The Generalitat, the Spanish Olympic Committee (COE) and even the Spanish government (although never in public) blame the president of Aragón, Javier Lambán, for the failure of the bid tho host the 2030 Winter Olympics. But Lambán is not willing to let criticism go unanswered and has tried to impose his own narrative, which clashes with the one defended by all other players involved in the negotiation. "For defending the interest of Aragon, I am receiving an avalanche of insults and disqualifications from the president of the COE and the independence movement," he tweeted this Wednesday morning, the day after COE president Alejandro Blanco put an end to the joint candidacy. Lambán then went on to put out a completely different version of events to everybody else's: "The truth is that the government of Aragon is the only one that sought an agreement until the last moment and will continue to do so for 2034".

A bid for the 2030 or 2034 Winter Olympics? Until now, all the parties, especially the Generalitat, the Aragonese government and the Spanish Olympic Committee (COE), were working with the goal of hosting the 2030 Winter Olympics, but Aragon's reluctance – which has already led the Catalan government to postpone the consultation on the bid – has caused delays, to the point that this Friday the COE has opened the door for the first time to presenting a candidacy for the 2034 Winter Olympics instead. COE president Alejandro Blanco also warned that if a "presentable" project is not achieved before April or May 2023, when the call ends, the candidacy will have to wait until the next Olympics. The Catalan Government's response has been immediate and Presidency councillor Laura Vilagrà has affirmed that they do not consider "any other scenario" than 2030: "We can make it", she said. All this happened two days after the president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Thomas Bach, visited Madrid