KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) – Beijing on Friday narrowly won a historic International Olympic Committee vote for the 2022 Winter Games that secured its place in sporting history.The Chinese capital beat Almaty in Kazakhstan by just 44 votes to 40, with one abstention, to become the first city to be awarded both the summer and winter Games.Beijings mayor Wang Anshun hailed the win, saying it had been a remarkable day for China.Beijing held the summer Olympics in 2008 in what was then seen as China sealing its place on the world stage as an emerging superpower.This time it had been the …read more
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