The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics are finally here. It will take place from today, Friday, February 4 to Sunday, February 20, just six months after the Tokyo Games.
Having organized the 2008 Summer Olympics, Beijing becomes the first city to host the Summer and Winter Olympics.
The Winter Games, being the main sports competition played on ice or snow, brings together the best athletes from around the world to offer a sporting spectacle in different disciplines. Here we tell you everything about this global event that takes place every four years:
Where will the 2022 Winter Olympics take place?
The 2022 Winter Olympics will be held in China in three zones: Beijing, Yanqing and Zhangjiakou. Ice sports will be held in the center of Beijing, capital of China, as well as four snow events (big air snowboarding, and big air freestyle skiing, both men’s and women’s). The Opening and Closing Ceremonies will also take place in Beijing.
Yanqing, a mountainous suburb of China’s capital located approximately 75 km northwest of Beijing’s city center, will host alpine skiing and sliding (bosleigh, skeleton and luge) events and will also be home to the athletes’ village. olympic Zhangjiakou, located approximately 180 kilometers northwest of Beijing (111.8 miles), will host most of the skiing and snowboarding events, including acrobatic style, cross-country skiing, ski jumping, Nordic combination and biathlon.
What sports are played?
There will be a total of 109 medal events in the following 15 sports:
- Biathlon
- Bobsleigh
- nordic combined
- Curling
- Acrobatic ski
- Alpine ski
- Cross country ski
- Ice Hockey
- luge
- Figure skating
- Speed skating
- short track speed skating
- Sky jump
- skeleton
- snowboarding
In addition, the 2022 Winter Olympics will feature seven new events: Women’s Monobob, Men’s and Women’s Big Air, Mixed Team Snowboard Cross, Mixed Team Aerials, Mixed Team Short Track Relay and Jump Jump. mixed team skiing
It’s important pointing that Beijing is 13 hours ahead of mainland Ecuador’s time zone. An event that starts at 10:00 am on Monday, February 10 in China will be at 9:00 pm on Sunday, February 9 in Ecuador.
Will fans be allowed to attend the 2022 Winter Olympics?
The International Olympic Committee announced in mid-January that only “selected” spectators will be able to attend the Games due to the pandemic. Fans from outside the country will not be allowed to attend the events and tickets will not be offered to the general public.
The Games are inevitably marked by COVID-19. Chinacountry of origin of the pandemic and whose borders have been closed since the end of March 2020, has shielded itself against the arrival of the Olympic family from abroad imposing strong restrictions and creating a huge bubble to avoid contagion from which the more than 60,000 people that make it up will not be able to get outincluding the 3,000 athletes, along with leaders, coaches, journalists, 20,000 volunteers and the Chinese workers who take care of its maintenance.
What is the pet’s name?
His name is Bing Dwen Dwen. “Bing” means ice and also symbolizes purity and strength; “Dwen Dwen” represents children. The pet embodies the strength and willpower of athletes and will help promote the Olympic spirit.
Bing Dwen Dwen wears a shell of ice that covers her entire body and is reminiscent of an astronaut suit – a tribute to the adoption of new technologies for a future with infinite possibilities. The shell also helps the panda skate, ski, and snowboard alongside Olympic athletes.
Will Ecuador have a representative at the 2022 Winter Olympics?
Ecuador will have a representative at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics through skier Sarah Escobar, who, at the age of 20, will compete on February 7 in the giant slalom event at 10:15 a.m. (Chinese time), that is, , 9:15 p.m. on February 6 in Ecuador.
Sarah Escobar carries the flag of Ecuador at the opening of the Winter Olympics
Escobar is the only Ecuadorian athlete who won the ticket for the Winter Olympics this year, and has the support of the president of the COE.
Of Ecuadorian parents but born in New YorkEscobar is a skier who has been preparing since she was 3 years old, in the United States, for which she assured through the COE that accessing the Olympic Games “is a dream come true.” (D)
Source: Eluniverso
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