The torch lighting ceremony for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games

Event to be held at the Ancient Olympia Arena on October 18, 2021
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On October 18, 2021, local time in Greece, the torch lighting ceremony of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics will be held in the ancient Olympia Arena. Greek skier Antoniou will be the first torchbearer at the Beijing Winter Olympics, according to reports. [1]
On October 18, 2021, the Beijing Winter Olympic Games was successfully collected in Ancient Olympia, Peloponnese, Greece, the birthplace of the Olympic movement. In front of the ruins of the Temple of Hera, which has a history of more than 2,000 years, the Olympic flame was once again lit for Beijing. [1]
On October 19, 2021, the Flame of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games was handed over to the vice president of the Beijing Winter Olympic Organizing Committee Yu Zaiqing In hand, the flame transfer ceremony is complete. [3]
On the morning of October 20, 2021, with the arrival of the delegation of the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee to Greece at the capital airport, the Flame of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics successfully arrived in Beijing. [4]
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The torch lighting ceremony for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games
Time of holding
October 18, 2021

Background introduction

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The torch lighting ceremony for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics will be held at the ancient Olympia Arena in Greece on Wednesday. Greek skier Antoniou will reportedly become The first torchbearer of the Beijing Winter Olympics. [1]
Antoniu competed in the giant slalom event at the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics and was the flag-bearer for the Greek delegation at the closing ceremony. This will be the second time he has held the Olympic flame in the ancient Olympia arena. Eight years ago, Antoniou participated in the torch lighting ceremony of the Sochi Winter Olympics when he was not yet 20.
The torch lighting ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics is scheduled to take place at noon on Thursday, but the organizers of the ceremony will closely monitor the weather conditions and make adjustments at any time. Since the torch lighting ceremony of the Tokyo Olympic Games, Georgiu will continue to play the role of high priestess this time, when she will be in front of the temple of Hera, the Beijing Winter Olympics torch to focus the sun's concave mirror to complete the torch lighting work. It is worth mentioning that Georg Wu participated in the torch lighting ceremony for the first time in 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.
Greece's first female president, Elina Saklaropoulou, is expected to attend the torch lighting ceremony with International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach. Due to epidemic prevention, the Beijing Winter Olympic torch will not be transmitted in Greece, but will be directly transported to Athens, local time 19, the Beijing Winter Olympic Torch handover ceremony will be held in Athens Panathinaiko stadium, International Olympic Committee Vice President Yu Zaiqing will represent the Beijing Winter Olympic Organizing Committee from the Greek Olympic Committee president Karpullos hand of the Beijing Winter Olympic Torch.
The flame will then be sent to China.

Flame lighting

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EDITOR
On October 18, 2021, the Beijing Winter Olympic Games was successfully collected in Ancient Olympia, Peloponnese, Greece, the birthplace of the Olympic movement. In front of the ruins of the Temple of Hera, which has a history of more than 2,000 years, the Olympic flame was once again lit for Beijing.
Greek President Aleksander Saklaropoulou, President of the International Olympic Committee Thomas Bach, President of the Greek Olympic Committee Aleksander Kapoullos and Vice President of the Beijing Winter Olympic Organizing Committee Yu Zaiqing jointly attended the collection ceremony on the same day.
According to the plan, the flame of the Beijing Winter Olympics will be handed over by the Hellenic Olympic Committee to the Beijing Winter Olympic Organizing Committee on the 19th at the Panathinaiko Stadium in Athens. The team of the Beijing Winter Olympic Organizing Committee will take a flight on the same day to bring the flame back to China. [2]

Torch handover

On October 19, 2021, the flame handover of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games was handed over to Yu Zaiqing, Vice president of the Beijing Winter Olympic Organizing Committee, and the flame handover ceremony was successfully completed. [3]

Torch arrives in Beijing

On the morning of October 20, 2021, with the arrival of the delegation of the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee to Greece at the capital airport, the Flame of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics successfully arrived in Beijing. [4]