IOC leader hails Beijing's planning for 2022 Games
7 years, 1 month ago

IOC leader hails Beijing's planning for 2022 Games

China Daily  

Thomas Bach, IOC president Citing a sustainable venue plan and strong marketing, the head of the International Olympic Committee has highlighted Beijing 2022's role in spearheading new reforms to make future Olympics more feasible and affordable. Thomas Bach, president of the IOC, said Beijing's preparations for the 2022 Winter Olympics were an example of reducing costs while leaving a lasting legacy for future event hosts. Once the biggest coal mine near the capital, Muchengjian Colliery, situated in the western mountain area, will soon fuel a cleaner and healthier way of life after production ended and the country's winter sports body and its owner Beijing Energy unveiled a plan to develop a skiing center based on its mountain slopes, underground mining tunnels and housing infrastructure. Meanwhile, the official marketing program of Beijing 2022 has kicked into gear after the organizing committee signed up five official partners, including Bank of China, dairy giant Yili Group and sports apparel firm Anta, in 2017, providing strong funding for the Games.

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Nation's frozen assets keep paying dividends
1 month ago

Nation's frozen assets keep paying dividends

China Daily  

The enthusiasm for winter sports is evident from the growing public participation in ice and snow activities and the number of related venues opening up across the country. WANG JILIN/FOR CHINA DAILY With Chinese resort developers and event promoters having already upgraded their equipment and facilities up to international standards, operational expertise in business diversification and customer services could still …

Beijing all set for winter thrills
4 months, 1 week ago

Beijing all set for winter thrills

China Daily  

A series of international winter sports events will, again, bring Beijing's Olympic venues to life with sledders, skaters, skiers and snowboarders vying for World Cup titles and Olympic ranking points. "Beijing's rich legacy in facilities and organizational expertise from the 2022 Winter Olympics has made the city more than competent to continue playing host to these international events," said Ge …

IOC president Bach discusses ‘challenges’ for 2026 Games
2 years, 6 months ago

IOC president Bach discusses ‘challenges’ for 2026 Games

Associated Press  

ROME — Costly construction delays, a leadership vacancy linked to a volatile political climate and a lack of sponsors amid a spreading financial crisis has prompted International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach to acknowledge the “challenges” facing organizers of the 2026 Winter Games in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo. “As always before Olympic Games, there are challenges — in particular light …

Beijing 2022 to show strength of Chinese culture and people
3 years, 2 months ago

Beijing 2022 to show strength of Chinese culture and people

China Daily  

The 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing will show the strength of Chinese culture and people, a Cuban expert says in an interview. "In addition, the Beijing Winter Olympics will be a platform to display the high standards of the scientific and technological progress made by China over the past few decades," adds Regalado. Regalado says China will successfully protect the …

Beijing 2022 to show strength of Chinese culture and people
3 years, 2 months ago

Beijing 2022 to show strength of Chinese culture and people

China Daily  

The 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing will show the strength of Chinese culture and people, a Cuban expert says in an interview. "In addition, the Beijing Winter Olympics will be a platform to display the high standards of the scientific and technological progress made by China over the past few decades," adds Regalado. Regalado says China will successfully protect the …

Beijing 2022 ready to deliver athlete-centered Games
3 years, 5 months ago

Beijing 2022 ready to deliver athlete-centered Games

China Daily  

Non-contact measures are implemented at the medal ceremony during last week's speed skating test competition. XINHUA With the 100-day countdown to the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics around the corner, organizers are in close discussions with relevant parties and stakeholders about COVID-19 countermeasures to ensure that the Games remain athlete-centered. Huang Chun, deputy director general of the Pandemic Prevention and Control …

Human rights groups ask IOC to move Olympics from China
4 years, 6 months ago

Human rights groups ask IOC to move Olympics from China

Associated Press  

TOKYO — China’s repression in Tibet, the status of the exiled Dalai Lama and its treatment of ethnic minorities spurred violent protests ahead of Beijing’s 2008 Olympics. In a letter, the group asked the IOC to “reverse its mistake in awarding Beijing the honor of hosting the Winter Olympic Games in 2022.” The letter said that the 2008 Olympics had …

Postponing Olympics to cost IOC millions of dollars: Bach
4 years, 11 months ago

Postponing Olympics to cost IOC millions of dollars: Bach

The Hindu  

The postponement of the Tokyo Olympic Games to 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic will cost the International Olympic Committee “several hundred million dollars”, its president Thomas Bach said on Wednesday. “We already know that we have to shoulder several hundred million US dollars of postponement costs,” the German wrote in a letter to the Olympic movement, warning that, while …

Beijing 2022 Olympics face ‘special situation’ after Tokyo delay
4 years, 11 months ago

Beijing 2022 Olympics face ‘special situation’ after Tokyo delay

The Hindu  

Beijing 2022 organisers said they face “a special situation” after the postponement of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics means less than six months between the Summer and Winter Games. However, with the Beijing Winter Games beginning on February 4, 2022 there is the unusual challenge of almost back-to-back Olympics. “The new dates of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games mean we …

