The locked-down Winter Olympics began in spectacular fashion at the same lattice-encased National Stadium which famously hosted the inaugural event at the 2008 Olympics
It began in spectacular fashion at the same lattice-encased stadiumFourteen years ago, a Beijing opening ceremony featured massive pyrotechnic displays and thousands of card-flipping performers set a new standard of extravagance to start an Olympics that no host since has matched.He said: “Unfortunately the global pandemic is still a reality for all of us. Therefore our gratitutde is even greater for the Beijing 2022 Organising Committee and all the Chinese people.
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