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Feb 8 • 5 tweets • 4 min read
#Olympics
📍The venues for #Beijing2022 have been divided into three zones:
🏂 Zhangjiakou for Biathlon, skiing and snowboarding
⛷ Yanqing for Alpine skiing and sliding events
🥌 Beijing for opening and closing ceremonies, ice sports and big air tmsnrt.rs/3GBo4BI
🏟 National stadium
Also known as ‘The Bird’s Nest’ due to its unique design, this iconic stadium hosted the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2008 Beijing #Olympics, as well as the athletics competition and men's football final of the Summer Games
🔥 The flame
China lit its Olympic flame in Beijing on Oct. 20 after the ceremonial torch arrived from Athens. The Chinese capital is the first city to host both the Summer and Winter #Olympics
🥇 The design for the #Beijing2022 medals was inspired by ancient Chinese jade concentric circle pendants, with five rings representing the Chinese cultural connotation of ‘the unity of heaven and earth and the unity of people's hearts’
Click here for more background on #Beijing2022 from @ReutersGraphics 👇 graphics.reuters.com/OLYMPICS-2022/…

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