IOC chief Thomas Bach: Tokyo 'best-prepared' city for Olympics
6 years, 4 months ago

IOC chief Thomas Bach: Tokyo 'best-prepared' city for Olympics

The Hindu  

IOC chief Thomas Bach said on Wednesday that Tokyo was the best-prepared host Olympic city he could remember, with just more than 600 days to go until the 2020 Opening Ceremony. But he added: “I do not remember any host city which was so far in its preparations two years before the Olympic Games than Tokyo.” Japan has mostly lived …

Charting Xi's efforts to turn Winter Olympics a success
8 years ago

Charting Xi's efforts to turn Winter Olympics a success

China Daily  

President Xi Jinping presides over a symposium on city planning and construction in Beijing and preparation for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing, Feb 24, 2017. February 2017, Great Hall of the People, Beijing President Xi Jinping presided over a symposium on preparation for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing on Feb 24, 2017. After listening …

Xi visits winter sports venues to energize plans for Olympics
8 years, 2 months ago

Xi visits winter sports venues to energize plans for Olympics

China Daily  

President Xi Jinping talks to children skiing in Zhangjiakou, Hebei province, during a visit to check preparatory work for the 2022 Winter Olympics. Lan Hongguang / Xinhua President Xi Jinping urged organizers on Monday to host an extraordinary Winter Olympics in 2022 through rational planning and economic use of resources. Xi made the remarks during his visit to Zhangjiakou, Hebei …

Xi visits winter sports venues to energize plans for Olympics
8 years, 2 months ago

Xi visits winter sports venues to energize plans for Olympics

China Daily  

President Xi Jinping talks to children skiing in Zhangjiakou, Hebei province, during a visit to check preparatory work for the 2022 Winter Olympics. Lan Hongguang / Xinhua President Xi Jinping urged organizers on Monday to host an extraordinary Winter Olympics in 2022 through rational planning and economic use of resources. Xi made the remarks during his visit to Zhangjiakou, Hebei …

Beijing gearing up for green, clean Winter Olympics in 2022, Xi says
8 years, 2 months ago

Beijing gearing up for green, clean Winter Olympics in 2022, Xi says

China Daily  

By LEI LEI,AN BAIJIE | China Daily | Updated: 2017-01-19 03:15 President Xi Jinping and IOC President Thomas Bach look at the badminton racket of former world champion Li Lingwei at the Olympic Museum in Lausanne on Wednesday. While meeting with Thomas Bach, president of the International Olympic Committee, at the committee's headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland, Xi said Beijing will …

Beijing gearing up for green, clean Winter Olympics in 2022, Xi says
8 years, 2 months ago

Beijing gearing up for green, clean Winter Olympics in 2022, Xi says

China Daily  

By An Baijie in Lausanne, Switzerland, and Lei Lei in Beijing | China Daily | Updated: 2017-01-19 07:31 President Xi Jinping pledged on Wednesday to host an extraordinary Winter Olympic Games in 2022. While meeting with Thomas Bach, president of the International Olympic Committee, at the committee's headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland, Xi said Beijing will host a green, open-minded and …

Beijing gearing up for green, clean Winter Olympics in 2022, Xi says
8 years, 2 months ago

Beijing gearing up for green, clean Winter Olympics in 2022, Xi says

China Daily  

President Xi Jinping and IOC President Thomas Bach look at the badminton racket of former world champion Li Lingwei at the Olympic Museum in Lausanne on Wednesday. While meeting with Thomas Bach, president of the International Olympic Committee, at the committee's headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland, Xi said Beijing will host a green, open-minded and corruption-free Olympic event in a shared …

Games well on track for 2022
8 years, 2 months ago

Games well on track for 2022

China Daily  

Young people learn to play hockey at an ice rink in Zhangjiakou, Hebei province, last summer. Like a skillful slalom by an Olympic skier, Beijing has made good progress preparing to host the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, officials said. "Preparation work is on the right track and will be sped up next year," the Organizing Committee for the …

Games well on track for 2022
8 years, 2 months ago

Games well on track for 2022

China Daily  

Young people learn to play hockey at an ice rink in Zhangjiakou, Hebei province, last summer. Like a skillful slalom by an Olympic skier, Beijing has made good progress preparing to host the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, officials said. "Preparation work is on the right track and will be sped up next year," the Organizing Committee for the …

Beijing gearing up for green, clean Winter Olympics in 2022, Xi says
8 years, 2 months ago

Beijing gearing up for green, clean Winter Olympics in 2022, Xi says

China Daily  

President Xi Jinping and IOC President Thomas Bach look at the badminton racket of former world champion Li Lingwei at the Olympic Museum in Lausanne on Wednesday. While meeting with Thomas Bach, president of the International Olympic Committee, at the committee's headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland, Xi said Beijing will host a green, open-minded and corruption-free Olympic event in a shared …

Winter sports here to stay, expansion plans show[1]- Chinadaily.com.cn
8 years, 4 months ago

