• Chinese capital becomes first to host summer and winter Games
• Country pledges to utilize Games to tackle ‘toxic air pollution’Beijing has won the battle to host the 2022 Winter Olympics after the Chinese president,Xi Jinping, made a last-minute vow to lay on a “fantastic, and extraordinary and excellent” event. Beijing defeated its rival Almaty in Kazakhstan by 44 votes to 40,with one IOC member abstaining.
International Olympic Committee delegates handed the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic events to Beijing on Friday afternoon following a secret poll in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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Source: theguardian.com