![]() After a special welcoming ceremony, it is due to be displayed at the Beijing Olympic Tower and the itinerary of the domestic torch relay will be announced.Īn actress performs during the handover ceremony of the Olympic Flame for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games at the Panathenaic Stadium in Athens, Greece, Oct. ![]() The flame will arrive in Beijing on Wednesday. International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach also attended the handover ceremony after witnessing the lighting of the flame in Ancient Olympia. Yu Zaiqing holds up a lantern containing the Olympic Flame during its handover ceremony for the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games at the Panathenaic Stadium in Athens, Greece, Oct. As a symbol of the Olympic spirit, the Olympic flame will travel to the Great Wall and across other parts of China, bringing with it the light of peace and friendship." "The Olympic flame will be passed on to Beijing for the second time. The Olympic Movement has witnessed further development in China. "Over the past 13 years, China's efforts to promote the Olympic spirit, the Olympic culture and the Olympic knowledge have never stopped. "As you may recall, it was right here 13 years ago, on Mathat the Olympic flame was handed over to Beijing for the first time," Yu said during his address at the ceremony. ![]() In a brief ceremony closed to spectators in Athens' Panathenaic stadium, site of the first modern Olympic Games in 1896, the flame was received by Beijing 2022 representative and vice president Yu Zaiqing. Greek actress Xanthi Georgiou, playing the role of an ancient Greek High Priestess, lights the torch during the Olympic flame lighting ceremony for the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games, in ancient Olympia, Greece, Oct. The flame was ignited Monday in a traditional lighting ceremony at the site of the ancient Olympic Games, marking the start of its journey to China where the Winter Games will begin in just over 100 days. 19 (Xinhua) - The Beijing 2022 Olympic flame is now heading to China after it was handed over to the Chinese organizers in the Greek capital here on Tuesday. (Xinhua/Marios Lolos)īy sportswriters Xiao Yazhuo and Yu ShuaishuaiĪTHENS, Oct. Special representative and vice president of Beijing 2022 Yu Zaiqing (L) lights a lantern with the Olympic Flame during its handover ceremony at the Panathenaic Stadium in Athens, Greece, Oct. "We are all looking forward to a great and successful Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022, when Beijing will write history as the first ever city to organize both editions of the Olympic Games, Summer and Winter," said IOC president Thomas Bach. The flame will be displayed at the Beijing Olympic Tower after a special welcoming ceremony on Wednesday, and the itinerary of the domestic torch relay will be announced. The Olympic flame will also be displayed at the sites of some Beijing 2022 TOP and local official partners, as well travel to different areas of the country known for their plentiful ice and snow resources with a strong history and culture of ice and snow sports.- Ignited Monday in a traditional lighting ceremony at the site of the ancient Olympic Games, the Beijing 2022 Olympic flame is now heading to China after being handed over to the Chinese organizers in the Greek capital. The three host zones of the Games Beijing’s city proper, Beijing’s Yanqing District and the city of Zhangjiakou in the neighboring Hebei Province will welcome this traditional relay. The relay is scheduled between February 2 (date of the opening of the Games) with the participation of 1,200 torchbearers. The flame then left for China where the relay continues until the start of the Games.ĭue to the current pandemic and the measures put in place to meet the prevention and control requirements, it was decided to reduce the length and duration of the traditional relay route, as well as the number of relay runners. ![]() The flame was lit at the site of the Ancient Olympia in Greece on Octoand was passed to the Beijing 2022 Organizing Committee the following day.
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