / Candidate City (6--9 months after the election) </Li> <P> A firm criterion for the Winter Olympics is the availability of alpine ski slopes of certain sizes, which narrows down potential locations significantly, and often means locations in less populated areas . The men's downhill requires at least 700 meters altitude difference along around 3 kilometers length . </P>

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