Lausanne, Switzerland, May 20, 2022: An interim report on the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 and important updates from Paris 2024 and Milano Cortina 2026 provided a positive outlook for the Olympic Movement at the IOC Session on Friday, May 20.
The Chair of the IOC’s Beijing 2022 Coordination Commission, Juan Antonio Samaranch, presented the Commission’s initial summary of this year’s Olympic Winter Games.
In his remarks, he commended their “excellent delivery”, while also expressing his belief that these Games featured “probably the best-ever Winter Games programme”.
With the final Beijing 2022 Coordination Commission report due to be presented at the IOC Session in Mumbai, India, in 2023, Samaranch highlighted that these Games were already historic for many reasons.
Beijing 2022 was the most gender-balanced Olympic Winter Games in history, with women accounting for 45 per cent of the athletes and men 55 per cent. The Games featured the highest-ever number of women’s events (46), and 53 per cent of events featured female athletes.
TV coverage was impressive, with more hours of coverage broadcast than any previous Olympic Winter Games, including record coverage through digital platforms.
In addition, Samaranch highlighted the success of the COVID-19 countermeasures, which resulted in a positivity rate of only 0.01 per cent, thanks to a comprehensive plan built on the premise of a closed-loop management system.
Sustainability and legacy were other key contributors to the success of the Beijing 2022 Games. All venues were powered by renewable energy for the first time at the Olympic Games, while Beijing 2022’s key legacies are illustrated by the fact that nearly 350 million Chinese people engaged in winter sport in the lead-up to the Games.
Source: www.ioc.org