Support grows for Beijing’s 2022 games bid
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CLAD in neon-green from head to toe, Chinese snowboarder He Qiang is part of a growing cohort of middle-class enthusiasts in a country with little tradition of winter sports seeking to host the 2022 Winter Olympics.
“Snowboarding is just such an awesome feeling,” He said. “I can only imagine how much faster that will grow if we win the Winter Olympics.”
Beijing says its bid closely aligns with the IOC’s 2020 goals for a frugal games. In all, the city plans to spend US$3.9 billion on infrastructure and operations.
That’s a tiny fraction of the US$51 billion Russia spent on the Sochi games and much closer to the US$3.5 billion to US$7.5 billion budgeted for the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
Originally, Beijing had been considered a long shot but that changed when several European bids dropped out.
The winner will be announced in July.
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