Beijing 2022: opening ceremony for a special Olympics
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The show at the Beijing Games with dancers, acrobats and extras during the opening ceremony, February 4, 2022 © Jewel SAMAD/AFP
By: Philippe Lecaplain
1 min
The opening of the Olympic Games in Beijing is in the headlines.
A temperature of -12 / -15 degrees, worthy of the Winter Games, except that without snow.
For the first time, the Winter Olympics will be held exclusively on artificial snow.
We must not forget that the Beijing 2022 Olympics have the particularity of taking place under a bell, due to the risks of the Covid-19 epidemic.
All of the track events will take place on artificial snow...
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