Beijing Games organisers say virus 'biggest challenge,'100 days from start

By Associated Press

Oct 27, 2021 12:02 pm

BEIJING: Beijing Winter Olympics organizers said Wednesday that protecting the Games from the coronavirus is the 'biggest challenge', as China races to stamp out an outbreak 100 days before the event starts.

The Chinese capital will in February become the first host of a Summer and Winter Games, and last week welcomed the Olympic flame with a low-key ceremony.

This file photo taken on March 18, 2021 shows students training at a Youth Winter Olympic Sports School in Zhangjiakou, one of the venues for the 2022 Winter Olympics, on the border of Beijing in northern China's Hebei province. AFP PHOTO

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