• Chinese city becomes first to host summer and winter Games[br]• Country pledges to use Games to tackle ‘toxic air pollutionBeijing has won the battle to host the 2022 Winter Olympics after Chinese president Xi Jinping made a final-minute vow to lay on a “brilliant,extraordinary and excellent” event.
International Olympic Committee (IOC) delegates handed the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic events to Beijing on Friday afternoon following a secret ballot in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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Source: theguardian.com