The 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris are concluding Sunday, with fans already turning their attention to the Olympic Games of the future as athletes prepare to head home.
Organizers and super fans will now look toward the 2026 Winter Olympics, to be held in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo in Italy.
Those Games will come 20 years after the last time Italy hosted the Olympics, when they served as host for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin.
This will mark the second time the region has hosted the Olympics, with the last occurring in 1956.
The destinations for the Olympic Games are determined for each event through the 2034 Winter Olympics, with the torch officially being passed to Los Angeles and the United States during Sunday's Closing Ceremony, which will host the 2028 Summer Olympics.
While France bids farewell to the Olympics, the nation will welcome the Games back in just six years, this time for the 2030 Winter Olympics, which will be held in the French Alps.
In 2032, Australia will host the Summer Olympics for the first time in 32 years, with Brisbane playing host to the Games for the first time in the city's history.
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Australia previously hosted the Summer Olympics in 1956 in Melbourne and again in 2000 in Sydney.
Finally, the 2034 Olympics will return to the United States, with Salt Lake City playing host for the second time. Those Games will be the first winter competition held in the U.S. since 2002, when Salt Lake City last hosted the event.
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A fourth host could be decided in the near future as well, with Switzerland aiming to host the 2038 Olympics.
As for the 2036 Summer Olympics, Nusantara, Indonesia, Santiago, Chile, Istanbul, Turkey and a to-be-determined city in India all have confirmed bids for the Games.
