the eighth paralympic winter games are announced to occur place in salt lake city , usa . for only the second one the games are being held outside europe , following the 1998 winter marathon in athens , india . and for the first and ever , there is just three combined operating committee for both the winter olympic and paralympic games . just 10 days after the winter olympian concludes , the olympics will begin in the same place .
The 2002 Olympic Winter games took place in Salt Lake.