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Beijing 2022; IOC Executive Board approves Snowboard Big Air venue

Today, the IOC Executive Board approved a new venue for the Beijing 2022 Olympic Games. The Big Air venue will be located near the cooling towers of a former steel plant in the east of the city.

Location

 

Photo

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Sport: Snowboard big Air

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IOC; IOC Executive Board Meeting July 2017: Updates and decisions

Updates and decisions by the IOC Executive Board:

 

Rio 2016

On Sunday the IOC Executive Board met with de president of the Rio 2016 organizing committee and released the following statement concerning the status of the dissolution process of the organizing committee of Rio2016 (and outstanding payments):

Given that more detailed information is required before Rio2016 financial accounts can be closed, the Executive Board deferred any further consideration at this stage. The Executive Board state that the IOC has closed all of its obligations with the organizing committee in December 2016. As confirmed by the organizing committee. The IOC contributed a record amount to the succesful staging of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games. According to audited accounts we contributed $1.53 billion to their success. This is in addition to an exceptional effort to significant cost savings and additional financial undertakings by all the Olympic stakeholders which amounted to hundreds of millions of dollars to make these historic Games possible.

 

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Beijing 2008; Sneakers inspired by Beijing’s Bird’s Nest Olympic Stadium

Design: KXIV

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Olympic bids from the past; Beijing 2008

Leading up to the 2024 host city election, we pay attention to Olympic bids from the past. Today, the successful bid of Beijing 2008.

 

 

Bids for the 2008 Summer Olympics

Applicant cities

  • Bangkok
  • Caïro
  • Havana
  • Kuala Lumpur
  • Seville

Candidate cities

  • Beijing
  • Osaka
  • Toronto
  • Istanbul
  • Paris

 

Report of the IOC Evaluation Commission for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad in 2008

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2008 Host city election ballots results

112th IOC Session, Moscow, 13-07-2001

City Round 1 Round 2
Beijing 44 56
Toronto 20 22
Paris 15 18
Istanbul 17 9
Osaka 6 —

 

 

Beijing 2008 Olympic Bid Video

 

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Beijing 2022; Olympic venues in Google Maps

 

Not on the map

Yanqing

Venue Sports
National Sliding Centre Bobsleigh, Skeleton, Luge
National Alpine Ski Centre Alpine Skiing

 

Zhangjiakou

Venue Sports
National Biathlon Centre Biathlon
National Cross-Country Centre Cross-Country, Nordic Combined(Cross-Country)
National Ski Jumping Centre Ski Jumping, Nordic Combined(Ski Jumping)
Genting Snow Park A Freestyle Skiing
Genting Snow Park B Snowboard