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Beijing, Aug 5 (EFE).- After celebrating the summer 2008 Olympics, China’s capital will be the first city in the world to also host a winter games in February 2022, with its facilities practically completed and needing only minor tweaks. (Camera: ALVARO ALFARO).B-ROLL OF THE OFFICE OF BEIJING ORGANISING COMMITTEE FOR THE 2022 OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC WINTER GAMES, THE OLYMPIC RINGS, THE OLYMPIC VILLAGE IN BEIJING, CHINA, AS WELL AS THE SKI RESORT IN ZHANGJIAKOU, HEBEI PROVINCE, CHINA.
Fireworks light up the sky above Beijing's National Stadium as the closing ceremony for the Winter Olympic Games ends. IMAGES
Images of Bird's Nest stadium and Beijing skyline ahead of the Winter Olympics closing ceremony. The 2022 Winter Games had loomed as one of the most politically contentious in memory and with fears about Covid, but most of that receded once the skis and skates were put on. IMAGES
Images of Bird's Nest stadium in Beijing on the final day of the Winter Olympics. The 2022 Winter Games had loomed as one of the most politically contentious in memory and with fears about Covid, but most of that receded once the skis and skates were put on. IMAGES
IOC president Thomas Bach says he was "very disturbed" by Russian skater Kamila Valieva's performance in the Beijing Olympics final when she fell several times and seemed overwhelmed by the doping scandal that has engulfed her. "I was very disturbed when I watched it on TV," Bach says. SOUNDBITE
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).