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Bosonic

(3,746 posts) Fri Jul 31, 2015, 06:29 AM Jul 2015

Beijing to host 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics

Source: BBC

Beijing has been chosen to host the 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics, beating the bid of Kazakhstan's Almaty.

Having hosted the 2008 Olympics, the Chinese capital will be the first city to host both a summer and winter Games.

Beijing and Almaty were considered outsiders when the 2022 bid race opened two years ago.

But after a host of European cities pulled out for political or financial reasons, the Chinese bid narrowly beat Almaty by 44 votes to 40.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/winter-olympics/33730477

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This message was self-deleted by its author TexasTowelie Jul 2015 #1
It was pretty much a foregone conclusion China would win after it was down to them and Kazakhstan davidpdx Jul 2015 #2
Booooooo iandhr Jul 2015 #3
Since the winter games evidently Blue_Tires Jul 2015 #4

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davidpdx

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2. It was pretty much a foregone conclusion China would win after it was down to them and Kazakhstan
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Fri Jul 31, 2015, 09:07 AM
Jul 2015

For the third time in 14 years the IOC is going to allow the Olympics to be held in a country with a horrid human rights record.

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Blue_Tires

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4. Since the winter games evidently
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Fri Jul 31, 2015, 09:36 AM
Jul 2015

no longer have to held in cold places, maybe Dubai could bid for 2026...

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