China talks up chances of 2022 bid
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CHINA insisted they would present a compelling case to host the country’s first ever Winter Games in 2022 even though it would be the third consecutive Olympics in east Asia.
Five cities are in the running to host the event in eight years’ time — Almaty in Kazakhstan, Beijing, Poland’s Krakow, Lviv in Ukraine and Oslo in Norway. But China faces an uphill task as the next Winter Games take place in South Korea’s Pyeongchang and the 2020 summer games will be held in Japanese capital Tokyo.
Ice sports would be held in the nation’s capital while snow events would take place in Zhangjiakou in the neighboring Hebei Province.
“The Winter Olympics have not yet been staged in China, the most populous country in the world,” Beijing Vice Mayor Yang Xiaochao said.
“We hope to fulfil the dream of hosting both the Summer and Winter Olympics in the same city,” he added.
The Chinese delegation said facilities built for the 2008 Olympics would be re-used. A high-speed railway linking Beijing with Zhangjiakou will be built regardless of whether the bid is successful.
“I believe that bidding itself is beneficial and participation is rewarding. Regardless of the result we will continue to implement related plans,” said Yang.
When asked whether he was concerned that the 2022 Games came hard on the heels of Games in South Korea and Japan, Chinese Olympic Committee Vice President Yang Shu’an said all they could do was to do their job. “What we are doing now is to make sure we are fully prepared ourselves and we hope that the IOC will be able to choose the most suitable city and we’re trying to make every effort to become the most suitable city.”
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