Beijing Winter Olympics

[Winnipeg]

There has been some discussion of boycotting these games? Thoughts?

 

[ilovepaydays]

Not sure - but what’s the probability of the games being postponed or cancelled anyway due to YKW? Has China hosted any major sport events since March 2020? It seems like all of them have been cancelled.

 

[MacMadame]

I'd say postponed, maybe but canceled? No way. Too much $$ for that to happen. Look at Japan and the Summer Olympics.

 

[Karen-W]

I will be very surprised if they are postponed and cancelation is out of the question.

The torch lighting is set to happen on Oct 18th. https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1113137/beijing-2022-olympic-flame-fans-covid

 

[Winnipeg]

Maybe I was thinking more of boycotting due to political positions of late?

 

[skatingguy]

Maybe I was thinking more of boycotting due to political positions of late?

Seems unlikely. In an ideal world we would look at the treatment of the Uyguhr people and China would be cutoff until the situation changed, but we've allowed China to become too big & powerful now & the political will do that much harm to our economies is not there, particularly coming out of COVID.

 

[PRlady]

And it’s not going to be the most fun Olympic for the athletes:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/29/...estrictions.html?referringSource=articleShare

 

[skatingguy]

And it’s not going to be the most fun Olympic for the athletes:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/29/...estrictions.html?referringSource=articleShare

That was a given - Beijing 2008 isn't known as the 'No Party Olympics' for nothing.

 

[mjb52]

No free condoms?

 

[taz'smum]

This is the first time I've heard China casting any doubt on the Olympics going ahead as scheduled

https://www.sports.ru/biathlon/1105...len-lokdaun-iz-za-omikron-shtamma-korona.html

Huang Chun, spokesman for the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee, said the spread of the omicron in a worst-case scenario could affect the Games' schedule.

 

[On My Own]

This is the first time I've heard China casting any doubt on the Olympics going ahead as scheduled

https://www.sports.ru/biathlon/1105...len-lokdaun-iz-za-omikron-shtamma-korona.html

Huang Chun, spokesman for the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee, said the spread of the omicron in a worst-case scenario could affect the Games' schedule.

Well, they did send Xi'An into lockdown. And Tianjin has omicron cases now too. So they must be concerned for sure.

 

[Cachoo]

I nominate Japan for the figure skating venue for the Olympics: Limit the crowds, entomb the skaters until their event(s) are over. The USA and Canada can cover hockey at various venues....how about France and/or Italy for downhill events and Norway for cross country? The Netherlands and South Korea can take speed skating. Germany can take bobsleigh and luge, Russian the biathlon and nordic combined, Finland ski jumping. Who takes curling, freestyle and snowboarding?? Make the Olympics global. I understand why China doesn't want Omicron. But we are collectively swimming in it so why not have the Games anyway?

 

[taz'smum]

I nominate Japan for the figure skating venue for the Olympics: Limit the crowds, entomb the skaters until their event(s) are over. The USA and Canada can cover hockey at various venues....how about France and/or Italy for downhill events and Norway for cross country? The Netherlands and South Korea can take speed skating. Germany can take bobsleigh and luge, Russian the biathlon and nordic combined, Finland ski jumping. Who takes curling, freestyle and snowboarding?? Make the Olympics global. I understand why China doesn't want Omicron. But we are collectively swimming in it so why not have the Games anyway?

368k new cases in France today, we indeed are swimming in it!

 

[sk9tingfan]

NBC will not deploy their announcing teams to Beijing, instead broadcasting from their Stamford, CT facility.

NBC won't send sports announcing teams to 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing due to COVID-19

NBC's broadcasting teams for figure skating, Alpine skiing and snowboarding had been expected to be in Beijing.

t.co

 

[Sylvia]

FYI this is an older thread - the 2 current ones for news/info before the 2022 Olympics are:

In Other Sports (pre-Olympics): 2022 Winter Olympics status updates, news articles, etc.

In Politically Incorrect: Beijing Olympic Winter Games protests & politics thread