Chinese take pictures in front of the Beijing Winter Olympics mascot| Photo: EFE
When the Ohio State and Utah football teams played at Rose Bowl Stadium in California on New Year’s Day, 18.960 people packed the stadium to watch the game.
)On New Year’s Eve, 66.720 attended the Orange Bowl to see Georgia face Michigan, and 19.214 attended the Cotton Bowl to see Alabama face Cincinnati.
A Covid-18 did not stop them.
When the Winter Olympic Games of 2022 start in Beijing in about two weeks, the various locations that will host this event will only receive those that the communist government of the People’s Republic of China allows to be there.
No one will be able to buy tickets for any competition at the Beijing Olympic Games.
Over the past month, China has repeatedly tightened the restrictions it will impose on those who can participate in the Olympic Games and what they can do there.In ] in September, the International Olympic Committee announced that people from outside mainland China would not be admitted as spectators to the Games. 2022.
“Tickets will be sold exclusively to spectators residing in mainland China, who meet the requirements of Covid-19 measures-19”, announced the committee.
Two days before Christmas, China announced that residents who would be allowed to participate in the Olympics would not be allowed to speak too loudly during the events.
“On Thursday, as athletes around the world planned the safest personal routes to the Games,” reported the New York Times, “China has detailed some of the strictest rules imposed so far on its own citizens. Spectators at the Winter Olympics – which were previously limited to residents of China – will be able to applaud, but not shout, in support of the athletes.”
Last week, China announced that it will not be selling tickets for the Olympics and will instead “invite groups of spectators” to participate of events.