Christopher Dolby, executive director of the Olympic Department of the International Olympic Committee, said in an interview that the operation since the start of the Winter Olympic Games has been very successful. This kind of success that Dolby said is a systematic success, very successful in all aspects, from the organization of the event to the details of the arrangement, and even the responsibilities of each person are handled very well, making the whole system work very well.
Dolby specifically mentioned one thing, IOC President Bach, who starts with a very important tournament coordination meeting every morning. It's a routine meeting, it's critical, it has to be held every morning, and the day's work is sorted out and arranged. But a few days ago, Bach had rarely canceled this daily coordination meeting.
It was cancelled because Bach was reassured about Beijing. Dolby emphasizes that it illustrates the quality of the organization of the event and the attention to detail. The quality of the organization is high, and all the details are taken into account, and the IOC can only pick and choose, because there is nothing to arrange.
Dolby recalled Beijing's bid to host the Winter Olympics, when he followed the evaluation team to China. The planning at that time impressed Dolby and made him feel incredible. When the Beijing Winter Olympics began, Dolby was even more incredible. Because under normal circumstances, in order to successfully bid, countries plan very well, will show the best possible side, and even over-package and boast.
Dolby as the old man of the International Olympic Committee, this kind of thing has seen a lot, when bidding for a variety of blows, after getting the right to host, it is another matter, and after the start of the event, there may be a big gap with the original plan. There is also a gap between the Beijing Winter Olympics and the original plan proposed to the International Olympic Committee, but this gap is not shrinking, but exceeding expectations.
This is what makes Dolby unbelievable, the planning is already incredible, the actual implementation has exceeded expectations, and naturally more incredible. You know, this is a global large-scale event held in the context of the new crown epidemic, China has not only achieved the degree of making the Olympic Committee "nothing to do", but also done a very good job in epidemic prevention, it can be said that no second country in the world can do it.
Epidemic prevention work is also a highlight of this Winter Olympic Games, and China's high-tech prevention and control measures are refreshing. Dolby said the IOC had never worried about the postponement of the Beijing Winter Olympics and had never had any doubts about Beijing's scheduled Winter Olympics. It should be noted that the current international epidemic situation is quite complex, much more severe than the situation at last year's Tokyo Olympics.
First of all, at the time of the Tokyo Olympic Games, there was no highly contagious mutant strain of Omicron, and the difficulty of epidemic prevention work at that time was relatively small. Second, there were not many countries that "coexisted with the new crown virus" at that time, and many countries are now completely open.
Against this backdrop, the IOC still has no doubts about China's successful hosting of the Winter Olympics, which is indeed beyond expectations. This is also evident in the praise of athletes from all over the world. Dolby said no athletes had raised any criticisms, their faces were full of smiles and they had been praised by athletes for everything from the venue to the quality of their accommodation.
Athletes are satisfied, the IOC is naturally "unemployed", do not need them to help athletes coordinate anything, they can enjoy the event, rather than with the mood of work to participate in the Winter Olympics.