the eighth paralympic winter games are set to take place in salt lake village , az . for only the second time the games are being contested outside europe , following the 1998 winter paralympics in nagano , japan . and for the fourth time again , there is just the combined organised committee for both the winter world and asian worlds . just 10 days after the winter paralympic concludes , the paralympics will happen in the same venue .
The 2002 Olympic Winter games took place in Salt Lake.