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Top Olympic Bid Stories of 2015: #2 – Beijing Defeats Almaty In Bid To Host 2022 Olympic Winter Games

GamesBids.com presents the eighth annual Top Ten list of Olympic Bid Stories for 2015. These stories impacted the course of Olympic…

January 1, 2016
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  • Top Olympic Bid Stories of 2015: #2 – Beijing Defeats Almaty In Bid To Host 2022 Olympic Winter Games
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IOC President Thomas Bach opens envelope to reveal Beijing's 2022 Olympic bid victory (IOC Photo)

2022 Olympic Bid Electronic Voting Failure Casts Shadow on Results

Official 2022 Olympic bid election result sheet (IOC handout) CLICK TO ENLARGE

Beijing’s 2022 Victory and Almaty’s Loss Due To Outdated IOC Rule

Snow cannons are lined up to provide artificial snow, as required, at the Genting Ski Resort (GamesBids Photo)

Agenda 2020 Takes Back Seat While Beijing Wins As IOC’s Safe Choice

Reporting from Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre in Malaysia – Predictably, and historically, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Friday elected Beijing to…

July 31, 2015
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  • Agenda 2020 Takes Back Seat While Beijing Wins As IOC’s Safe Choice
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IOC President Thomas Bach opens envelope to reveal Beijing's 2022 Olympic bid victory (IOC Photo)

Beijing Wins Bid To Become First City To Host Winter and Summer Olympic Games

Reporting from Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre in Malaysia – The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has elected the city of Beijing…

July 31, 2015
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  • Beijing Wins Bid To Become First City To Host Winter and Summer Olympic Games
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Proposed site of Medals Plaza in Chongli for Beijing 2022 (GamesBids Photo)

Almaty and Beijing Present Difficult Choice for IOC Ahead of Election

Reporting from Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre in Malaysia – On Friday Almaty and Beijing presented their 2022 Olympic Winter Games bids…

July 31, 2015
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  • Almaty and Beijing Present Difficult Choice for IOC Ahead of Election
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Beijing 2022 presents Olympic bid at the 128th IOC Session in Kuala Lumpur

Magic Number Is 43 To Win 2022 Olympic Winter Games Bid

Reporting from Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre in Malaysia – The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has announced Friday that 85 voters will…

July 30, 2015
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  • Magic Number Is 43 To Win 2022 Olympic Winter Games Bid
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128th IOC Session In Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (GamesBids Photo)

IOC Kicks Off 128th Session As Almaty and Beijing Set To Make Final Olympic Bid Presentations

Reporting from Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre in Malaysia – On Thursday night in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia’s Prime Minister Dato’ Sri Najib…

July 30, 2015
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  • IOC Kicks Off 128th Session As Almaty and Beijing Set To Make Final Olympic Bid Presentations
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The Malaysian Youth Philharmonic Orchestra entertained the IOC at opening ceremony in Kuala Lumpur (GamesBids Photo)

Almaty, Beijing Claim Games Will Help Develop Athletes

Reporting from Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre in Malaysia – In the race between Almaty and Beijing to host the 2022…

July 30, 2015
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Chinese NHL Draftee Andong Song Speak in Kuala Lumpur (GamesBids Photo)

On Election Eve, Almaty and Beijing Lunge To Finish Line

Reporting from the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre in Malaysia – With only a day remaining in the two-year 2022 Olympic…

July 30, 2015
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  • On Election Eve, Almaty and Beijing Lunge To Finish Line
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Almaty 2022 Co-Chair Andrey Kryukov interviewed In Kuala Lumpur ahead of election (GamesBids Photo)

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