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Did you know that it is generally not considered respectful to have any wars during the Olympic Games? That is why right after the Olympics Putin declared war on Ukraine. Reagan Gottlieb

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Each Olympic games have a specific motto.

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USA is in third place with 8 gold medals 8 silver and 5 bronze and the country in 1st is Norway!

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History of The U.S. Hosting The Olympics!

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History of The U.S. Hosting The Olympics!

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The U.S. has hosted the Olympics eight times throughout the Games’ history. 4 Summer Games and 4 Winter Games!
-Silvana Lorenzo

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History of United States Cities Hosting the Olympics

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This summer's Tokyo Olympics marks the second time that Japan's capital has hosted, with the first coming in 1964. After the Tokyo Games in 2021, the Olympics move to Beijing in 2022. Paris is then set to takeover as host of the 2024 Summer Olympics.

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Blue stands for Europe, yellow stands for Asia, black stands for Africa, green stands for Australia, and red stands for America.

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Did you know the 5 Olympic rings represent the five continents, united by olympism, while the six colors are those that appear on all the national flags of the world at the present time.
-Sophia Hernandez

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Did you know that in all, USA has 1,061 gold medals, that is the most gold medals earned in the world.

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Olympics started in Greece in 1896

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Rule 23 of the IOC Olympic Charter addresses the languages of the Olympics: The official languages are French and English.

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Norway is in 1st place!
-Alessia Coticelli

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At least one Olympic color is on a country flag. Justin A.

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did you know that America hosted the winter Olympics 4 times. the years that they hosted it was 1932, 1960, 1980, 2002, and as the website said they was the country that was hosted it the most ever.

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did u know The Olympic Torch Relay is not an ancient tradition.

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Day 10 was a banner one for Team USA, which collected four medals across three events at the 2022 Winter Olympics.

snared a surprise bronze medal in women's aerials, the same metallic hue won by figure skaters Madison Hubbelland Zach Donohuein ice dance.

And women's monobob gold medalist Kaillie Humphries was joined by silver medalist Elana Meyers Taylor as the U.S. went 1-2 in the event's Winter Games debut.

At the conclusion of competition on Day 10 (Monday, Feb. 14) here are some notes and the medal chart:

It was Team USA's best day in terms of number of medals won: four. The previous best was Day 6 (Feb. 10): three gold

Monobob is the last of the seven new events to be competed at these Winter Games. Top medal winners in the new events:

USA - five medals (3 gold, 2 silver)

CAN - four medals (4 bronze)

CHN - three medals (2 gold, 1 silver)

Four medal events were contested on Feb. 14. Women's Slopestyle Freestyle Skiing originally scheduled for Feb. 14 was moved to Feb. 15 due to weather conditions.

69 of 109 events have been completed. 40 to go.

Just past the midpoint of medals awarded, Team USA is hoping to improve on its solid fourth-place finish in 2018, when its 23 medals trailed Norway (39), Germany (31), and Canada (29).

The Americans also had the fourth-most gold medals in 2018 with nine, but have now not claimed a Day 1 medal at consecutive Olympics.

Team USA is chasing its medal-best standard of 34 overall with 10 golds on home turf in Salt Lake City during the 2002 Winter Olympics.

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Day 10: 2022 Winter Olympics Medal Count Update

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Day 10 was a banner one for Team USA, which collected four medals across three events at the 2022 Winter Olympics. snared a surprise bronze medal in women's aerials, the same metallic hue won by figure skaters Madison Hubbell and Zach Donohue in ice dance.

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Did you know that Ecuador won the olympics in 2018

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“Olympism is a philosophy of life, exalting and combining in a balanced whole the qualities of body, will and mind. Blending sport with culture and education, Olympism seeks to create a way of life...

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Paralympic Games, major international sports competition for athletes with disabilities.

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If you're first, then you'll get gold. I you're second, you'll get silver. If you're third, you get bronze. Justin A.

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There is a total of 224 athletes competing this year in the winter Olympics.
-Madison Knights

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Team USA athlete roster for 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics

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A list of athletes qualified for or named to the U.S. Olympic team for the Beijing Winter Olympics in 2022.

