Finalist cities chosen

The International Olympic Committee confirms that Oslo, Almaty and Beijing are the three official candidates to host the 2022 Winter Olympic Games.  IOC President Thomas Bach:

The IOC Executive board has selected the cities of Oslo, Almaty and Beijing as candidate cities for the Olympic Winter Games 2022…The IOC is very happy to see three very different approaches with regard to the organisation of the games. This gives the IOC a choice between three diverse bids, with different legacy plans, with different approaches, with different budgets.