Beijing will be the first city to host the Winter Olympics and Summer Olympics. It won the bidding for the 2022 Winter Games, after hosting the 2008 Summer Games.
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – Throughout more than 120 years of Olympic history, no city has hosted both the Summer and Winter Games.
Beijing will be the first do it — in the span of a mere 14 years.
The Chinese capital was awarded the 2022 Winter Olympics on Friday, beating Kazakh rival Almaty 44-40 in a surprisingly close vote marred by technical problems, taking the Games back to the city that hosted the summer version in 2008.