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Golf returned in the Olympics in 2016.

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Did you know that Italy won the gold metal in Curling!
-Alessia Coticelli

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Beijing is the first city ever to host both the summer and winter Olympic Games. The 2008 Summer Olympics were also held in Beijing.

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My Favorite country in the Olympics is Italy they seem to be a good country in the Olympics. I want Italy to be in 1st place.

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the United States

There are a total of 2,871 athletes that qualified to participate in the 2022 Winter Games. The largest delegation is from USA, followed by Canada with 215 and the Russian Olympic Committee with 212.🐱‍🏍👍

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I like Spain it is the best sport country. First it has the best teams like Barcelona and other good team's. To sum it up Spain is the best country and I will never replace Spain as a country team with other teams

- FaZe_JEREMY A

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This is the Olympics in 2000 it looks really cool with the fireworks and the Olympic logo and the lights!!!

- Charlotte Copeland (Shawty Bae)

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mario the 2022 Winter Olympics officially kick off with the Opening Ceremony on Friday, February 4, and run through Sunday, February 20 in Beijing, China. ... The Opening Ceremony will take place at the National Stadium, which is also referred to as “The Bird's Nest

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Italy has competed at all the modern Olympic Games. Italy has taken part in all the Winter Olympic Games, winning 124 medals, and 618 medals at the Summer Olympic Games.  The Olympic medal count for Italy, 2022 is 2 gold, 4 silver, 1 bronze. That's 7 medals in total.
-Sophia Hernandez

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did you know that the Olympic rings stand for the five continents?

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Did you know the Olympics actually promote culture. Olympic Solidarity promotes culture and education by encouraging NOCs and their National Olympic Academy to be actively involved in this field by creating, organizing and publicizing related programs and initiatives.
-Vanessa P

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A winter Olympic torch lighting.

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Here's a cool picture of the Olympic rings!
-Alessia Coticelli

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The Olympic Games are an international sports festival that began in ancient Greece. The original Greek games were staged every fourth year for several hundred years, until they were abolished in the early Christian era.

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The ancient Olympics were held every four years between August 6 and September 19 during a religious festival honoring Zeus.
Bryanna J.

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During the Olympics music is used during the opening ceramony's. -amelia matzen

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NBC Olympics Theme Song (Leo Arnaud "Bugler's Dream")

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It's fun to follow not only the United States, but also countries from our own individual heritage/background!

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It's fun to follow not only the United States, but also countries from our own individual heritage/background!

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Did you know that usa hosted the olympics 4 times!!

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did you know that the USA hosted the Olympics 4 times!!!

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Medal Count for Austria           Reagan Gottlieb   

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Medal Count for Austria           Reagan Gottlieb   

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Most of my family is from Austria. So far for the 2022 Winter Olympics, Austria has won Gold 0 Silver 2 Bronze 2!

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Spain held the Summer Olympics in Barcelona, 1992. These special events took place from July 25 to August 9!
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-Silvana Lorenzo

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Japan has only won first place one time in the winter Olympics, 1 time for second place, and 2 times for third place.
-Isabella Dossantos

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The Olympic rings represent the union of the five continents.
-Madison K

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I support the United states always because my family came from Peru to start a new life here, and because of what they did, I am here now.

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Schedule, Results, and Medal Count Tracker

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Schedule, Results, and Medal Count Tracker

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USA captures silver again, this time in figure skating

Team USA added to its medal haul late Sunday night, picking up a silver medal in the team figure skating competition. Team figure skating consists of multiple events, including men's and women's short program, men's and women's free skating, pairs short program and free skating, and also ice dance and rhythm dance. Team USA consisted of nine skaters: Madison Hubbell, Zachary Donohue, Alexa Knierim, Evan Bates, Madison Chock, Nathan Chen, Vincent Zhou and Karen Chen.

