Beijing 2022 winter olympics/paralympics discussion thread (official uniforms reveal)
 

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

Shorttrack season also kicking off in Beijing

official uniform reveal

Why are you promoting racist China?

Nations who took part in 2018 but not yet have athletes qualified for 2022

Bermuda

Eritrea

Ghana

Jamaica

Moldova

Singapore

South Africa

Togo

Tonga

King Willem Alexander of Netherlands won't attend winter olympics because of covid pandemic, and showing sympathy to all other dutch fans who cannot be in the audience

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