International Olympic Committee: 70% of athletes have arrived at the Beijing Winter Olympics

Beijing, 2 Feb (Xinhua) -- Pierre Ducre, director of operations of the Olympic Games Department of the International Olympic Committee, said at a press conference on 2 February that 70 percent of athletes have arrived, and the preparations for the Beijing Winter Olympics are currently being finished and fine-tuned, all to enhance the athletes' experience.

"In order to be fully ready on the opening day, we are fine-tuning and finishing. 70% of the athletes have arrived and are training in various venues, and everything is going very well. "Today is a very important day because our curling mixed doubles started tonight, it was a very exciting time, and our venues ushered in the event. ”

Ducre, who has been working in Beijing for a month, believes that the cooperation with the Beijing Winter Olympic Organizing Committee is very pleasant and he is very satisfied with the progress made.

Ducrey said that he will go all out to improve the athlete experience, and the current preparations are all around this goal. "We have really great venues and international sporting organisations and athletes are full of praise for it. Thanks to the extensive work done by the Beijing Winter Olympic Organizing Committee in the early stages, we will work together. ”

Ducrey also said that as the first city in the world to host both the Summer Olympics and the Winter Olympics, Beijing has made full use of the Olympic heritage, which includes both hardware such as venues and software such as talents. "Many employees of the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee have worked in the 2008 Olympic Games, and the experience of that year has been applied to this preparation, so the overall work is very professional." (End)