Mikaela Shiffrin crashes out in giant slalom, misses final

Two-time Olympic gold medalist Mikaela Shiffrin fell short in her first chance to pick up more gold in Beijing after crashing out of her first run in the giant slalom. Shiffrin fell coming around an early turn causing her to miss a gate. In crashing out, the three-time Olympian missed out on defending her giant slalom gold from 2018 in Pyeongchang. She's also a two-time silver medalist and has one bronze medal in the giant slalom in the world championships. The result is extremely unexpected, even if she wasn't headed for the podium -- Shiffrin hadn't crashed out of a giant slalom race since January of 2018, a span of 30 races. She will have more chances at an Olympic podium in Beijing with a run in the women's Super-G on Thursday night February 10.

After the race, Shiffrin spoke to NBC about how she's processing missing out of the final in one of her best events and also looking forward to the rest of her Olympic schedule in Beijing.

"Going to reset...focus on what I can control for the slalom. There's still [a] long two weeks to go and I'm still looking forward to it," Shiffrin said. "And I just....I'm sorry that was the performance I did today."

Snowboarder Julia Marino wins Team USA's first medal

Team USA claimed its first medal of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics on Friday courtesy of snowboarder Julia Marino. Marino, who fell on her first run, bounced back with a strong second run to win silver in the women's snowboard slopestyle event. This is the 24-year-old Marino's first Olympic medal, as she failed to reach the podium in the 2018 Pyeongchang Games. New Zealand's Zoi Sadowski-Synott won gold to become the country's first ever Winter Olympics gold medalist while Australia's Tess Coady claimed bronze.

Bobsled star cleared to compete

Three-time medalist Elana Meyers Taylor was in danger of not being able to compete in bobsled after testing positive for COVID-19 earlier this week. The positive test forced her to miss the Opening Ceremony, where she was chosen to be the flag bearer for Team USA. After spending days in quarantine, she was thrilled to receive clearance to compete Saturday morning as Meyers Taylor achieved consecutive negative COVID-19 results, ensuring she can lead the Americans in the Winter Games. The No. 1-ranked woman in two-man and monobob, Meyers Taylor will begin competition on Feb. 13. She is seeking her first Gold Medal after winning two Silver and a Bronze in her career. Meyers Taylor is so focused on winning, she even trained in her room while under quarantine.

Women's hockey off to hot but hobbled start

Team USA improved to 2-0 Saturday morning after earning a dominant 5-0 win over the Russian Olympic Committee. Forward Hilary Knight, one of the top players in U.S. Olympic history, moved past Cammi Granato into fourth all-time for the Americans with 20 career points after scoring a goal and notching an assist in the game. (She is three points away from moving to third on the all-time list).

The United States has now out-shot its opponents 114-24 to start the Olympics after downing Finland 5-2 in its first preliminary on Thursday. The Americans have two more prelims remaining, most notably a showdown with rival Canada on Tuesday, before quarterfinal action begins. The U.S. will be playing the rest of the Olympics without star Brianna Decker, who suffered a leg injury in that Finland matchup and has been ruled out for the remainder of the event.

Shaun White's last ride

American snowboarding legend Shaun White confirmed Saturday that the 2022 Winter Olympics will be his last. White, 35, announced he will be retire from Olympic snowboarding action after completing his fifth Games. White holds Gold Medals in the halfpipe at the 2006, 2010 and 2018 Games. At age 35, knee and back issues have bothered him for years, and now he's ready to give it one last go in Beijing.

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Winter Olympics 2022: Team USA schedule, live results tracker, United States medal count from Beijing Games

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USA captures silver again, this time in figure skating Team USA added to its medal haul late Sunday night, picking up a silver medal in the team figure skating competition. Team figure skating consists of multiple events, including men's and women's short program, men's and women's free skating, pairs short program and free skating, and also ice dance and rhythm dance.

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1. Only amateur athletes competed in the ancient Olympics.
The idea that only amateurs should participate in the Olympics is an entirely modern-day concept that developed when the sporting festival was resurrected in 1896. Not only were many ancient Olympians full-time professionals who received stipends from states or private patrons, but the ancient Greeks didn't even have a word for "amateur." (To the Greeks, the word "athlete" meant "one who competes for a prize.") Money prizes were not offered to competitors at Olympia, but they were at other Greek sporting competitions. As is the case today, fame and fortune awaited many ancient Olympic champions when they returned home. States awarded cash prizes to Olympic victors. Athens, for example, showered its champions with enormous sums of money and other rewards such as tax exemptions, front-row theater seats and a lifetime of free meals in its civic building.

