"The Beijing Winter Olympics will permanently change the scale of winter sports," said IOC President Bach on the eve of the opening of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.
Agence France-Presse reported on the 3rd that although it is not traditionally a winter sports country, China hopes that hosting the Winter Olympics will encourage 300 million people to "fall in love with ice and snow", Bach said at an International Olympic Committee meeting held in Beijing on the same day that this goal has been "surpassed", "Today we can say: China is a winter sports country", he said, "For a safe and successful Winter Olympics, everything is ready".
In addition, the artificial ski resort of the Beijing Winter Olympics has attracted much attention from athletes and foreign media. Agence France-Presse said that on the 3rd, many foreign athletes tried training at the National Alpine Ski Center in Yanqing for the first time. Norwegian athlete Alexander Omot Hield said the tracks of the Beijing Winter Olympics were different from the World Cup and that "mobility feels good". Austrian athlete Vincent Krishmayr called the track "stunning" and "one of the best snowy environments I've ever seen".
Source: Global Times Global Network
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