The Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games will take place in three competition zones－downtown Beijing, its northwest Yanqing district and co-host city Zhangjiakou in north China's Hebei Province. How long does it take to travel from Beijing to Zhangjiakou to watch a match? With a maximum design speed of 350 km/h, the Beijing-Zhangjiakou high-speed railway takes passengers less than an hour to travel from Beijing to the main competition venue in Taizicheng village, Zhangjiakou.
It is not hard to find an athlete that has competed at both Summer and Winter Olympic Games; yet it is to find one that has won a gold medal at both of them. In fact, American athlete Edward Eagan is so far the only person that has ever claimed gold medals at Summer and Winter Olympics.
Viewers of the Winter Olympics might be surprised to see that medalists don't get their medals at the competition venues immediately after the finals. For instance, instead of receiving medals, medalists may get stuffed mascots during the medal ceremonies shortly after completing their events at the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games in South Korea.
A total of 2,892 athletes are set to take part in sports events in Beijing 2022, of whom 1,314 are women, accounting for 45.2 percent of the total.
