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,中国首都北京获得了20xx年冬季奥运会的主办权,它将成为世界上首个同时举办过夏季和冬季奥运会的城市。
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.
本周正在吉隆坡举办年度全体会议的国际奥委会(International Olympic Committee,简称IOC)成员进行了最后投票,曾在20xx年举办夏季奥运会的北京以44:40的微弱优势战胜了唯一的对手——哈萨克斯坦的阿拉木图。这一差距远远小于此前许多观察人士的预计,考虑到IOC成员对中国主办方的熟悉程度,而阿拉木图不太为人所知。
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