KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Two of China’s most storied winter Olympic athletes faced tough questions about Beijing bid’s for the 2022 Winter Games — namely about air pollution and a lack of snow.
The IOC Evaluation Commission heard 45-minute presentations from each of the Kazakh and Chinese cities in Lausanne, with both impressing IOC president Thomas Bach. "It was really impressive to see how ...
The answer is simple. Potential cities in Europe — as many as six — dropped out of the bidding in the wake of the doping-scandal-ridden 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. The widely advertised ...
With numerous other bidders withdrawing from the process, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) will now choose from the two Asian cities. Beijing would be the first Chinese city to host the ...
After Krakow, Stockholm, Oslo and other cities famous for skiing dropped out of the competition, China and Kazakhstan were the only countries left with bids to host the Winter Olympic Games in 2022.
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — A small group of Tibetan protesters on Wednesday disrupted a display of Beijing’s bid plans for the 2022 Winter Olympics. A handful of protesters chanted slogans and ...
This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. BEIJING (AP) — Nobody views Beijing as a ...
OSLO, Oct 1 (Reuters) - Norway's government is withdrawing Oslo's bid to host the 2022 Winter Olympics, it said on Wednesday, leaving Beijing and Almaty in Kazakhstan as the only contenders after most ...