Beijing Winter Olympics spectators did not have COVID-19 positive IOC spokesman praised the success of the event

(Beijing Winter Olympics) Beijing Winter Olympics spectators are not positive for the new crown The IOC spokesperson praised the success of the event

Beijing, February 11 (China News Service) -- At the regular press conference of the Beijing Winter Olympics on the 11th, Huang Chun, deputy director of the Epidemic Prevention and Control Office of the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee, revealed that there were no positive cases of the new crown virus in the winter Olympic audience. IOC spokesman Mark Adams said the Beijing Winter Olympics are currently very successful.

Huang Chun introduced: "At present, many spectators have gone to the opening ceremony or watched the game, and no case of the audience is positive now. It shows that our management and health monitoring and nucleic acid detection measures outside the closed loop are very effective, and we will continue to adhere to these epidemic prevention policies. ”

Mark Adams said at the press conference: "Athletes have a very high evaluation of the venues, especially the mountain venues in Yanqing and Zhangjiakou, they are first-class venues, and I am deeply impressed. We have faced many difficulties due to the epidemic, but we still have the best winter athletes in the world gather in Beijing to compete. For athletes and parties alike, the event has been a success so far. ”

Data map: Beijing Olympic Park public area security checkpoint. China News Service reporter Zhang Yu photographed

At this press conference, the relevant personnel of the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee also introduced the situation of the winter Olympic heritage, and Liu Yumin, director of the Planning and Construction Department of the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee, introduced at the press conference: "The biggest heritage achievement of the Beijing Winter Olympics is to achieve the goal of driving 300 million people to participate in ice and snow sports. According to the National Bureau of Statistics, from the bid for the Winter Olympics to October 2021, before the successful holding, the number of people who participated in ice and snow sports nationwide was 346 million. 300 million people on the ice and snow, this bid period our commitment has been fulfilled. ”

He said the Beijing Winter Olympics also made the most of the legacy of the 2008 Beijing Olympics. For example, the National Aquatics Center, the Capital Gymnasium and the Wukesong Sports Center have optimized the original facilities, added ice-making facilities, and extended the original summer sports function to the winter sports function, so that these two functions coexist, which greatly improves the applicability of the venue.

He said: "The Beijing Winter Olympics have practiced the concept of green environmental protection, driven the revival of industrial heritage and the comprehensive development of the host city, formed a Beijing practice that closely combines the use of venues during and after the games, formed a lot of sports culture and talent heritage, and also trained a large number of experts in venue design, operation, maintenance and construction." (End)