Read more… Vincent Zhou, of the United States, competes in the men’s team free skate program during the figure skating competition at the 2022 Olympic Winter Games. The day before, only person - not an athlete - tested positive among stakeholders. On February 16, the organizing committee reported that for the first time during the Games, there were no positive tests in the so-called closed loop that is governing the rules of engagement for all Olympic participants on site. Read More … As the Beijing Olympics Wind Down, so do Positive COVID TestsĪs the Olympic Winter Games finish off their final week in Beijing, organizers are reporting that the COVID-19 countermeasures put in place for all arriving participants and stakeholders appear to be having the intended effect. And with the Salt Lake City-Utah Committee for the Games ramping up its engagement and preparation as a leading candidate to host the 2030 Winter Games, the ban on foreign fans in Beijing has resulted in even more attention paid to Utah than first planned. Photo by Matt Traub/SportsTravelįamilies have descended for watch parties every night in Park City, Utah, where the region is not only celebrating the local athletes competing in Beijing but the 20th anniversary of the state’s hosting the Winter Games in 2002. Fraser Bullock, left, Mitt Romney, center, and Olympic legend Eric Heiden talk during an event in Park City. When Beijing’s organizers decided to ban foreign spectators from attending the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, it shone an even brighter spotlight on a previous host - with many hoping that it can repeat those hosting duties in the future. How Utah Capitalized on Beijing’s Olympic Spectator Ban And follow along here for the latest news, notes, quotes and behind-the-scenes information including reports live from China.
SportsTravel’s Olympic coverage - which will include on-site reports - addresses several storylines ahead of the Opening Ceremonies on February 4. adults were aware the next Olympic Games were scheduled for 2022, while only 21 percent correctly identified Beijing as the host. Even NBC has been downgrading some of its ratings guarantees to commercial sponsors when the 100-day milestone was celebrated, a Morning Consult poll showed 26 percent of U.S. In the Olympic coverage preceding this year’s Games, very little of it has been focused on the athletes. Beijing was awarded this year’s Games in 2005, beating Almaty, Kazakhstan in a two-city race.īetween the controversies surrounding the host to a pandemic still ongoing after two years, there has never been an Olympic Winter and Paralympic Games like this. The Olympics have returned to Beijing less than 14 years after it hosted the 2008 Summer Games, making this year’s host city the first to be the site for both the Winter and Summer Games. Welcome to the latest from SportsTravel on the 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games from Beijing.
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