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2021-01-22 16:47 By: Xinhua
President Xi Jinping speaks to athletes, coaches and staff members at the Zhangjiakou competition zone of the Beijing 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games while visiting the National Biathlon Center in north China s Hebei Province, Jan. 19, 2021. (Xinhua/Wang Ye)
The global sporting community has expressed confidence in China honoring its promise of delivering a spectacular Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in 2022.
By sportswriters Ma Xiangfei and Ji Ye
BEIJING, Jan. 21 (Xinhua) President Xi Jinping s recent inspection on Beijing 2022 preparations has sent a reassuring signal to the sporting world that China is determined to deliver an excellent Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in one year s time.
Yearender: Beijing 2022 wades through challenges in pandemic-disrupted year (Xinhua) 13:28, December 24, 2020 BEIJING, Dec. 24 (Xinhua) If we should choose key words for the year 2020 which is finally coming to an end, COVID-19 is definitely one of them. The coronavirus pandemic decimated the international sporting calendar and forced a historic first postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, as well as bringing challenges and difficulties to preparations for the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games. Adjusting accordingly with flexible and innovative measures, the Beijing 2022 Organizing Committee (BOCOG), in a joint effort with the International Olympic Committee (IOC), International Paralympic Committee (IPC), International Winter Sports Federations (IFs) and other stakeholders, managed to keep preparations well on track towards honoring its promise five years ago when the city was awarded the Games.
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Leading representatives of the Olympic movement met over the weekend for the 9th Olympic Summit to discuss key subjects, including the games in Tokyo next year and the Beijing Winter Olympics 2022.
Challenges facing sports federations
Dr. Raffaele Chiulli was a participant and is also the president of SportAccord and the Global Association of International Sports Federations (GAISF). We talked to him about the main challenges that needed to be addressed. We have common challenges. And I am going to be very direct on this, just to mention a few; lack of access to training facilities, athlete mental health, not only physical health, mental health, the issue of the fight against doping - and also the travel restrictions which are continuing and so forth. So it is more important than ever that we do our job in sharing the key lessons and shining a spotlight of best practice, Dr. Raffaele Chiulli said, adding that these are challenges shared by all in the sports community as it conti