And Then There Were Four

Another city has dropped out of contention to host the 2022 Winter Olympics. When the Sochi games kicked off there were 6 cities in the semi-final stage of preparing a bid, then Stockholm dropped out in mid-February.

Now Krakow, Poland has withdrawn due to a lack of public support. That leaves 4 cities on the list:

Almaty, Kazakhstan
Beijing, China
Lviv, Ukraine
Oslo, Norway

gamesbids.com, a site that obsessively tracks all things related to Olympic host bidding, say Lviv and Oslo could also withdraw their bids, Lviv due to the conflict with Russia and Oslo for a lack of financial support. There's beginning to be some news coverage of the apparent disinterest in hosting the games; here's how The Guardian's playing it.