also some promo already for Paris2024 :)

Whwn does this start?

February 4th

there'll be a super bubble system for all athletes, delegation members, and some members of the media

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37 days to go

nations diplomats attending 2022 olympics, so far confirmed are

Russia - President Vladimir Putin

France - Minister Delegate in charge of Sports, Roxana Maracineanu

Japan - Seiko Hashimoto, president of the Tokyo2020 olympic and paralympic organisation comittee

Japan - Yasuhiro Yama****a, president of the Japanese olympic comittee

Japan - Kazayuki Mori, chief of the Japanese olympic comittee

Colombia - Guillermo Herrera Castanó, Minister of Sports of Colombia

Colombia - Marta Lucia Ramirez, Vice president of Colombia, ministry of foreign affairs

Colombia - Mariá Juliana Ruiz, First Lady of Colombia

Argentina - Alberto Fernandez, President of Argentina

Latvia - Maija Manika, Latvian ambassador to China
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United Nations - Secretary-General Antonio Guterres

IOC - Chair of the IOC ethics commission, former secretary-general of the UN, Ban Ki-Moon

IOC - president Thomas Bach
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update

also Saudi Arabia will make their winter olympics debut


and Peru have their first athletes qualified (a nation which didn't compete in 2018 winter olympics)

36 days to go

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so far qualified at speed skating for Netherlands

men's

no.1 1.000m Thomas Krol
no.1 5.000m Patrick Roest

no.2 1.000m Kai Verbij
no.1 10.000m Jorrit Bergsma
mass start will be allocated to someone in the chosen 9
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no.2 500m Merijn Scheperkamp
no.3 1.000m Hein Otterspeer

no.2 5.000m Jorrit Bergsma
no.2 10.000m Patrick Roest
no.2 500m Dai Dai N'Tab
no.3 5.000m Sven Kramer
no.3 500m Kai Verbij

women's

mass start allocated to one of the chosen 9
no.1 3.000m Irene Schouten
no.2 3.000m Antoinette de Jong
no.1 500m Femke Kok
no.1 1.000m Jutta Leerdam
no.1 1.500m Antoinette de Jong

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no.2 1.500m Ireen Wust
no.2 1.000m Antoinette de Jong
no.3 3.000m Carlijn Achtereekte
no.3 1.500m Marijke Groenewoud
no.3 1.000m Ireen Wust
no.2 500m Jutta Leerdam
no.3 500m Michelle de Jong

TeamNetherlands are now all in quarantaine bubble, and won't see their families for more than two months

35 athletes in total, flag bearers will be speed skater Kjeld Nuis and figure skater Lindsey van Zundert

update:

Kazakhstan - President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev

Iran - Hamid Sajjadi, ministry of sport and youth, Reza Selahi Amiri, president of iran's olympic comittee

Hong Kong - Carrie Lam, executive

Macau - Ho Lat-Seng, executive

Monaco - Albert II, sovereign prince of monaco and chair of IOC sustainability and Legacy Commission

Mongolia - Luvsannamsrain Oyun-Erdene, prime minister of Mongolia

Luxembourg - Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg

Pakistan - Imran Khan, prime minister of Pakistan, Fahmida Mirza, Minister of Inter-provincial Coordination

Philippines - Teodoro Locsin Jr, secretary

Greece - Kyriakos Mitsotakis, prime minister of Greece

also attending the opening ceremony

also Chinese Taipei have athletes qualified, same as Eritrea, and also India

list of 2022 winter olympics broadcasters

Afghanistan: ATN
Armenia: APMTV
Australia: Seven Network
Asia: Dentsu
Belgium: RTBF, VRT
Brazil: Grupo Globo
Canada: CBC/Radio Canada, Bell Media
Colombia: Caracol Television
Croatia: HRT
Denmark: DR, TV2
Estonia: Postimees Group
Europe: Eurosport
Finland: Yle
France: France Télévisions
Germany: ARD, ZDF
Greece: ERT
Hungary: MTVA
Hong Kong: TVB
Iceland: RUV
Italy: RAI
Japan: Japan Consortium
Kazakhstan: Khabar, RTRK
Kosovo: RTK
Latin America: América Movil
Lithuania: TV3
Macau: TDM
Malaysia: Astro, RTM, Unifi TV
MENA: BeIn Sports
Netherlands: NOS
Norway: TVNorge
New Zealand: Sky
North Korea: SBS
Pacific Islands: Sky
Peru: Grupo ATV
Poland: TVP
Sweden: Kanal 5
Serbia: RTS
Singapore: Mediacorp
Slovenia: RTV
South Africa: SABC, SuperSport
South Korea: SBS
Spain: RTVE
Sub-Saharan Africa: Econet Media, Infront Sports & Media, SuperSport
Thailand: Plan B
United Kingdom: BBC, Eurosport
United States: NBC Universal

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