ALWAYS A SATISFACTION Dubi introduced that the IOC president Thomas Bach used to have a very important meeting every morning to go through Games coordination, but he called it off just a few days ago, which, as Dubi explained, is "very rare." "This says a lot about the quality of the organization, the attention to the details," said Dubi. "But in particular, the organizers are doing everything to support the athletes." "No athletes have said anything critical. On the contrary, they are all smiling and praising the quality of the venues, the quality of the organization, the quality of the accommodation and the food. When the athletes are satisfied, you cannot expect anything more," he said "You have the most advanced weather forecasting system, great operators teaming up with the International Federations and the media, whatever the weather throws at us, we're going to meet the challenge." "I never expected that you would go over and above," he said. Dubi went on with the natural CO2 refrigeration systems being used at four Beijing 2022 ice venues as it is "far better than anything we had previously," as well as methods used in the Yanqing competition zone, which "will set up the new standard for the future, including in more traditional winter countries." NEVER A DOUBT When being asked if there was a moment of concern about the rescheduling of Beijing 2022, Dubi said "no" without any hesitation "When we took the decision to postpone Tokyo, life was suspended. Everybody was confined at home, everything stopped including sports. Then throughout the summer of 2020, sports resumed, a number of competitions were organized under different circumstances. And we started to see it's possible to host an event on a smaller scale. And then we learned a lot from Tokyo." "But without the concern of any postponement or big impact, we've never ever had any doubt that it (Beijing 2022) would be delivered ," Dubi said. Dubi also admitted that the degree of sophistication to deliver the Games amid COVID-19 from an operational standpoint as it would already require hundreds of policies and procedures under normal circumstances, not to mention the pandemic. As some have claimed that it is impossible to experience Beijing and China in a closed-loop, Dubi shared a different point of view.
"The number one objective was to hold the Games in a safe way, and the closed-loop is delivering exactly that," he said. "And we are interacting with the citizen of Beijing through the volunteers, the organizing committee and the technical officials. It's an experience of the Olympic Games in times of COVID-19. But number one, everybody is safe." "What amazed me at the time and continue to amaze me today is the dynamism, the incredible will of China and Beijing as a city to develop itself to constantly strive for improvement," Dubi noted. "I can imagine that after the success of 2008 and 2022 [Olympic Games], China will continue to be incredibly successful."
来源:新华社
Post time: Feb-15-2022