Beijing 2022 torch relay on Feb. 4: IOC chief among torchbearers

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The final day of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics torch relay is underway.

The three-day relay began on February 2 and the route has taken the flame through the three Olympic competition zones across central Beijing, the city's Yanqing District, and Zhangjiakou in neighboring Hebei Province.

The Winter Olympic Games will run from February 4 to 20.

Friday's torch relay took place on Friday morning inside a "closed loop" at the Beijing Olympic Forest Park.

Torchbearers included International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach, former Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon, United Nations General Assembly President Abdulla Shahid, IOC Vice President Yu Zaiqing, and China's first speed skating Olympic champion Zhang Hong.

World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Russia's pole vault world record holder Yelena Isinbaeva and South Korea's former table tennis star Ryu Seung-min also took part in the relay.

IOC President Thomas Bach (L) hands the Olympic Flame over to the United Nations General Assembly President Abdulla Shahid in the torch relay at the Olympic Forest Park in Beijing, China, February 4, 2022. /IOC, CFP

CGTN reporter Chen Bo covered the torch relay at the Summer Palace in Beijing on Friday morning.

Table tennis Olympic champion Ding Ning of China (C) carries the Olympic torch at the Summer Palace in Beijing, China, February 4, 2022. /IOC, CGTN

China's table tennis Olympic champion Ding Ning (L) and TV anchor Sa Beining wave to the crowd during the Olympic torch relay at the Summer Palace in Beijing, China, February 4, 2022. /IOC, CGTN

Beijing Winter Olympics torchbearers during the torch relay in Summer Palace in Beijing, China, February 4, 2022. /IOC, CFP

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(Courtesy of International Olympic Committee)

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