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Beijing selected to host 2022 Winter Olympics
A reliable choice: Wang Anshun, Beijing mayor and president of the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games Bid Committee, delivers a speech during Beijing's 2022 Olympic Winter Games bid presentation at the 128th IOC session in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Friday (AP/Vincent Thian)Beijing has been selected to host the 2022 Winter Olympics, becoming the first city awarded both the winter and summer games
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A reliable choice: Wang Anshun, Beijing mayor and president of the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games Bid Committee, delivers a speech during Beijing's 2022 Olympic Winter Games bid presentation at the 128th IOC session in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Friday (AP/Vincent Thian) (AP/Vincent Thian)
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span class="inline inline-center">A reliable choice: Wang Anshun, Beijing mayor and president of the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games Bid Committee, delivers a speech during Beijing's 2022 Olympic Winter Games bid presentation at the 128th IOC session in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Friday (AP/Vincent Thian)
Beijing has been selected to host the 2022 Winter Olympics, becoming the first city awarded both the winter and summer games.
Beijing defeated Almaty, Kazakhstan, in a vote of the International Olympic Committee on Friday. The voting numbers were not immediately released.
The Chinese capital, which hosted the 2008 Summer Olympics, came in as the favorite. Despite a lack of natural snow and winter conditions, Beijing was seen by the IOC as a reliable and safe choice.
Almaty had hoped to bring the games to Central Asia for the first time and raise Kazakhstan's profile on the international stage. (++++)
