Beijing lights Olympic flame after ceremonial torch arrives from Athens, kicking off the Chinese capital's hosting of the 2022 Winter Games
Beijing Communist Party Secretary and President of Beijing 2022 Organising Committee Cai Qi transfers the Olympic flame to a cauldron at the ceremony for the 2022 Winter Olympics, in Beijing, China. October 20, 2021
The Winter Games will be held from February 4 to February 20, when Beijing will become the first city to host both summer and winter Olympics, amid a Covid-19 pandemic that means overseas spectators will be excluded. The flame had left Athens on October 19 and travelled to Beijing in a red lantern designed in the likeness of a Han Dynasty tomb artefact, carried by torchbearers decked in white.In early February next year, 1,200 torchbearers will carry the flame through the three cities of Beijing, Yanqing and Zhangjiakou – the competition venues.
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