Overview
- At the Milan IOC Session, working‑group chair Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović outlined a plan to add structured timelines, greater transparency and more involvement from IOC members.
- A new transitional shortlist would face deeper evaluation against published criteria covering venue master plans, sports program clarity, financial guarantees and multisport hosting experience.
- The reforms respond to an opaque post-2019 system that produced timing extremes, from Brisbane 2032 being chosen 11 years out to the French Alps 2030 picked with less than six years to prepare.
- Under President Kirsty Coventry, the 2036 race remains on hold, with the June IOC Session expected to decide on the revisions to potentially restart the selection.
- India’s Ahmedabad and Qatar’s Doha are viewed as leading contenders, with additional interest reported from countries including Saudi Arabia, South Korea, South Africa, Turkey and Chile.