Beijing 2022 Olympic Games, officially opened, are now a reality: “The Olympics represent humanity at its best”
Games will run until February 20. Fourteen years after China hosted its first Olympic Games in the blazing heat of summer, the Bird’s Nest once again put on a spectacular show.
COVID-19 and travel disruptions limit 139th IOC Session in Beijing
In an unprecedented move, the IOC will hold two days of meetings on the sidelines of the Beijing Games, then gather again later this year.
Tony Estanguet, leader of Paris 2024, catches Covid and cannot travel to the Beijing 2022 Games
Princess Anne of England will also not be at the Winter Olympics due to “travel restrictions”, and will participate via online in the IOC Session, as happened in Tokyo.
Thomas Bach praises the Winter Games as a “a very safe environment”: “The nervousness is more back home and the roads to Beijing”
In an interview with Around the Rings, the IOC president revealed that Beijing 2022 will feature foreign spectators residing in China, elaborated on details of his meeting with Peng Shuai and discussed the possibility of a woman succeeding him in 2025.
President of Argentina believes Beijing 2022 will be a success: “It is an absolutely good thing for the world that China will host the Games under this global context”
Alberto Fernandez will be in Beijing on February 4 to attend the opening of the Games, and two days later she will meet with her counterpart, Xi Jinping. Before arriving in China, Fernandez will visit Vladimir Putin in Moscow, who is being targeted by the West and NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) for the threat of invasion to Ukraine’s territory.
The Peng Shuai conundrum continues to complicate world sport - and Beijing 2022 is just around the corner
Australian Open’s initial decision and rectification confirms how difficult it is to handle extra-sporting issues today, but also that 2022 is the worst year for the tournament in terms of public image.
BEHIND THE SCENES: The “Chinese years” come to an end in a month, but the legacy for the Olympic world is already clear
Those years had a decisive influence on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and on the two presidents who had to manage Juan Antonio Samaranch’s legacy.
THE HULA REPORT: Olympic Pause for Russia Ukraine Drama
Russian President Vladimir Putin plays a game of three dimensional chess over Ukraine. The Olympics are part of the strategy. If history provides any lessons, look to the Sochi 2014 Games.
Laura Chinchilla bets that Beijing 2022 will be “a success” based on Tokyo’s recipe: “Technology and very clear rules”.
Chinchilla, an IOC Member, was president of Costa Rica between 2010 and 2014, the first in the history of her country and the fifth in the history of Latin America to have been elected head of state.
USA requests visas for 18 officials to the Beijing 2022 Games after diplomatic boycott
South China Morning Post assures that the visas would be for three months and the officials would provide support in the security of the US delegation.
