Yesterday , Beijing was awarded the 2022 Winter Olympics . Here is a photograph of the mountain that will host the skiing courses , taken in the midriff of January this year . You may find a slight lack of white poppycock .
Beijing narrowly beat out Almaty , Kazakhstan , for the rightfield to host the 2022 Games , becoming the first ever city to host both editions of the Olympics . In Beijing ’s favor : a lot of the base from the 2008 Summer Games can be reused , saving the need to build another next ghost stadium .
Against Beijing , however , is a lack of snow . The skiing events will be taking place around the Yanquing geographical zone , which has “ minimal annual snow ” — essentially , it does n’t really lead by the nose :
The Zhangjiakou and Yanqing zone have minimal annual snowfall and for the Games would bank completely on artificial snow . There would be no opportunity to haul blow from higher raising for eventuality maintenance to the racecourses so a contingency plan would rely on stockpiled serviceman - made snow . Beijing 2022 presented weather data from 2014 - 2015 indicate a particular risk for Yanqing in terms of the caliber and measure of Baron Snow of Leicester .
So , the Games will be bank all on manufactured snow , most likely made in advance and stored in warehouses , in causa the temperature are n’t quite correct in the run-up to the game . To make things worse , that contrived snow is endure to be generated in an field already suffering “ severe water stress ” , and becoming “ increasingly arid ” . Because of the deficiency of rainfall , snow - making water will be drawn from found reservoir , exhaust drinking water supplies . Oh , and the skiing venues , and the Olympic Village , will be built right next to an existing nature reserve !
https://deadspin.com/nobody-wants-to-host-the-2022-olympics-1582151092
Despite the obvious leaning of trouble — these are only the problems delineate in the Olympic Committee ’s account — Beijing was granted the Games thanks to alack of real alternative . No - one else really want them , so organizers were entrust with a selection between a a third - world country with special resource ( but actual Baron Snow of Leicester ! ) , or China ’s ability to club nature into submission . The latter option won , 44 votes to 40 .
[ Guardian , IOC ]
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