The 24th Winter Games (XXIV Olympic Winter Games), referred to as the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, is an international Olympic event hosted by China, which opened on February 4th and closed on February 20th, 2022. ?

In 2022, there will be seven major events in the Beijing Winter Olympics, with 15 events and 109 events. Beijing Division undertakes all ice events and freestyle skiing, Yanqing Division undertakes snowmobiles, sledges and alpine skiing, and Zhangjiakou Division undertakes all snow events except snowmobiles, sledges, alpine skiing and freestyle skiing.

On 20021September 17, Beijing Winter Olympics and Paralympics released the theme slogan "Join hands in the future".

10 June 18, the flame of Beijing Winter Olympics was successfully lit in Greece. 101On October 20th, the flame of Beijing Winter Olympics arrived in Beijing.

165438+1October 15, the new MV of the slogan promotion song "Together for the Future" for the 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics was officially launched on the whole platform. On the evening of 65438+February 3 1, the awarding elements of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and Winter Paralympics were officially released.

The IOC Executive Committee identified six candidate cities in July 20 14, but four of them withdrew for various reasons, leaving only China, Beijing and Almaty to compete with each other.

On July 365438, 2065438, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, announced that it would be hosted by Beijing.

Torch and torch relay

On the evening of February 4th, 2002/KLOC-0, it was announced that the torch of this Winter Olympics would fly. The torch of this Winter Olympics uses hydrogen as fuel, and the colors are red and silver, with auspicious clouds and snowflake patterns. The red lines symbolize the ice and snow track and the eternal fire.

The torch used this time is a high-pressure hydrogen storage torch developed by the Sixth Research Institute of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation. A grid sprayed with alkali metal is installed at the outlet of the burner to provide flame reaction.

The flame collection ceremony was held on June 8, 2002110 at the site of the ancient Greek Olympic Games. Janus Antonio, a Greek alpine skier who participated in the 20 18 PyeongChang Winter Olympics, was the first torchbearer.

The next day, the torch handover ceremony was held in Panathinaik Stadium. Yu Zaiqing, vice president of the International Olympic Committee, took the flame from Spiros capra Ross, president of the Greek Olympic Committee, and sent it to China. He arrived at Beijing Capital International Airport in the early morning of October 20th, 65438/KLOC-0, and held a welcoming ceremony of the flame at the Beijing Olympic Tower on the same day.

The torch relay is divided into two parts: the torch display and the traditional torch relay. Among them, the traditional torch relay was affected by the 20 19 coronavirus epidemic, and it was only held in three competition areas of this Winter Olympics, and the time was scheduled from February 2 to 4, 2022.