The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Winter Games holds a news conference ahead of Friday's opening ceremony. Zhao Weidong, spokesperson and director-general of the Media and Communications Department of the Committee, spokesperson Yan Jiarong, Yang Yang, chairperson of its Athletes' Commission and twice Olympic gold medal-winning short track speed skater at Salt Lake City 2002, Wu Xiaonan, director-general of the operations team of the National Speed Skating Oval, Dr. Huang Chun, deputy director-general of the Pandemic Prevention and Control Office, and Lin Cunzhen, director of the arts at the Department of Cultural Activities, attend the news conference and take questions from the media.