Běijīng has won the battle to host the 2022 Winter Olympics after the Chinese president, Xí Jìnpíng, made a last-minute vow to lay on a “fantastic, extraordinary and excellent” event. Běijīng defeated its rival Almaty in Kazakhstan by 44 votes to 40, with one IOC member abstaining.
International Olympic Committee delegates handed the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic events to Běijīng on Friday afternoon following a secret ballot in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. [Read more]. |
- Tom Phillips, Winter Olympics 2022: Běijīng chosen ahead of Almaty to host Games, The Guardian, July 31, 2015
Participants holding Chinese national flags and 北京 (Běijīng) 2022 Olympic flags walk past the 鸟巢 (Bird’s Nest), also known as the National Stadium, to attend a rehearsal of a performance in 北京 (Běijīng), China, July 30, 2015. Photo: Reuters/China Daily.
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