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IOC commission lauds the Beijing’s
2022 Winter Olympic preparations
The International Olympic Committee’s Coordination Commission has lauded Beijing’s preparations and legacy plans for the 2022 Winter Olympics ahead of its third inspection visit.
The commission, chaired by IOC vice-president Juan Antonio Samaranch, kicked off a two-day visit to Beijing on Monday to assess the host’s preparation for the Games and to discuss key issues with local organizers, international winter sports federations and stakeholders.
The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics will use 12 competition venues, three of which were built for the 2008 Summer Games and two run by public and private owners. The construction of the new alpine ski center in Yanqing and the snow park for freestyle skiing and snowboarding at the Genting Resort in Zhangjiakou will be finished first—by the end of 2019—while the construction of other new facilities, including the National Speed Skating Oval, and the remodeling of existing ones, will be completed in 2020.
“Summarizing it, at this stage, you’ve done more than that could be expected. We feel very confident in what is going on, ” Samaranch said.
