While much Beijing will host the Olympic Winter Games in 2022, many voices are raised in protest against this award. Marion Rolland, world champion in downhill in 2013, believes that it is “completely stupid” to play the Games on the “fake snow.”
The enthusiasm of Thomas Bach may well be contagious, the President of the IOC (International Olympic Committee) has not necessarily convinced everyone in announcing the victory “historic” Beijing in the race to organize Winter Games in 2022: “With the vast experience of China in organizing large-scale events, it really is a safe choice We know. China will fulfill its commitments and keep its promises. “
Promises, promises? If there is a well that Chinese organizers will not be able to do, other than to respect the rights of man as the point of many associations is that of natural snow. For the mountains around Zhangjiakou in Yanqing and sorely lacking, and it will therefore use artificial snow. What further strengthen a little more controversy surrounding the nomination, which finally won by 44 votes against 40 face Almaty (Kazakhstan) despite many reservations about the project, especially because of the dispersion of sites.
As for the lack of snow, we obviously did not yet heard the current stars of skiing to speak on the subject. On the BBC, the British Lizzy Arnold has shown it relatively temperate. “I know it’s particularly hot in Beijing, and it makes a huge difference to evolve on artificial snow: speed is impacted and they will have to take all this into consideration when designing the sites” , said the gold medalist in the skeleton in Sochi. Marion Rolland, who took his retirement last February, it was decided to step up.
“Am I the only one to find MORON completely to winter on #JO fake snow? !! Beijing2022 # (…) I especially feel that everyone finds it normal, no wave, no protest. Who touched its envelope? “, wrote on Twitter World Champion 2013 descent, relaying a feeling shared by many on social networks, where one particular compares this allocation to that of Qatar for the World Cup Soccer 2022. And that is not likely to raise the profile of international bodies, sports and elsewhere, with the public …
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