WASHINGTON — Athletes from across the world have begun to gather in Beijing as the 2022 Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony on Friday, Feb. 4 approaches. Because of China's strict COVID protocols ...

The opening ceremony of the Olympic ... music to the global stage. – 2008 The Beijing Olympics famously included 2008 drummers playing bronze fou drums. They all drummed to the same beat while ...

2022 Beijing Olympics - Opening Ceremony - National Stadium, Beijing, China - February 4, 2022. Torchbearers wave before lighting the cauldron with the Olympic flame during the opening ceremony.

The Opening Ceremony for the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games was held on September 6, 2008 in the Beijing National Stadium in front of more than 90,000 spectators, officially beginning at 20:00 local ...

We're just about done with the 2022 Winter Olympics ... the Olympians in Beijing will reconvene at National Stadium, the site of the Opening Ceremony, for the Closing Ceremony.

The 2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony was held at the Beijing National Stadium, also known as the Bird's Nest. It began at 8:00 p.m. China Standard Time (UTC+8) on August 8, 2008, as 8 is ...

It was my first time and I felt very proud. But an opening ceremony is always bigger. The 2008 Beijing Olympics opening, where Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore was the flag bearer, stands out.

FILE PHOTO: 2022 Beijing Olympics - Opening Ceremony - National Stadium, Beijing, China - February 4, 2022. Performers and the Olympic torch during the opening ceremony. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse ...

The Games of the 24th Winter Olympiad are underway in Beijing, China after today’s Opening Ceremony ... the idea of unity that is central to the Olympics. At number two, the lighting of the ...

TAIPEI--Taiwan’s team for the Beijing Winter Olympics will be at the opening ... alongside those from Chinese-run Hong Kong at the opening ceremony, a senior Taiwan official familiar with ...