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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

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Originally Posted by Nicky91 (Post 11125343)

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:

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

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Originally Posted by Nicky91 (Post 11105027)

participating nations in 2022 winter olympics

Albania
Andorra
Argentina
Armenia
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Belarus
Belgium
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Brazil
Bulgaria
Canada
Chile
China (Host)
Colombia
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Ecuador
Estonia
Finland
France
Georgia
Germany
Great Britain
Greece
Haiti
Hong Kong
Hungary
Iceland
Iran
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Japan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kosovo
Latvia
Lebanon
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Madagascar
Malaysia
Malta
Mexico
Monaco
Mongolia
Montenegro
Morocco
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nigeria
North Macedonia
Norway
Pakistan
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Puerto Rico
ROC[a] (Russia but without a flag and anthem)
Romania
San Marino
Serbia
Slovakia
Slovenia
South Korea
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Thailand
Turkey
Ukraine
United States
Uzbekistan

Debuting nation: Haiti, Saudi Arabia

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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also attending the opening ceremony

Maldives - Abdulla Shahid, ministry of foreign affairs of maldives

Switzerland will soon decide on who to send but have officially confirmed they are attending opening ceremony

https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/politic...mpics/47256814

Dominica is also attending the opening ceremony, sending their ambassador to China, Martin Charles

South Korea will attend the opening ceremony but has yet to officially confirm if indeed their president Moon Jae-In is the one who will go to Beijing

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91 nations have athletes qualified, update

also East Timor, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Ghana, American Samoa, Jamaica are in

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/202...nter-olympics/

Jamaica skier Benjamin Alexander

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can he become as iconic as this bobsledding team of theirs in 88

nice time for a little throwback

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With the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games on the horizon, it makes sense to take a look back at some of the great winter Olympic performers of the past. From champion ice skaters like Michelle Kwan to snowboarding legend Shaun White, there are many athletes over the years who have given spectacular and memorable performances. In addition to these individual athletic feats come the team competitions in sports such as ice hockey, luge, and bobsledding. During one winter games, bobsledding became the focus of the world for a short time, as the sport had a rather unusual team that qualified. This team hailed from one of the last places you would expect — an island in the Caribbean Sea.

A four-man bobsled team from Jamaica qualified for the Winter Olympic Games in Calgary in 1988, according to Jamaica Experiences. The team consisted of Devon Harris, Dudley Stokes, Michael White, and Nelson Stokes, none of whom had ever bobsledded before (via Jamaicans). While Jamaica is known for producing world-class athletes (Usain Bolt*anyone?), before 1988, bobsledders were not something they were known for. Despite the odds being largely stacked against them, the team made their way to Canada, where they became the underdog story that took the world by storm.

Though they had the support of many, their journey to the Olympic medal stand did not go as they had hoped. According to Today, on the team's third run, Dudley Stokes, who was driving the sled, lost control of the sled, which caused the sled to crash, while they were going 85 mph. While thankfully no one was killed, it did end the Jamaican's dreams of a medal, due to disqualification. Despite knowing that, they climbed out of their sled and walked across the finish line anyway, finishing the race to the cheers of the crowd.

By completing the race and refusing to give in, the 1988 Jamaican bobsled team created one of the most iconic moments in sports history. The team did compete in future Olympic Games before retiring from the sport. According to*Olympics, Dudley Stokes and Devon Harris became public speakers, while Nelson "Chris" Stokes is now president of the Jamaican Bobsleigh Team Federation and Michael White has kept a relatively low profile. In 1993, Disney released "Cool Runnings," a movie inspired by the 1988 Jamaican bobsled team.

https://www.grunge.com/720812/whatev...%20known%20for.

Nicky with less than 2 weeks to go
China Government is still trying to be Zero Covid.

But may places near the games
are in Strict Lockdown.
Even young children with Covid
put into cabins, away from parents

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India are also attending the opening ceremony, they are sending Harjinder Singh, chef de mission of India's olympic comittee

no tickets will be sold to the public except the selected spectators who will strictly abide by the COVID-19 countermeasures before, during and after each event.

Kenya had qualified one athlete but has withdrawn from Beijing2022

https://nation.africa/kenya/sports/o...ympics-3686330

the themes for the opening ceremony are:

- China’s yearning for and willingness to pursue world peace
- Olympic motto “faster, higher, stronger - together”
- Beijing Winter Games’ slogan of “Together for a shared future”

also one athlete from Virgin Islands qualified, meaning they return to the winter games after their absence in 2018

:cheer: 3 days to go

2 days to go

https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/spo...m-b980150.html

11:30 BBC1(HD)

so for my nation 12:30 CET

first medal events for this upcoming saturday

Biathlon: mixed 4x6km relay

Cross-Country: Skiathlon women

Speed Skating: women's 3.000m

Shorttrack skating: mixed team relay

Freestyle Skiing: men's moguls

Ski Jumping: women's individual normal hill

1 hour and 50 minutes left until opening ceremony

fun opening ceremony so far :love: :love:

Claudia Pechstein as a very deserving german flag bearer, her 8th winter olympics, WOW :worship:

some very lovely outfits from certain countries like East Timor, Mongolia :flutter: Australia in army colour jackets :love:

Ireland with the traditional green outfits :clap2:

Prince Albert II of Monaco in the audience :lovedup:

:) and of course the host country, china also a HUGE delegation

fun facts time regarding Brazil, pretty impressive if you ask me, from a warm country

Jacqueline Mourao competed in 4 winter olympics and 3 summer olympics, also a nice statistic :)

cyclist, biathlete, cross-country skier