How many people are participating in the Beijing Winter Olympics I***2,892.
On July 19, 2018, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced that the proportion of female athletes competing in the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics had been further increased, with a more balanced male-to-female ratio of competing athletes. The number of male and female athletes reached 1,578 and 1,314 respectively. The proportion of female athletes among all athletes is 45.44%, a record high in the history of the Winter Olympics. Female athletes competed in 46 sports, again the highest number ever in the Winter Olympics.
Compared with the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics, the total number of athletes participating in the Beijing Winter Olympics decreased by 41 to 2,892. In terms of specific programs, the quota of participating athletes in modern biathlon has been reduced by 20, skiing in all sports*** by 41, ice sports*** by 26, and coxless bobsledding by four. In addition, the ice hockey program added two new women's teams *** counting 46 people, curling program increased by four people.
Opening Ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics
On the evening of February 4, 2022, the opening ceremony of the world's attention of the Beijing XXIV Winter Olympic Games was held in the National Stadium. Before the official start of the opening ceremony, the National Stadium had a warm atmosphere. Accompanied by cheerful music, people from Beijing and Hebei came to the venue to welcome guests from all directions with a rustic and fiery square dance performance.
The huge "Fu" characters on the venue created a festive atmosphere for the Chinese New Year. On the big screen, people from Zhangjiakou, Hebei Province, Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province and other 10 cities in China showed the world the enthusiasm and passion of China's "300 million people to participate in ice and snow sports". UN Secretary-General Guterres also delivered a video message. Inside the field, outside the field, China, the world, *** with singing "together to the future" of the ice and snow song.