The 2022 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XXIV Olympic Winter Games (French: Les XXIVème Jeux olympiques d'hiver; Chinese: ??????????????; pinyin: Dì Èrshísì Jiè D?ngjì Àolínp?kè Yùndònghuì), and commonly known as Beijing 2022, is an international winter multi-sport event that is scheduled to take place from 4 to 20 February 2022, in Beijing and towns in the neighboring Hebei province, People's Republic of China.
Beijing was elected as the host city in July 2015 at the 128th IOC Session in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. These Games will be the first Winter Olympics ever to be held in China, and the last of three consecutive Olympics to be held in East Asia, following the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, and the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Beijing will be the first city ever to have hosted both the Summer and Winter Olympics, having previously hosted the 2008 Summer Olympics. There are plans to utilize many of the same indoor venues that were used in 2008, as well as using the Beijing National Stadium for the opening and closing ceremonies.
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Bidding
The bidding calendar was announced by the IOC in October 2012, with the application deadline set for 14 November 2013. The IOC Executive Board reviewed the bids from all applicant cities on 7 July 2014, and selected three cities, Oslo (Norway), Almaty (Kazakhstan) and Beijing (China) as the final candidates.
Several cities withdrew their applications during the bidding process, citing the high costs or the lack of local support for hosting the Games. Oslo, which had been considered a frontrunner, withdrew its bid after the Norwegian parliament voted against an IOC-mandated government funding package. Public reception to the bid had been negative due to cost concerns after the cost overruns of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, and objections to the hospitality demands made by the IOC.
Beijing was selected as host city of the 2022 Winter Olympics after beating Almaty by four votes on 31 July 2015 at the 128th IOC Session in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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Venues
In Beijing, five ice events will be held at the Olympic Sports Centre, the Capital Indoor Stadium and the Beijing Wukesong Sports Center, which were some of the main venues of the 2008 Summer Olympics. Competitions for luge, bobsleigh and alpine skiing will be held in Xiaohaituo Mountain area in Yanqing, northwest of Beijing, 90 kilometres (56 miles) away from the city center, using artificial snow because of the rarity of natural snow in this region. All other skiing events will be held in Taizicheng Area in Chongli, Zhangjiakou, 220 km (140 mi) from downtown Beijing and 130 km (81 mi) away from Xiaohaituo Mountain Area.
The Big Air snowboarding events will be held in a new area of urban development in Shijingshan District.
Beijing cluster
- Olympic Green venues
- Beijing National Aquatics Center - curling / 4,000 existing/renovated
- Beijing National Indoor Stadium - ice hockey / 18,000 existing
- Beijing National Stadium - opening and closing ceremonies / 80,000 existing
- Beijing Olympic Village
- National Speed Skating Oval - speed skating / 12,000 new
- China National Convention Center - MPC/IBC / existing
- Other venues
- Capital Indoor Stadium - figure skating, short track speed skating / 15,000 existing
- Wukesong Sports Centre - ice hockey / 10,000 existing
- Shijingshan District - snowboarding (Big Air) - TBA new
Yanqing cluster
- Xiaohaituo Alpine Skiing Field - alpine skiing 15,000
- Xiaohaituo Bobsleigh, skeleton and Luge Track - bobsleigh, luge, skeleton / 5,000 new
- Yanqing MMC: Media Center
- Yanqing Olympic Village / new
Zhangjiakou cluster
Chongli
The town of Chongli in Zhangjiakou, Hebei Province, will stage most of the skiing events during the 2022 Winter Olympics. The ski resort earned over 1.54 billion yuan (US$237.77 million) in tourism during the 2015-16 snow season for a 31.6% growth over the previous season. In 2016, it was announced that Chongli received 2.185 million tourists, an increase of 30% from the previous season, during the first snow season after the winning the Olympic bid. The snow season lasted for five months from November, during which Chongli has hosted 36 competitions and activities, such as Far East Cup and Children Skiing International Festival. A total of 23 skiing camps have also been set up, attracting the participation of 3,800 youths. All venue construction started in November 2016 and will be finished by the end of 2020 to enable the city to hold test events.
- Kuyangshu Nordic Center and Biathlon Center - cross-country skiing, Nordic combined (cross-country skiing) 15,000
- Kuyangshu Ski Jumping Field - ski jumping, Nordic combined (ski jumping) 10,000
- Hualindong Ski Resort - biathlon 15,000
- Genting Hotel - Media Center
- Genting Snow Park - snowboarding (slopestyle, halfpipe), freestyle skiing 5,000
- Taiwu Ski Resort - snowboarding (cross), freestyle skiing 10,000
- Wanlong Ski Resort - snowboarding (parallel slalom) 5,000
- Zhangjiakou Olympic Village
Transport
The new Beijing-Zhangjiakou intercity railway will be built, starting from Beijing North Railway Station, and ending at Zhangjiakou South Railway Station. It will be built for speeds of up to 350 km/h (217 mph), and travel time from Beijing to Zhangjiakou is estimated to be around 50 minutes.
The Beijing Subway is expected to continue expanding and is projected to have at least 24 lines by 2022. There are also planned upgrades to expressway and highway networks.
