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Beijing Winter Olympics celebrates the first anniversary of the countdown to the opening of the torch “Flying” unveiled | International Olympic Committee-Finance News


Original title: Beijing Winter Olympics celebrates the first anniversary of the countdown to the opening of the torch “Flying” debut

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, February 4 (Reporters Wang Yong and Ji Ye) The countdown to the first anniversary of the opening of the Beijing Winter Olympics was held on the evening of the 4th at the National Aquatics Center “Ice Cube”. The design of the torch for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics was released.

Cai Qi, secretary of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee and chairman of the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee, said that the Chinese government has always made preparations for the Beijing Winter Olympics as a national event. At present, the overall plan is implemented smoothly, and the preparation work is moving forward steadily and orderly as planned.

Cai Qi said that the new crown pneumonia epidemic has had a huge impact on the production and life of the world’s people and the development of the Olympic Movement, but this cannot stop us from holding the game as scheduled. We will work closely with the International Olympic Committee, the World Health Organization and other parties to jointly study and formulate the Winter Olympics epidemic prevention and control policy and operation plan in accordance with the requirements of “simple, safe, and exciting”, and strictly implement prevention and control measures to ensure The race was held smoothly and safely as scheduled.

IOC President Bach delivered a video speech: “Today, one year later, Beijing will write history and become the first city in history to host both the Summer Olympics and the Winter Olympics. Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics It will be a great moment to bring the world together in the spirit of peace, unity and friendship.”

The International Olympic Committee sends out invitations to the Olympic Committees and athletes of various countries (regions) to participate in the Beijing Winter Olympics through video. The Olympic Committee presidents of Greece, Japan, France, Italy, the United States, Australia, Nigeria, China and other countries gladly accepted the invitation through video.

At the event site, the torch “Flying” was released for the Beijing Winter Olympics and Paralympics. The shape of the Winter Olympics torch is very dynamic and energetic. The colors are silver and red, symbolizing the meeting between ice and fire, flying passionately, illuminating ice and snow, and warming the world. The torch for the Paralympic Winter Games uses silver and gold, which symbolizes brilliance and dreams, and embodies “courage, determination, encouragement and equality”. The full name of “Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games” is engraved in Braille below the torch. The overall appearance of the torch for the Beijing Winter Olympics and Paralympics matches the shape of the main torch tower for the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics.

The Executive Committee of the International Olympic Committee highly affirmed the torch design, believing that the torch design has both cultural heritage and technological innovation. Chinese culture and art are perfectly displayed, which embodies the characteristics of the double Olympic city and the Olympic spirit.

The list of outstanding music works for the second Beijing Winter Olympics and Paralympics was also released that night, and the third solicitation was launched at the same time.

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