Beijing, China, has been awarded the rights to hold the 2022 Olympic as well as Paralympic winter season Games, beating Almaty, Kazakhstan, by four votes in a firmly fought contest. When it hosts, Beijing will ended up being the very first city to have held both the winter season as well as summertime Games.

The worldwide Olympic committee awarded Beijing the games on a 44-40 vote at a session held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Beijing’s suggested budget plan for the Olympic villages, sports venues as well as other infrastructure totals $1.5 billion in a style that will utilize a few of the venues from the 2008 Olympic summertime Games. The quote called for three clusters of events, including a downtown cluster that would function venues such as the Bird’s Nest that served as the location for track as well as field, as well as the opening as well as closing ceremonies in 2008. The Yanqing zone, about 40 miles from Beijing, will hold alpine as well as sliding events. The Zhangjiakou region at the foot of the excellent wall of China, an area about 90 miles from Beijing, will hold snowboarding, freestyle skiing, cross-country, ski jumping, Nordic as well as biathlon events. All zones will be linked by a organized high-speed bullet train.

In a statement, the Beijing quote committee congratulated Almaty for its effort as well as stated it was looking ahead to holding the Games. “We are honored as well as humbled by the worldwide Olympic Committee’s decision to award Beijing the 2022 Olympic as well as Paralympic winter season Games. It is with an amazing sense of enjoyment that we reveal our thanks to the IOC as well as the larger Olympic Movement. just just like the Beijing 2008 summertime Games, the Olympic household has put its belief in Beijing once again to provide the athlete-centered, sustainable as well as cost-effective games we have promised. This will be a unforgettable event at the foot of the excellent wall for the whole Olympic family, the athletes as well as the spectators that will even more improve the remarkable prospective to grow winter season sports in our country, in Asia as well as around the world.”

In addition, the IOC awarded Lausanne, Switzerland, the rights to hold the 2020 winter season youth Olympic Games. Lausanne beat out a quote from Brasov, Romania, on a 71-10 vote. much more than 1,000 athletes ranging in age from 15 to 18 are expected to contend at the event.

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