| Abstract: | The Olympic flame was ignited on October 18, in Ancient Olympia, Greece, marking a milestone for the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022. Present at the flame lighting ceremony was Yu Zaiqing, a special representative of Beijing 2022, who also witnessed years ago such a ceremony for the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics. Hosting the Winter Olympics makes Beijing the first ever city to host both the Summer and Winter Games, he said at this ceremony. "There may be more cities like this in the future, but Beijing being the first bears extraordinary significance," he told Xinhua News Agency. |
