Today, I’d like to write about the Winter Olympics, which will be held in 36 days.
The Winter Olympics will be held from February 4 to February 20, 2022.
The opening ceremony will be held on February 4.
The opening ceremony will be held on February 4 at a building called the National Stadium, which looks like a bird’s nest.
The Summer Olympics were held in 2008, and Beijing is a big city that hosts the Olympics twice a year, once in summer and once in winter.
When it was held in the summer, I thought it was an interesting piece of architecture.
After the Olympics, when my family and I traveled to China, we went to see the Bird’s nest building as a tourist attraction.
It left a very strong impression on me.
Fourteen years have already passed since the 2008 summer season. I am very interested in the new and expanded facilities and the snow and ice venues.
Beijing is the first time in history that the event is held in the same place in summer and winter. We need a place where it snows, so it will be very limited in the world.
Tokyo doesn’t get snow, so I guess we have no choice in the winter.
The Winter Paralympics will be held from March 4 to March 13, 2022.
The Paralympics will be held a month later in March.
At present, various Olympic and Paralympic athletes are working hard and achieving results in the final selection rounds, and the representatives of each country are being decided one after another.
As I felt at the time of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, the selection process is pretty last minute.
I’m sure they will look at the achievements that the athletes have made up to now, and there will be some points to be gained, but depending on the event, there may be a competition that is a one-shot deal, and I feel that there is hope for every athlete until the very end.
And when an athlete is selected for the national team, they don’t have that many days before the competition.
I feel that the athletes need to prepare both physically and mentally to be able to race right away, no matter what condition they are in, and to manage their schedules to go abroad.
Also, those who participate in this event and volunteers need to take care of the infection control of COVID-19. This is a convention where a lot of people gather.
Infection control will be very important. I can imagine that the players, coaches, and other support staff will have a very difficult schedule.
Typical winter sports
I am interested in a lot of competitions. Personally, I’m fascinated by jumping, cross-country skiing, alpine skiing, speed skating, figure skating, bobsledding, biathlon, and curling.
I think wheelchair curling is quite challenging because the athletes compete on the ice in wheelchairs, so the curling technique and wheelchair operation must be quite challenging.
This year, I started skiing. It’s not easy, but it feels really good and exciting to ski. I found it thrilling and interesting.
Skating is also fun as long as you enjoy it. It feels good to skate.
The other day, I went to a skating rink for the first time in a while. Even though I haven’t skated for a while, my body remembers what I’m doing.
And when we see the athletes working hard in the Olympics, we feel that it gives us a chance to discover new sports.
I’m sure that some of the people who watch the Olympics and Paralympics will find something they want to do, and that will lead to future athletes.
It will create drama.
There are players who are participating for the first time this year, as well as veteran players who have participated many times.
How old are they, from teenagers up? How many legends are there? It’s amazing.
I hope we can all enjoy the drama that is about to be created.
Sports are competitions that transcend borders and bring people together from all over the world.
We can’t go to the venue, but let’s get energy and courage from the live streaming.
Let’s enjoy the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics at home!
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