IOC Names Beijing as Host City for 2022 Winter Olympics
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Richard Heathcote/Getty Images(KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia) — The 2022 Winter Olympics are headed to China.
The International Olympic Committee announced on Friday that Beijing will be the host city for the Games. The IOC made its decision in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia after hearing final appeals from officials representing Beijing and Almaty, Kazakhstan, the other city in contention.
Beijing now becomes the first city to host both the Summer and Winter Olympics after it hosted the Summer Games in 2008.
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