FILE PHOTO: Workers install a Beijing 2022 emblem for a countdown clock to mark the number of days till the opening ceremony of the 2022 Winter Olympic Games, in Zhangjiakou, Hebei province, China May 8, 2019. REUTERS/Stringer BEIJING: China's capital Beijing will hold its first test event for the 2022 Winter Olympics in February, when it hosts an Alpine
What’s New: At the Apsara Conference 2019, Intel and Alibaba Cloud signed a strategic memorandum of understand (MoU). They announced the organizations would work closely on technology solutions in a variety of areas, including 3D Athlete Tracking (3DAT) for the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, as well as 360 8K virtual reality (VR), 3D digital twinning and cloud
IOC News IOC ACTIVITIES PRESIDENT The IOC President, Thomas Bach, was in Beijing, where he attended the official unveiling ceremony for the mascot of the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022. The mascot is a cheerful panda called Bing Dwen Dwen. Speaking at the ceremony, the President said: “Everywhere you go, you can feel the excitement and the anticipation
Beijing 2022 A cheerful panda called Bing Dwen Dwen has been chosen as the Olympic mascot for the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022. The new Olympic mascot will serve as an ambassador for winter sports, bringing joy to those who participate in and watch the Olympic Winter Games. “Bing” means ice and also symbolises purity and strength, and “Dwen Dwen”
China ramping for large-scale 5G deployment More than 10,000 5G base stations will be deployed in China’s capital Beijing by the end of the year, Chinese press reported, citing Beijing’s municipal telecom authorities As of July, the capital city had already constructed over 7,800 5G base stations, mainly located in its urban core zones and the venues of the
Workers install a Beijing 2022 emblem for a countdown clock to mark the number of days till the opening ceremony of the 2022 Winter Olympic Games, in Zhangjiakou, Hebei province, China, May 8, 2019. [Photo/Agencies] BEIJING -- The first test event for the Beijing Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games is set to be held in February 2020, the Beijing major
A convertible rink for the curling events at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games is expected to be completed by the end of this month, it has been claimed. As reported by China.org.cn , this is according to the Beijing Municipal Commission of Development and Reform. Work begun at the end of last year to transform China's National Aquatics
Beijing 2022 Worldwide Olympic Partner Alibaba Group has been named as the Ticketing Systems and Services Provider for the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 by the IOC and the Organising Committee (OCOG). The Beijing 2022 ticketing programme will harness Alibaba’s technological and data expertise, ensuring a fully digitally enabled ticketing programme and
The Beijing 2022 Organizing Committee announced on its official website that licensed manufacturers and retailers had been solicited for the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games on Monday, and set the deadline for applications a week from today Beijing, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - APP - 16th Jul, 2019 ) :The Beijing 2022 Organizing Committee announced
Chinese organisers of the 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games will get the opportunity to show off the environmentally-friendly technology it plans to use when the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Coordination Commission starts its fourth visit here tomorrow. The ice venues in the Chinese capital are to be equipped with natural CO2 refrigeration
Beijing 2022 In a landmark decision guided by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), natural CO2 refrigeration systems will be used in most of the Beijing 2022 ice venues. This will decrease the overall carbon footprint of the Olympic Games Beijing 2022. The decision has been announced by the Beijing 2022 Organising Committee, as it joins the UN Sports
The official emblems of the Beijing 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games are on display at the Beijing National Aquatics Center, also known as the Water Cube, in Beijing, China, Aug 7, 2018. [Photo/IC] GENEVA - IOC President Thomas Bach said Thursday that he has no concern at all about the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games, as his committee is perfectly
The race track being built to host bobsleigh, skeleton and luge events at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games will be first of its kind in the world to span 360 degrees, it has been confirmed. The Xiaohaituo Bobsleigh, Skeleton and Luge Track is due cover an area of 125,937 square metres with a vertical drop of 127 meters, according to project contractor
Share With three years to go for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games, China is continuing its efforts to encourage widespread participation. With this in mind, a franchise forum with the theme "Inheritance and Innovation" was held at Beijing's Shougang Park on Friday, setting the stage for the unveiling of a new licensed product, "the Golden Key." The key
Aerial photo taken on May 10 shows that the Olympic Village is under construction in Chongli, north China's Hebei Province. (Xinhua/Yang Shiyao) Competition venues in Zhangjiakou, the northern co-host city of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, will meet the standards for holding test events by the end of this year. Main construction projects in Zhangjiakou,
IOC News IOC activities President From 4 to 11 May, IOC President Thomas Bach was on a trip through Oceania including attending SportAccord 2019. After a stop in Sydney (Australia), he travelled to Brisbane, then Gold Coast in Queensland, before going to Papua New Guinea, Palau and Guam. On 4 May, in Sydney, the IOC President addressed the Annual General
Picture shows the official renderings of the Winter Olympic Village of the 2022 Winter Olympic Games, in Beijing, China. According to an exclusive interview on Thursday with Xu Zhijun, deputy secretary of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, the preparation work is so far going smoothly in terms of many aspects
Rendering of the National Sliding Center, a venue for the 2022 Winter Olympics, show a scale and design representing a mythical Chinese dragon. (Photo/China Daily) (ECNS) -- A full circle track spanning the mountain ridges to resemble the shape of a mythical Chinese dragon will be built for the bobsleigh, skeleton and luge events of the Beijing 2022 Winter
(The China Daily/ANN) – Beijing will step up its efforts to ensure that the 2022 Winter Olympic Games become part of the city's heritage, not only in terms of sports and the economy, but in the event's social and environmental impact, as well as urban and regional development. A newly released plan, called the "Strategic Plan for the Heritage of the Beijing
A Shangri-La hotel scheduled for completion and operations in Beijing’s Shougang Industrial Park at the end of 2021 has been designated the official hotel and event reception venue for the 2022 Winter Olympic Games. It follows the announcement of cooperation between Shougang Group and Shangri-La Group on the hotel project. As reported by eTurboNews , the
PyeongChang Winter Olympics France Télévisions has signed a deal with Discovery to sub-license exclusive free-to-air French broadcasting rights to the Olympic Games for Beijing 2022 and Paris 2024 from Eurosport, Discovery’s leading sports brand. Under the deal, France Télévisions will broadcast the 2022 and 2024 Olympic Games , as well as extended coverage,