2. The ancient Olympics were not plagued by cheating and corruption.
No matter the millennium, the lure of winning can be too tempting for some competitive athletes. Although ancient Olympians stood before a menacing statue of Zeus and swore to play fair, some athletes were willing to evoke divine wrath for the thrill of victory. Athletes breaking the rules could be disqualified and publicly whipped, and competitors and judges found guilty of bribery could pay hefty fines, some of which were used to finance bronze statues of Zeus erected near the entrance to Olympia's stadium. "Victory is to be achieved by speed of feet and strength of body, not with cash," admonished the statue inscriptions. Clearly not everyone paid heed: Over the years, fines paid for the erection of 16 statues.

The first recorded cheating scandal at the games dates to 388 B.C., when boxer Eupolus of Thessaly bribed three opponents to throw their fights against him. Leave it to a politician, however, to take corruption to a new, practically farcical level. When the Roman emperor Nero opted to compete at Olympia in A.D. 67, he bestowed astronomical bribes on the judges, who then agreed to add musical events and poetry reading-activities that Nero considered to be his strong suits-to the Olympic program. The Roman emperor entered the four-horse chariot race with a team of 10 steeds. Although Nero fell out of the chariot and was unable to finish the race, the judges still awarded him the top prize. Nero returned from the Olympics and other Greek sporting events with a haul of 1,808 first-place prizes. Take that, Michael Phelps.

3. Politics and warfare were absent from the ancient Olympics.
With competitors converging from hundreds of independent states, some of them rivals on the battlefields as well as the playing fields, politics inevitably intruded upon the ancient sporting festival. During the Peloponnesian War in 424 B.C., Spartans were banned from competing in or attending the games. While a sacred truce traditionally halted all hostilities during the ancient Olympics, war came right to Olympia during the games in 364 B.C. As the tiebreaking wrestling match in the final event of the pentathlon was taking place, invaders from neighboring Elis attacked. Archers defending Olympia fired from the roofs of the temples. (Security measures for the 2012 London Games, which included soldiers on rooftops with surface-to-air missiles, echoed these long-ago events.) While 5,000 troops engaged in hand-to-hand fighting, spectators used to cheering bloodied athletes in combat sports such as boxing and wrestling stuck around and turned their applause to the warring armies.

4. The ancient Olympics were devoid of commercialism.
The billions of dollars that the International Olympic Committee receives from corporate sponsors and television broadcasters has taken it to a new extreme, but commerce at the Olympics isn't a modern-day invention. In the ancient games, licensed merchants ran food and drink concessions and sold souvenirs. Artists, sculptors and poets hawked their works. Olympic organizers could hand out on-the-spot fines to merchants who engaged in price gouging or sold inferior merchandise. Champions of the ancient games may not have gotten their photographs on boxes of Wheaties, but their images appeared on specially minted coins and state-commissioned statues.

5. Ancient Olympians trained on their own.
As with many of today's Olympians, competitors in the ancient games had a wide support network that assisted them in preparation and training. Like many countries today, Greek states invested in sporting facilities and hired trainers who assisted athletes with medicine, nutrition and physiotherapy. Trainers of Olympic champions became famous themselves and penned popular training manuals with advice on exercise and diet.

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1. Only amateur athletes competed in the ancient Olympics. The idea that only amateurs should participate in the Olympics is an entirely modern-day concept that developed when the sporting festival was resurrected in 1896. Not only were many ancient Olympians full-time professionals who received stipends from states or private patrons, but the ancient Greeks didn't even have a word for "amateur."

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The 2022 Winter Olympics have athletes' villages in three zones - Beijing, Yanqing, and Zhangjiakou - which all belong to a "closed-looped" cocoon.

Around 2,900 Olympians, including 222 from the US, are expected to stay in these compounds.

The villages garnered attention on social media for their automated food service, KFC outlets, and remote-controlled beds.

