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The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic torch relay kicked off on Wednesday in the Chinese capital.
The relay will continue until Friday in the three competition zones across central Beijing, Yanqing District and Zhangjiakou in neighboring Hebei Province. The Games will run from February 4 to 20.
CGTN reporter Chen Bo covered the torch relay launch in downtown Beijing's Olympic Forest Park in the morning.
Luo Zhihuan, China's first winter sport world champion and first torch bearer of the Beijing Winter Olympic torch relay, in Beijing, China, February 2, 2022. /International Olympic Committee, CGTN
Luo Zhihuan, first torch bearer of the 2022 Winter Olympic torch relay, in Beijing, China, February 2, 2022. /International Olympic Committee, CGTN
Chinese astronaut Jing Haipeng, the second torch bearer of the 2022 Winter Olympic torch relay, in Beijing, China, February 2, 2022. /International Olympic Committee, CFP
CGTN reporter Qu Bo covered the torch relay in Beijing's Shougang Park in the afternoon.
Zhang Li, dean of the School of Architecture at Tsinghua University, during the Beijing Winter Olympic torch relay, at Shougang Park in Beijing, China, February 2, 2022. /International Olympic Committee, CGTN
Han Liping, a technician at Shanxi Aviation Tsinghua Equipment Corporation, carries the Olympic Torch during the Beijing Winter Olympic torch relay, at Shougang Park in Beijing, China, February 2, 2022. /International Olympic Committee, CGTN
Li Yu, a professor at Jilin Agricultural University, lifts the Olympic Torch after taking it over from another bearer during the Beijing Winter Olympic torch relay, at Shougang Park in Beijing, China, February 2, 2022. /International Olympic Committee, CGTN
(Courtesy of International Olympic Committee)
