"It really is a safe choice," IOC President Thomas Bach said. "We know China will deliver on its promises."

 

The IOC's secret vote was conducted by paper ballot, after the first electronic vote experienced technical faults with the voting tablets and was not counted. The result of the first vote was not disclosed. When asked at a news conference about the possibility of any voting irregularities. Bach reacted angrily"This is an unfair question," he said. "You are taking a lot of assumptions. ... Obviously there was a technical issue with the voting system, the devices. If the scrutineers decide to be on the very safe side to have a new vote, to have this vote on a ballot paper, then this speaks for itself for a very fair election in everybody's interest."

 

"Gee, you wouldn't have picked that close result a few months ago," IOC vice president John Coates of Australia said. "That address by the prime minister today was brilliantly crafted. I think that's why it got close. But the size of China, the number of people that are going to be introduced to winter sport now, those were all factors."

 

The Beijing Olympic Games Bidding Committee unveiled the gymnasium layout plan for the 2022 Winter Olympic Games on 20 February 2014: five ice events will be held at the Olympic center, the Capital Indoor Stadium and the Beijing Wukesong Sports Center. Competitions for luge, bobsleigh and alpine skiing will be held in Xiaohaituo Mountain area northwest of Beijing, 90 kilometers away from downtown. All other skiing events will be held in Taizicheng Area in Chongli County, Zhangjiakou, 220 kilometers away from downtown of Beijing and 130 kilometers away from Xiaohaituo Mountain Area.

 

Beijing Cluster

 

Bird's Nest – opening and closing ceremony

Capital Indoor Stadium – figure skating, short track

Wukesong Sports Centre – main ice hockey venue

National Indoor Stadium – second ice hockey venue

Water Cube – curling

National Speed Skating Oval – speed skating

Yanqing Cluster

 

Xiaohaituo Alpine Skiing Field – alpine skiing

Xiaohaituo Bobsleigh and Luge Track – bobsleigh, luge and skeleton

Zhangjiakou Cluster

 

Kuyangshu Biathlon Field – cross-country skiing, Nordic combined

Kuyangshu Ski Jumping Field – ski jumping, Nordic combined

Hualindong Ski Resort – biathlon

Genting Ski Resort – snowboarding (slopestyle, halfpipe), freestyle skiing

Taiwu Ski Resort – snowboarding (cross), freestyle skiing

Wanlong Ski Resort – snowboarding (parallel slalom)