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Key Information Dates: 4 February to 20
February 2022
2,892 athletes (1,314 women –
45,44%, the highest overall gender balance for the Olympic Winter Games)
7 new events:
women's monobob, ski jumping mixed team, freestyle skiing aerials mixed team, short track mixed team relay, freestyle skiing Big Air (women and men), snowboard cross mixed team
The development of new winter sports facilities in the Yanqing and Zhangjiakou clusters is part of the long-term vision of the country for winter sports, and these same facilities will be used for the Games.
This long-term view is supported by other private investments in the Games regions, which are helping, for example, to facilitate Hebei province’s move to diversify its economy through tourism. Yanqing will host the Expo Beijing 2019, which is expected to see around 16 million people visit the Yanqing region over a six-month period, and which will also provide an opportunity to test transport and demonstrate the importance of sustainable projects.
in line with the New Norm, the majority of the ice sports competition venues will be legacy venues from the 2008 Games.
This means that only venues needed for long-term use by the local communities are being built for the 2022 Games.
The 2022 legacy is already in action today, with major programmes designed to give people the opportunity to discover and try out winter sports, which will see participation grow significantly over the coming years. In addition, offices of the Beijing 2022 Organising Committee are being constructed from the remnants of a disused steel plant, and a Chinese national training centre is also operational in the grounds, supporting a number of winter sports athletes aiming for 2022.
The pool at the National Aquatics Centre will be transformed into a curling venue for the Games, while the Olympic villages will be used as a part of wider development plans for rental housing.
Beijing 2022
How will Beijing 2022 build on the legacy of the Games in 2008?