A new airport for Beijing and the region, provisionally named the Beijing Daxing International Airport, is due to open by 2019. The airport will replace the Beijing Nanyuan Airport and operate together with the Beijing Capital International Airport.
Budget
The estimated budget for the games is US$3.9 billion, less than one-tenth of the $43 billion spent on the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Sports
The 2022 Winter Olympics are tentatively scheduled to include events in at least 15 sports.
New events
In October 2016, the International Ski Federation (FIS) announced plans to begin sanctioning women's competitions in Nordic combined, with a goal for the discipline to be contested at the Olympic level for the first time in Beijing. In November 2017, a further three events were put forward by the FIS for possible Olympic inclusion: a ski jumping mixed team competition and men's and women's big air in freestyle skiing.
The International Luge Federation (FIL) has proposed the addition of a total of six new events. This includes adding natural track luge (men's and women's singles), a women's doubles competition on the artificial track, and sprint events (men, women, and doubles) on the artificial track.
The International Skating Union (ISU) has proposed the addition of synchronized skating as an event within the discipline of figure skating. They are also proposing a new short track speed skating team event.
In biathlon, a single mixed relay has been proposed by the International Biathlon Union (IBU) to complement the four-person mixed relay which featured at the 2018 Winter Olympics. Also, a new team event has been proposed by the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF).
Marketing
Branding
The official emblem "Winter Dream" (??) was unveiled on December 15, 2017 at the Beijing National Aquatics Center. The emblem is a stylized rendition of the character "?" (Winter) inspired by winter snow, with a ribbon motif. The top is meant to resemble a skater and the bottom is meant to resemble a skier. The emblem also features the Olympic colors (except black) and the Chinese flag colors. The emblem was designed by Lin Cunzhen who also created the Nanjing 2014 logo.
Mascot
The mascot(s) for the 2022 Games will be unveiled in 2020.
Broadcasting
In some countries, broadcast rights to the 2022 Winter Olympics are already agreed through existing long-term deals. In France and the United Kingdom, these are the first Games where Eurosport will be the main rightsholder; the BBC will sub-license a limited amount of coverage on free-to-air television, as part of a deal in which the BBC sold the pay-TV rights to the 2018 and 2020 Games to Eurosport.
- Armenia - APMTV
- Asia - Dentsu (Rights to be sold to local broadcasters)
- Brazil - Grupo Globo
- Canada - CBC/Radio-Canada, TSN, RDS
- China - CCTV
- Europe - Discovery Communications, Eurosport (free-to-air rights to be sold to local broadcasters)
- Germany - ARD, ZDF
- Hungary - MTVA
- Japan - Japan Consortium
- Kosovo - RTK
- Latin America - América Móvil
- MENA - beIN Sports
- New Zealand - Sky Television
- North Korea - SBS
- Oceania - Sky Television
- South Africa - SABC, SuperSport
- South Korea - SBS
- Sub-Saharan Africa - Econet Media, SuperSport
- United States - NBCUniversal
- United Kingdom - Eurosport, BBC
In the United States, the Games will be broadcast once again by NBCUniversal properties as part of its multi-year agreement with the IOC. Super Bowl LVI (the championship game of the National Football League's 2021 season) is provisionally scheduled for 6 February 2022, meaning that the Super Bowl would occur during an ongoing Olympics for the first time in its history. Super Bowl games have frequently been among the most-watched television broadcasts in the United States annually. Under the NFL's television contracts, rights to the Super Bowl rotate between the three networks CBS, Fox and NBC; Super Bowl LVI is scheduled to be broadcast by CBS. Competition between these two major sporting events is expected to have an impact on viewership numbers. The last Super Bowl that was held during a Winter Olympic year, Super Bowl LII in 2018, took place on the Sunday before the Games.
Concerns and controversies
Critics questioned the Beijing bid, citing that the proposed outdoor venue sites do not have reliable snowfall in winter for snow sports. Concerns have been raised that snow may need to be transported to the venues at great cost and with uncertain environmental consequences.
The environmental impact of hosting the games near Beijing has been questioned. Some of the proposed venues will be adjacent to the Beijing Songshan National Nature Reserve and part of the same mountain system, and the environmental impact on the nature reserve of construction, and artificially covering parts of the mountain with snow, is uncertain. The Chinese government responded to these concerns by expanding the adjacent Beijing Songshan National Nature Reserve by 31% of its original size.
See also
- Asian Games celebrated in China
- 1990 Asian Games - Beijing
- 2010 Asian Games - Guangzhou
- 2022 Asian Games - Hangzhou
- Olympic Games celebrated in China
- 2008 Summer Olympics - Beijing
- 2022 Winter Olympics - Beijing
- Paralympic Games celebrated in China
- 2008 Summer Paralympics - Beijing
- 2022 Winter Paralympics - Beijing
- Universiade celebrated in China
- 2001 Summer Universiade - Beijing
- 2009 Winter Universiade - Harbin
- 2011 Summer Universiade - Shenzhen
- Youth Olympic Games celebrated in China
- 2014 Summer Youth Olympics - Nanjing
- Beijing Organising Committee for the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games
References
External links
- Beijing 2022
- Beijing 2022 (IOC)
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