Beijing was awarded the hosting rights to the 2022 Winter Olympics on Friday, setting up the Chinese capital to become the first city to stage both the Summer and Winter Games.
周五,中國首都北京獲得了20xx年冬季奧運會的主辦權,它將成為世界上首個同時舉辦過夏季和冬季奧運會的城市。
Members of the International Olympic Committee, which is holding its annual congress in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, this week, voted in favor of Beijing, which hosted the Summer Olympics in 2008, over its lone competitor, Almaty, Kazakhstan. The vote was 44 to 40, a margin that was far smaller than many observers had predicted given the familiarity of Chinese organizers with voters and the relative anonymity of Almaty in the sporting community.
本周正在吉隆坡舉辦年度全體會議的國際奧委會(International Olympic Committee,簡稱IOC)成員進行了最后投票,曾在20xx年舉辦夏季奧運會的北京以44:40的微弱優勢戰勝了唯一的對手——哈薩克斯坦的阿拉木圖。這一差距遠遠小于此前許多觀察人士的預計,考慮到IOC成員對中國主辦方的熟悉程度,而阿拉木圖不太為人所知。
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