but there are also political challenges for the chinese government hosting the games, as it s accused of serious human rights abuses. our china correspondent stephen mcdonell has more. in the mountains around the chinese capital, thousands of workers are busy. next to the space age skijumping centre, they re making the most of the summer months for construction. justin downes is a canadian winter sport specialist who s been advising games organisers. well, there s no question beijing will be ready for the competitions. in fact, all of the competition venues are already ready and they ve already hosted test events, so what you see going on around us here isjust the supporting infrastructure. before the sliding centre is iced overfor the bobsleigh runs, they re putting on the finishing touches. a high speed train connection with the city is already operating.
the chinese capital, thousands of workers are busy. next to the space age skijumping center, they re making the most of the summer months for construction. justin downs is a canadian winter sport specialist who s been advising games organisers. well, there s no question beijing will be ready for the competitions. in fact, all of the competition venues are already ready and they ve already hosted test events, so what you see going on around us here isjust the supporting infrastructure. before the sliding center is iced overfor the bobsleigh runs, they re putting on the finishing touches. a high speed train connection with the city is already operating. around it, hotels, temporary stands for spectators, food and beverage sites are all being built. here at the olympic village, there s still work to be done
next to the space age skijumping center, they re making the most of the summer months for construction. justin downs is a canadian winter sport specialist who s been advising games organisers. well, there s no question beijing will be ready for the competitions. in fact, all of the competition venues are already ready and they ve already hosted test events, so what you see going on around us here isjust the supporting infrastructure. before the sliding center is iced overfor the bobsleigh runs, they re putting on the finishing touches. a high speed train connection with the city is already operating. around it, hotels, temporary stands for spectators, food and beverage sites are all being built. here at the olympic village, there s still work to be done to have everything ready
before the sliding centre is iced overfor the bobsleigh runs they are putting the finishing touches. a high speed train connection with the city is already operating. around it, hotels, temporary stands for spectators, food and beverage sites are all being built. here at the olympic village there is still work to be done to have everything ready in time for the games. beijing has been fortunate, though, in that it has been able to study tokyo to work out the logistics in a time of coronavirus. despite the pandemic, chinese officials had also been planning to have spectators at the coming 0lympics. that was before a delta variant outbreak reintroduced the coronavirus to china.
ready for the venues, for the competitions. in fact, all of the competition venues are already ready and they ve already hosted test events, so like you see going on around us here isjust the supporting infrastructure. before the sliding centre is iced overfor the bobsleigh runs they are putting the finishing touches. a high speed train connection with the city is already operating. around it, hotels, temporary stands for spectators, food and beverage sites are all being built. here at the olympic village there is still work to be done to have everything ready in time for the games. beijing has been fortunate, though, in that it has been able to study tokyo to work out the logistics in a time of coronavirus.