The Olympic Village in Beijing is powered by solar energy.

China is slated to host about 2,900 athletes, including 222 from the US, at the 2022 Winter Olympics, which are set to kick off on February 4.

Seven winter sports spread across 109 events will be held in three zones: Beijing, Yanqing, and Zhangjiakou.

Each zone is complete with competition venues and Olympic villages.

To stage a "carbon-neutral" Olympics, China might have spent as much as $38.5 billion, a s reported by Insider.

Part of China's sustainability effort was to build solar-powered athletes' villages to fulfill its promise of becoming the first games to be run completely by renewable energy sources, according to the AFP.

The villages are a 'city within a city' under China's strict closed-loop operations, according to Sky News.

To mitigate the transmission of COVID-19, China has sealed off the athletes' villages from the rest of Beijing.

Athletes are kept in "isolation bubbles" that include accommodation, competition venues, and transportation routes, which are separate from the population at large, per Insider.

Staff and volunteers who maintain the villages are also required to stay inside the bubble, according to AFP.

This "closed-loop" cocoon includes all three Olympic zones. Bobsled and alpine skiing events are slated to be held in Yanqing, while Zhangjiakou and Beijing hold the main venues for snowboarding and figure skating respectively, the wire reported.

These villages, like the competition venues, are shrouded in fake snow, per the BBC.

Beijing is pumping out artificial snow, most of it produced by snow guns, to make up for its low snowfall, according to the BBC.

It has also promised that the process of producing snow is environmentally conscious, per The Washington Post. But experts have remained skeptical of the negative impact artificial snow will have on the city.

The "severe need for water" used on snow guns is not consistent with what Beijing claims to be a sustainable practice, Dr Madeleine Orr, assistant professor at the State University of New York, told the BBC.

Athletes' rooms in the Olympic villages appear simple, but the beds are a step up from the Tokyo Games.

While athletes slept on cardboard beds at the 2021 Tokyo Games, Beijing stepped it up a notch with adjustable, remote-controlled beds.

Two-time American Olympic luge athlete Summer Britcher showcased the beds in a Tiktok clip that garnered over 358,000 views in six days.

Britcher said in the video that one special feature of these beds is the "zero-G mode," which is reminiscent of NASA's "zero-gravity" neutral reclining posture, reported NBC. This posture helps astronauts equalize their weight prior to lift-off, the publication added.

Britcher is staying at the Yanqing athletes' village, which is fitted with 1,430 beds, according to DraftKings Nation.

A total of 678 Chinese and Western dishes will be on offer at the villages, according to local newspaper China Daily.

Some meals will be served by staff at the villages' dining halls. Organizers have developed a menu that features dishes like Beijing roast duck, stir-fried sliced lamb with scallions, pizza, and spaghetti, per the report.

Vegetarian, halal, and kosher meals will also be served, the report added.

Beijing's village also has KFC and Pizza Hut outlets.

Yum China Holdings Inc, which is the operator of KFC and Pizza Hut outlets in China, was announced as the Games' official retail food services sponsor in July 2020, reported Reuters.

Yum Holdings is also the official sponsor of the Chinese Olympic Committee, the company announced in July 2020.

KFC is one of the most popular fast-food chains in China, with more than 7,900 outlets across 1,600 cities.

Athletes also have access to a free hair and nail salon.

The salon will provide free hairstyling, facial, and manicure services in all three villages, according to state-run web portal China.org.cn.

In accordance with COVID-19 protocols, only disposable towels, bibs, and face covers will be used in the salons, the service provider's cofounder, Gaston Chee, told CGTN.

Other facilities include laundry service, convenience stores, and flower and book shops, the portal reported.

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Inside China's 'closed-loop' Olympic Villages, which are replete with robot-controlled waiters, KFC outlets, and remote-controlled beds

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The 2022 Winter Olympics have athletes' villages in three zones - Beijing, Yanqing, and Zhangjiakou - which all belong to a "closed-looped" cocoon. Around 2,900 Olympians, including 222 from the US, are expected to stay in these compounds. The villages garnered attention on social media for their automated food service, KFC outlets, and remote-controlled beds.