Episode 1739
2022 Winter Olympics
Sat, 2022-Feb-05 02:52 UTC
Length - 3:03
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The 2022 Winter Olympics (Chinese: 2022年冬季奥运会; pinyin: Èr Líng Èr'èr Nián Dōngjì Àoyùnhuì), officially called the XXIV Olympic Winter Games (Chinese: 第二十四届冬季奥林匹克运动会; pinyin: Dì Èrshísì Jiè Dōngjì Àolínpǐkè Yùndònghuì) and commonly known as Beijing 2022 (Chinese: 北京2022; pinyin: Běijīng Èr Líng Èr'èr), is an ongoing international winter multi-sport event Beijing, China is the main host with Chongli District acting as subsite. The games officially opened on 4 February with preliminary events beginning on 2 February. Beijing was selected as host city in July 2015 at the 128th IOC Session in Kuala Lumpur. The 2022 Winter Olympics will be the first Winter Olympic Games in China, the second overall Olympics in China, and the last of three consecutive Olympics in East Asia (after the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, and the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan). Beijing will be the first city to have hosted both the Summer and Winter Olympics: four existing indoor venues originally constructed for the 2008 Summer Olympics will be used while the Beijing National Stadium will again host the opening and closing ceremonies. Beijing is the largest city to host the Winter Olympics.
The 2022 Games are subject to various concerns and controversies including those related to human rights violations in China, including the Uyghur genocide, which has led to calls for a boycott of the games. Like the Summer Olympics held six months earlier in Tokyo, the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in the implementation of health and safety protocols including restrictions on public attendance at the Games.
This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 02:52 UTC on Saturday, 5 February 2022.
For the full current version of the article, see 2022 Winter Olympics on Wikipedia.
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