Beijing organizing the Winter Olympics 2022 – Helsingborgs Dagblad

– There will not be any snow beside the slopes. This will be brown, brown, brown, says an anonymous IOC delegates of what to expect in Beijing.

Human rights organizations had before the Friday’s vote directed criticism against the remaining candidates and pointed to defaults other than sporting. For example, human rights violations, persecution of dissidents and the wretched conditions of journalists in both China and Kazakhstan.

– Given the human rights abuses that resulted from the 2008 Olympics, the monitors are in place To prevent it from happening again, says Eduard Nazarski, chairman of Amnesty in the Netherlands.

The two final candidates had different strengths organizer terms. Beijing was the safe option, with a stable economy and growth in the country, as well as experience in the hosting of the Summer Olympics in 2008 – while Almaty tried to charm the IOC with a beautiful winter landscape at Mount Tianshan.

The choice was economically strong and experienced Beijing, which with Friday’s election is historic as the first city to host both the summer and winter games.

But there are Challenges .

– There is a lack of tradition in winter sports, distance, speed trains, new ski areas must be established, they have huge technological challenges ahead. But there is probably no one who hesitates because they will solve it in the best way, says Swedish Olympic Committee chairman Stefan Lindeberg to SVT.

Beijing will use the National Stadium, known as Bird’s Nest – which, among other things, housed the athletes and the opening and closing ceremony of the summer

Olympics and Paralympics in 2088 – even in the Winter Olympics 2022nd

The branches that require good access to the snow comes probably settled in the Zhangjiakou, ski resort located about twenty mil north of Beijing. A high-speed railway which is planned to be built in 2017 will shorten the travel time between the cities to just over forty minutes.