LAUSANNE (AFP) – Beijing leaders on Tuesday handed over their official bid to stage the 2022 Winter Olympics to the IOC heightening their battle with Kazakhstans Almaty.The event is guaranteed to be staged in Asia as Beijing and Almaty are the only candidates. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) will make a final decision in July.Liu Peng, chairman of the Chinese Olympic Committee, and Wang Anshun, chairman of the Beijing 2022 Bid Committee, presented the Chinese capitals financial and construction guarantees for the event at the IOC headquarters.They made no immediate comment.Almatys sporting and bid leaders were to give their official …read more
Source: Dunya TV