Beijing to host Winter Olympics

Beijing has become the first city to host both Summer and Winter Olympic Games after beating Kazakhstan’s Almaty to hold the 2022 Winter Olympics.

北京击败哈萨克斯坦的阿拉木图，获得2022年冬奥会举办权，成为奥运历史上第一个既举办过夏季奥运会，又举办冬奥会的城市。

Following a closed-door vote by International Olympic Committee (IOC) members, President Thomas Bach announced that Beijing is the winner of 2022 Winter Olympics during the 128th IOC Session in Kuala Lumpur on Friday afternoon. Beijing won 44 nods against Almaty’s 40 in the voting.

7月31日，国际奥委会委员在于吉隆坡召开的第128次会议上进行了非公开投票，国际奥委会主席巴赫宣布了投票结果：北京获得2022年冬奥会举办权。北京以44-40的微弱优势战胜了阿拉木图。

The choice of Beijing as host of the 2022 Winter Olympics over Kazakhstan’s Almaty was a solid vote for the tried and tested, and the financial and organizational security of China.

北京击败哈萨克斯坦的阿拉木图市成为2022年冬奥会举办城市，是对这座经过夏季奥运会考验的城市的一致肯定，也是对中国举办奥运会的财政和组织能力的肯定。

Beijing was seen by the IOC as a safe, reliable choice that also offered vast commercial opportunities in a new winter sports market of more than 300 million people in northern China.

北京对奥委会来说是一个安全可靠的选择，中国北方有3亿多人口，对新的冬季运动市场来说，也是巨大的商机。

The victory over long-shot Kazakhstan was a nod to China’s rocket-fast rise as a global powerhouse, giving the most populous nation another shot at welcoming the most-watched sporting event in the world.

中国击败没有胜算的哈萨克斯坦，证明了中国世界强国的地位迅速上升，让这个人口最多的国家再次赢得了世界上最受瞩目的体育赛事举办权。

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来源:China Daily爱语吧作者:Annie