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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia: Beijing was selected Friday to host the 2022 Winter Olympics, becoming the first city awarded both the winter and summer games.
Beijing narrowly defeated Almaty, Kazakhstan, in a vote of the International Olympic Committee. The vote was surprisingly close: 44-40.
The Chinese capital, which hosted the 2008 Summer Olympics, came in to the vote as the strong favorite, despite its lack of natural snow.
The secret vote was conducted by paper ballot, after the first electronic vote experienced technical faults with the tablets.
Beijing was seen by the IOC as a safe, reliable choice that also offered vast commercial opportunities in a new winter sports market of more than 300 million people in northern China.
Almaty had hoped to bring the games to Central Asia for the first time, but was a lesser-known quantity and viewed as a riskier choice by IOC members. Kazakh Prime Minister Karim Massimov made a last-minute impassioned plea for the IOC to be 鈥渂rave鈥� and give the games to his country, but it wasn鈥檛 enough.
The contest was a study in contrasts between the world鈥檚 most populous nation and a former Soviet republic seeking to establish itself on the world stage. China鈥檚 size and political and economic might was a big advantage against its northwestern neighbor, which became independent in 1991.
Beijing and Almaty had both been considered longshots when the 2022 bid race opened two years ago. But they were the only two candidates left after four European cities 鈥� including Oslo and Stockholm 鈥� pulled out for political or financial reasons.
Beijing plans to use several venues from the 2008 Olympics, including the 鈥淏ird鈥檚 Nest鈥� stadium and 鈥淲ater Cube鈥� arena. But the snow and sliding events would be at venues in Yangqing and Zhangjiakou, 60 and 140 kilometers (40 and 90 miles) outside Beijing. A planned high-speed rail line to Zhangjiakou is supposed to cut travel time to 50 minutes.
China鈥檚 mountain venues also rely heavily on man-made snow, which was considered one of the bid鈥檚 main weaknesses and one that was the target of Almaty鈥檚 鈥淜eeping it Real鈥� slogan. Almaty is surrounded by towering mountains and plenty of natural snow, but Beijing bid leaders insisted they have sufficient water supplies and snow-making equipment for ideal skiing conditions.