There are just weeks until the start of the Winter Olympic in Beijing, the second Games to be held in the middle of the pandemic after last year’s Summer Olympics in Tokyo
Beijing will become the first city to host both the Summer and Winter Games following its Olympic debut in 2008, and last month, organizers said preparation was “very much on track” for the Games to be delivered as planned.
But it hasn’t been straightforward. As with last year’s Summer Olympics, a raft of Covid-19 countermeasures have been put in place ahead of the Games, which will again take place in a Covid-safe “bubble” system.
When the Games do finally get underway with the opening ceremony on February 4 — lasting until the closing ceremony on February 20 — close to 3,000 athletes will compete in 15 disciplines across 109 events.
Beijing will then also host the Paralympic Games, which run from March 4-13.
Post time: Jan-18-2022