Off the wire
• New HIV infections dropped by over 50 pct in Togo  • Commentary: China's overseas military operations demonstrates concept of peaceful development  • China Exclusive: Birthday boy Harry Potter still magic in China  • Georgian president vetoes controversial banking supervision bill  • Roundup: Chad adopts controversial anti-terrorism law amid rising terror attacks  • Xinhua Insight: China's leaders focus on economic growth, risks  • Kenya, Tanzania launch joint manhunt for elephant poachers  • IOC EB member Wu hails Beijing's 2022 victory  • Sharp books net loss of 33.98 billion yen in April-June, says to exit Americas TV business  • Market-rescue measures won't change reform agenda: securities watchdog  
You are here: 　 Home

IOC EB member Wu hails Beijing's 2022 victory

Xinhua, July 31, 2015 Adjust font size:

International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Wu Ching-Kuo of Chinese Taipei on Friday hailed Beijing's victory in the 2022 Winter Olympics race as a "very high achievement".

Beijing beat Almaty 44-40 in the IOC voting, becoming the first city ever to host both summer and winter Olympics.

"A successful bid by Beijing and its bidding parter Zhangjiakou will broaden the appeal of winter sports in China and raise world winter sports to a new level," said Wu, who sits on the IOC executive board since 2012.

"As Chinese, I couldn't be happier," Endi