NEW YORK: Salt Lake City has been selected by the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) for a potential bid to host the Winter Olympics in 2030. The USOC board of directors has expressed interest in bidding for future Winter Games but has not determined when a formal bid might be submitted, the USOC said in a statement. Salt Lake City, which hosted the 2002 Winter Olympics, was preferred to the Colorado city of Denver. “We are truly humbled and honoured to be the USOC’s choice to bid for a future Winter Olympics,” said Salt Lake City Mayor Jackie Biskupski. USOC chief Larry Probst said Salt Lake City gave the USA the best chance to bring the Winter Olympics to the country for the fifth time. Published in Daily Times, December 16th2018.