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Olympic Games: Present Locations and Future Locations

During these London Olympics, San Diego Sports Domination has decided to take a look at future Olympic games and which cities London held off for the 2012 Olympic games.

We will start off this article on the Olympics by taking a look at which countries competed to become the host country of the 2012 Olympic games.

Summer Olympics Country Host Country
2012 New York, USA
2012 Moscow, Russia
2012 Madrid, Spain
2012 Paris, France
2012 London, England  Host Country

Next we are going to take a look at the future Winter Olympic Games for 2014 and which countries competed with Sochi to host the Winter Olympics.

Winter Olympics Country Host Country
2014 Salzburg, Austria
2014 PyeongChang, South Korea
2014 Sochi, Russia  Host Country

Now we are going to be taking a look at the next Summer Olympic Games for 2016 and which countries competed with Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to host the Sumer Olympics.

Summer Olympics Country Host Country
2016 Tokyo, Japan
2016 Chicago, USA
2016 Madrid, Spain
2016 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Host Country 

Now we are going to be taking a look at the Winter Olympic Games for 2018 and which countries competed with PyeongChang, South Korea, to host the Winter Olympics.

Winter Olympics Country Host Country
2018 Annecy, France
2018 Munich, Germany
2018 PyeongChang, South Korea  Host Country

The 2020 Summer Olympic games do not have a host country yet. The three countries that have made the cut are listed below. Five countries applied during the applications process. The two countries which did not make it past the application process are Baku, Azerbaijan and Doha, Qatar.

Summer Olympics Country Host Country
2020 Tokyo, Japan  Host Country
2020 Madrid, Spain
2020 Istanbul, Turkey
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David Frerker is a San Diego-based professional sports photographer, journalist, and founder of San Diego Sports Domination. A graduate of San Diego State University with a degree in Journalism and an emphasis in Media Studies, he has covered San Diego sports since 2012. His photography work includes Major League Baseball for USA TODAY/Imagn Images, along with professional and collegiate sports throughout Southern California. He is also the Director of Photography for the San Diego Strike Force and has worked with organizations including Sports San Diego. In addition to photography, David is an award-winning blogger who has written more than 1,200 articles, contributed guest articles, and appeared on numerous podcasts covering sports in San Diego.

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