Russian skiers to attend training camp in Italy ahead of 2022 Olympics in China – TASS

MOSCOW, December 15. /TASS/. The national team of Russian skiers will travel to Italy for a training camp ahead of the 2022 Winter Olympic Games, Yelena Vyalbe, the head of the Russian Ski Association (RSA), told TASS on Wednesday.

"We hope that we will be provided with a direct flight from Milano to Beijing after the training camp," Vyalbe said. "There are currently not many flights on the offer."

The 2022 Winter Olympic Games in the Chinese capital of Beijing are scheduled to be held from February 4-20, while the Paralympic Winter Games will be held on March 4-13.

During the 128th IOC session in Kuala Lumpur on July 31, 2015, Beijing was chosen to host the 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games making the Chinese capital the first city ever to host both the Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games (in 2008) as well as the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games (in 2022).

Beijing won the right to host the 2022 Olympics and Paralympics in a tight race, beating Kazakhstans Almaty in 2015, by chalking up 44 votes against its rivals 40.

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