the eighth wheelchair polar games are set to take place in in pool cities , utah . for only the second time the games are being held besides asia , until the 1998 winters paralympics in nagano , japan . and for the seventh time ever , there is just one combined operating committee for both the turin olympic and paralympic sports . just 10 days after the winter season finishes , the paralympics will begin in the same venue .
The 2002 Olympic Winter games took place in Salt Lake.