On the morning of October 20, the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics Tinder arrived in Beijing, and the Welcome Ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics Tinder was held in the Olympic Tower. Aroused foreign media attention.
AFP Beijing reported on October 20 that after the tinder handover ceremony in Athens, the Tinder for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics arrived in China early wednesday morning. Next February, Beijing will be the first city to host both the Summer And Winter Olympics.
Beijing held a tinder welcome ceremony at the Olympic Tower on Wednesday, where the tinder will be displayed to the public before embarking on a touring exhibition.
The Beijing Winter Olympic Organizing Committee said about 1,200 torchbearers will participate in the torch relay in three Olympic divisions in early February next year.
According to reports, there are still more than 100 days to go before the Winter Olympics. Footage broadcast on state television showed Chinese officials walking off the plane early Wednesday morning with a red tinder. Later, the flame was greeted by the children's choir at the welcoming ceremony, and Cai Qi, secretary of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee and chairman of the Beijing Winter Olympic Organizing Committee, took the torch and lit a special ceremonial tinder.
The flame will be displayed to the public at the Olympic Tower near the National Stadium "Bird's Nest". The stadium hosted the opening ceremony of the 2008 Olympic Games and will be used as the venue for the opening and closing ceremonies of the Winter Olympics.
According to state media reports, the size of the audience at the torch relay site will be limited to minimize the risk of the spread of the epidemic, while people will be encouraged to follow online through the internet.
The Olympic flame was lit in Athens on Monday and handed over to the Beijing Winter Olympic Organizing Committee the next day. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the handover event broke with tradition and did not hold a large-scale torch relay in Greece.
According to Reuters Beijing reported on October 20, the Beijing Winter Olympics will be held from February 4 to 20 next year, and Beijing will become the first city to host both the Summer Olympic Games and the Winter Olympic Games. The Beijing Winter Olympics will be held during the COVID-19 pandemic and will not be sold to overseas audiences.
According to the report, at the welcome ceremony held near the "Bird's Nest" of the National Stadium, Cai Qi, secretary of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee, lit the ceremonial torch with a sacred flame, symbolizing the arrival of the Olympic flame in China.
The report pointed out that the flame left Athens on the 19th and was kept in a red tinder lamp to come to Beijing. The tinder lamp held by a white-clad torchbearer resembles a handicraft unearthed from a Han tomb.
According to reports, the Olympic flame will be displayed in the Beijing Olympic Park from the 20th. In early February next year, about 1,200 torchbearers will carry the torch relay in Beijing, Yanqing and Zhangjiakou.
In addition, according to the Associated Press Beijing on October 20, the Winter Olympic Flame arrived in Beijing on Wednesday. At the Tinder welcome ceremony, Zhang Jiandong, vice mayor of Beijing, said that Beijing is committed to hosting a "simple, safe and wonderful" Winter Olympics.
He said that in the context of epidemic prevention, the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee insists on putting public health and safety first.
According to Agence France-Presse Athens reported on October 19, the president of the Greek Olympic Committee, Spyros Capralos, handed over the torch to Yu Zaiqing, vice chairman of the Organizing Committee of the 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in Beijing, at the Panathenak Stadium in Athens.
Yu Zaiqing said: "The spark that carries the Olympic spirit will once again be displayed and transmitted inside and outside the Great Wall, and the light of peace and friendship will bloom on the land of China!" He said China promised to dedicate a "simple, safe and wonderful Olympic event."
According to reports, the actress dressed as an ancient Greek priestess had already lit the sacred brazier with the Olympic flame the day before.
Li Nina, who won silver medals in freestyle skiing at both the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin and the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, ran a torch inside the stadium, built in the 2nd century AD.
According to the Latin American News Agency Beijing reported on October 19, the flame of the Winter Olympics went to China on the 19th. Previously, China received the flame in Greece, and some athletes also passed the flame over short distances.
The tinder was lit the day before at the site of ancient Olympia in Greece. On the 19th, the head of the Hellenic Olympic Committee handed over the tinder to Yu Zaiqing, vice chairman of the Beijing Winter Olympic Organizing Committee. Previously, in 2018, China received the Olympic flag at the closing ceremony of the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
The 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics has entered the countdown, and under the slogan of "Together to the Future", after more than 100 days, it will present the best ice and snow event it has ever promised, with the most events and the most prepared athletes.
The report stressed that the Winter Olympics will have high hopes, and IOC President Thomas Bach has given a satisfactory evaluation of the preparations and training of the event.
China has created an isolation mechanism that provides a guarantee for preventing and controlling the spread of the new crown virus. At present, China is testing the operation of the points and systems set up to fight the epidemic.
On October 20th, the welcome ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games was held at the Olympic Tower. At the welcoming ceremony, Cai Qi, secretary of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee and chairman of the Beijing Winter Olympic Organizing Committee, lit the ceremony torch table. (Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games Organizing Committee website)
Source: Reference News Network