Beijing Games organisers say virus 'biggest challenge', 100 days from start

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The Winter Olympics will be held in a strict 'closed loop' bubble. The estimated 2,900 athletes must be fully vaccinated or face 21 days' quarantine upon arrival.

The Beijing Winter Olympics are just 100 days away

"The pandemic is the biggest challenge to the organisation of the Winter Olympics," Zhang Jiandong, executive vice president of the Beijing Organising Committee, told a press conference. Coming just six months after the pandemic-delayed Tokyo Summer Games, the Winter Olympics will be held in a strict "closed loop" bubble.Some of 2008's Summer Games venues will be used during the winter spectacle, including the "Bird's Nest" national stadium for the opening and closing ceremonies.

 

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