Pakistani athletes to participate in Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics

Beijing: Pakistani athletes are all set to participate in the Olympics Winter Games 2022 scheduled to be held in Beijing from February 4 to February 20.  

The sports minister along with president and secretary general of Pakistan Olympic Committee are also likely to attend the games. 

This would be Pakistan’s fourth appearance in the ‘Winter Olympics’ and the athletes are working hard to win the first medals for their country, according to official sources here on Sunday. 

A male and female are participating in cross-country skiing while a skier will take part in Alpine skiing.

In a message, President Pakistan Olympic Association, Syed Arif Hasan said. “I think Beijing Olympics are going to be a fantastic opportunity for the athletes not only as far as the performance is concerned but also to get to know each, to work with each other, to understand each other and to contribute towards developing a more harmonious atmosphere as far as the world is concerned.”

The 24th Olympics Games also known as Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics will be hosted by the Chinese capital Beijing. 

After the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, the Winter Olympics would be organised in the same city, making Beijing the first dual Olympic city in history. 

For the first time, the event will be hosted by a city that previously hosted the Summer Olympics; four existing indoor venues as well as the Beijing National Stadium which will host the opening and closing ceremonies.  

In the meantime, Canada joined Australia, Britain and the United States in a diplomatic boycott of the Winter Olympics in Beijing with China calling the boycotts "political posturing" and a smear campaign.

The United States was the first to announce the boycott this week, saying on Monday that its government officials would not attend February's Beijing Olympics because of China's human rights "atrocities".