(Beijing Winter Olympics) Beijing Winter Olympics no spectators positive for the new crown IOC spokesperson praised the success of the event
China News Agency, Beijing, February 11 (Wang Hao) At the regular press conference of the Beijing Winter Olympics on the 11th, Huang Chun, deputy director of the Epidemic Prevention and Control Office of the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee, revealed that no Winter Olympics audience was positive for the new coronavirus case.
International Olympic Committee spokesman Mark Adams said that the Beijing Winter Olympics are currently very successful.
Huang Chun said: "At present, many spectators went to the opening ceremony or watched the game, and now there is no case of spectator positive. It shows that our management within the closed loop and the health monitoring and nucleic acid testing measures outside the closed loop are very effective. We will continue to adhere to these epidemic prevention policies as always."
Mark Adams said at the press conference: "Athletes have very high evaluations of the venues, especially the mountain venues in Yanqing and Zhangjiakou. They are first-class venues and I am deeply impressed. Due to the epidemic, we are facing many difficulties, but we Or bring the best winter athletes in the world together to compete in Beijing. This event has been a success so far for the athletes and the parties.”
Data map: Security checkpoint in the public area of Beijing Olympic Park.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Zhang Yu
At this press conference, the relevant personnel of the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee also introduced the situation of the Winter Olympics heritage. Liu Yumin, director of the Planning and Construction Department of the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee, introduced at the press conference: "The biggest legacy of the Beijing Winter Olympics is the realization of the The goal of driving 300 million people to participate in ice and snow sports. According to the statistics of the National Bureau of Statistics, from October 2021, before the Winter Olympics was successfully held, the number of people who participated in ice and snow sports nationwide was 346 million. Our commitments during this bid period have been fulfilled."
He said that the Beijing Winter Olympics also made maximum use of the legacy of the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
For example, the National Swimming Center, Capital Gymnasium and Wukesong Sports Center have optimized the original facilities, added ice-making facilities, and extended the original summer sports function to the winter sports function, so that these two functions coexist, extremely Greatly improved the applicability of the venue.
He said: "The Beijing Winter Olympics has practiced the concept of green environmental protection, driven the revival of industrial heritage and the all-round development of the host city, formed a Beijing practice that closely combines the use of venues during and after the competition, and formed many aspects of sports culture. It has also cultivated a large number of experts in venue design, operation, maintenance and construction.” (End)