Olympics-Canada and U.S. rivalry heats up Beijing Winter Games
By Steve Keating
Summer Olympics Sport News
Canada and US rivalry heats up Beijing Winter Games
BEIJING : As sporting rivalries go the United States and Canada does not reach the intensity of Argentina and Brazil but when it comes to Winter Olympics the North American neighbours turn the heat up.
Winter Olympics 2022 – Beijing welcomes the world on Friday with the opening ceremony
Friday February 4 2022 will be a very special day in China, as the Beijing’s National Stadium – aka the Bird’s Nest — hosts the Winter Olympics 2022 opening ceremony. It is almost 14 years since the Chinese capital hosted the Summer Olympics in 2008, and the event marks the official start of the games, despite the action actually getting underway on Wednesday.
Beijing Olympics venues could be 50 percent full, official says
A senior Olympics official said Tuesday that venues at the Beijing Winter Games could be up to 50 percent full, countering fears that Covid-19 would lead to a second consecutive Games without spectators.
EXPLAINER: The Winter Games, a different kind of Olympics
BEIJING (AP) — The first so-called modern Olympics took place in 1896 in Athens. But the inaugural Winter Olympics were not held until 1924 in Chamonix, France.
Beijing Games organisers hope to have 30% capacity in venues
BEIJING: Organisers of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics are hoping for stadium capacities of at least 30 per cent despite China's enforcement of tight regulations to contain the spread of the COVID-19 virus, the International Olympic Committee said on Tuesday.
Beijing Games organisers hope to have 30per cent capacity in venues
BEIJING : Organisers of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics are hoping for stadium capacities of at least 30per cent despite China's enforcement of tight regulations to contain the spread of the COVID-19 virus, the International Olympic Committee said on Tuesday.