The torch was lit amid protests
Activists who protested against the session were disrupted Olympic Games 2022 Winter in Beijing, Monday, Lighting Festival Flame The Olympics are scheduled to take place in China from February 4-20 next year.
Three activists smashed a torch-lighting ceremony in the Greek city of Olympia, where they read the Tibetan flag and banner: “No genocidal games”, during a ceremony attended by the international leader Thomas Bach of the Olympic Committee.
The torch will be handed over to the Chinese organizers of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics on Tuesday at the Panathinaikos Stadium, where the 1896 and 2004 Olympics were held.
“Beijing will write history as the first city to host both the Summer Olympics and the Winter Olympics,” said German Thomas Bach, chairman of the International Olympic Committee during the ceremony.“.
He added that “the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics will connect the Chinese people to the world, and China’s vision is to engage 300 million people in ice sports and change the winter games forever,” he said. When China welcomes the best athletes in the Winter Games.
“No genocidal games”: Protesters disrupt the Winter Olympics flame festival in Athens.
3 brave activists against human rights violations in China for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics enter the flame-loading ceremony.# Boycott Beijing 2022 #Boycott Beijing Olympics pic.twitter.com/EftHl0BG92
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