Winter sports here to stay, expansion plans show[1]- Chinadaily.com.cn

China Daily  

Photo taken at the Beijing Primary and Secondary School Hockey League on April 24, 2016. As China unveils ambitious plans to boost the winter sports industry with preparations for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics ramping up, observers are calling for solid planning and training to ensure even implementation and sustainability long after the Games are over. The country is planning …

Olympic Organizers In Tokyo Consider Costs Ahead Of 2020 Games
8 years, 5 months ago

Olympic Organizers In Tokyo Consider Costs Ahead Of 2020 Games

NPR  

Olympic Organizers In Tokyo Consider Costs Ahead Of 2020 Games It can cost billions to put on the Olympic games. Those high costs can be a burden to host cities and will be among the topics discussed Tuesday when International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach meets with organizers in Tokyo, home of the 2020 games. KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: In Tokyo …

Back to Beijing for 2nd Olympics in 14 years
9 years, 7 months ago

Back to Beijing for 2nd Olympics in 14 years

Associated Press  

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Throughout more than 120 years of Olympic history, no city has hosted both the winter and summer games. “We know China will deliver on its promises.” The IOC’s secret vote was conducted by paper ballot, after the first electronic vote experienced technical faults with the voting tablets and was not counted. “Gee, you wouldn’t have picked …

Beijing to host 2022 Winter Olympics
9 years, 7 months ago

Beijing to host 2022 Winter Olympics

Daily Mail  

Beijing has been awarded the right to host the 2022 Winter Olympics and will become the first city to host both the summer and winter editions of the Games - despite a reliance on fake snow. Pictured - the Yanqing mountains: There is no snow on the mountains where much of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics will take pklace The …

Beijing makes it, again![1]- Chinadaily.com.cn
9 years, 7 months ago

Beijing makes it, again![1]- Chinadaily.com.cn

China Daily  

Thomas Bach President of the International Olympic Committee announces Beijing as the city to host the the 2022 Winter Olympics during the 128th International Olympic Committee Session, in Malaysia's capital city of Kuala Lumpur July 31, 2015. Beijing has become the first city to host both Summer and Winter Olympic Games after beating Kazakhstan's Almaty to hold the 2022 Winter …

Beijing 2022 will usher in 'new era' of figure skating culture in China[2]- Chinadaily.com.cn
9 years, 8 months ago

Beijing 2022 will usher in 'new era' of figure skating culture in China[2]- Chinadaily.com.cn

China Daily  

However, since finding out that their nation's capital was bidding for the 2022 Olympic Winter Games, the two have focused all of their efforts on stirring excitement and enthusiasm for the bid through numerous skating and charitable events. "Since retiring, we have spent the past five years doing everything we can to bring this 'new era' of Chinese figure skating …

An economical Olympic Games benefits both China and Olympic Movement
9 years, 9 months ago

An economical Olympic Games benefits both China and Olympic Movement

China Daily  

BEIJING -- Beijing 2022 has promised to host an "economical" Winter Games, which will benefit both China and the Olympic Movement, if Beijing wins the bid at the International Olympic Committee 128th Session on July 31. Beijing 2022's concepts of hosting an "athlete-centered, sustainable and economical" Games fully comply with the IOC's 40-point reform package, which was approved at the …

Beijing showcases Olympic exhibits and visions[1]- Chinadaily.com.cn
9 years, 9 months ago

Beijing showcases Olympic exhibits and visions[1]- Chinadaily.com.cn

China Daily  

This photo shows a sandbox model at the expo of Beijing Candidate City's bid for the 2022 Winter Olympic games at the Palace hotel in Lausanne, Switzerland, on June 10, 2015. In a presentation room at Lausanne's Palace Hotela which is adjacent to the IOC headquarters, 3D interactive models of three Olympic venues in Beijing, Yanqing and Zhangjiakou, and a …

Beijing bid team puts strong case for 2022 Games[1]- Chinadaily.com.cn
9 years, 9 months ago

Beijing bid team puts strong case for 2022 Games[1]- Chinadaily.com.cn

China Daily  

China's vice premier Liu Yandong speaks at the briefing for International Olympic Committee members by the 2022 Winter Olympic Games candidate city of Beijing at the Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland, June 9, 2015. Chinese vice premier Liu Yandong reiterated Beijing’s offer of assured delivery and great prospects for winter sports during a presentation to the International Olympic Committee at …

Guide to IOC President Thomas Bach’s reform plans
10 years, 3 months ago

Guide to IOC President Thomas Bach’s reform plans

Associated Press  

MONACO — The International Olympic Committee will vote Monday and Tuesday on President Thomas Bach’s “Olympic Agenda 2020" reform package. ___ SPORTS PROGRAM The IOC will apply limits of 10,500 athletes, 5,000 accredited coaches and officials and 310 medal events for the Summer Games, and 2,900 athletes, 2,000 accredited personnel and 100 medal events for the Winter Olympics. ___ TV …

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