intoronto 4,202 Posted January 6, 2022 #621 Share Posted January 6, 2022 On 1/5/2022 at 10:45 AM, heywoodu said: For what it's worth: everyone travelling to the Games (specifically athletes and staff, of course) will have to depart from a pre-accepted 'hub'. So far, those are only Paris, Hong Kong, Tokyo and Singapore, and entry into China can only be via Beijing. Meaning every single athlete and coach will have a direct Paris - Beijing, Hong Kong - Beijing, Singapore - Beijing or Tokyo - Beijing flight, any other departure location is not possible so far. Two negative tests are needed, one 96 hours before departure and one max 72 hours before departure, it must be done in a laboratory 'accredited by China'. Addis Ababa, Moscow, Milan, Istanbul, Doha, Abu Dhabi, Zurich, Amsterdam, Brussels, Frankfurt and Seoul also have approved flights into Beijing. FWIW, the COC was investigating a private charter... not sure if that is the case still. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orangeman 1,314 Posted January 7, 2022 #622 Share Posted January 7, 2022 On 1/5/2022 at 11:45 PM, heywoodu said: For what it's worth: everyone travelling to the Games (specifically athletes and staff, of course) will have to depart from a pre-accepted 'hub'. So far, those are only Paris, Hong Kong, Tokyo and Singapore, and entry into China can only be via Beijing. Meaning every single athlete and coach will have a direct Paris - Beijing, Hong Kong - Beijing, Singapore - Beijing or Tokyo - Beijing flight, any other departure location is not possible so far. Two negative tests are needed, one 96 hours before departure and one max 72 hours before departure, it must be done in a laboratory 'accredited by China'. Interesting. When I came to China in October 2020 Beijing just opened up direct flights and Toronto was one of them (lucky for me). There were only a couple of other cities at the time, but I know Tokyo was not one of them. Just one or two in Europe, and maybe HK, but not any in the US. HK being an approved hub is interesting because they have the same quarantine rules as the Mainland, in that you have to do minimum 2 weeks in a government approved quarantine hotel (might be up to 3 weeks now). AFAIK, HK is not allowing layover flights either, so using that as your entry into Beijing would be unfeasible for Olympians. It is still very hard to find flights in and out of China, especially Beijing, and they are incredibly expensive. I would imagine most NOCs would charter flights, that would make more sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NearPup 2,156 Posted January 7, 2022 #623 Share Posted January 7, 2022 will not send any athletes to the 2022 Olympics. One might think it’s because they didn’t qualify anyone because no North Korean athlete has left the country since the pandemic began, but officially they are not attending the Olympics in order to protest the United States-led diplomatic boycott. https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2022/01/767355f07da3-urgent-n-korea-vows-not-to-participate-in-beijing-winter-olympics.html And directly from the North Korean government, because this sounds too much like fake news: http://www.vok.rep.kp/index.php/Data_detail_common/NewsDetail/ien220106006/18/en Mirror not hosted in North Korea: https://kcnawatch.org/newstream/1641532218-850353137/dprk-olympic-committee-and-ministry-of-physical-culture-and-sports-send-letter-to-their-chinese-counterparts ahjfcshfghb and dcro 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,540 Posted January 7, 2022 #624 Share Posted January 7, 2022 7 hours ago, intoronto said: Addis Ababa, Moscow, Milan, Istanbul, Doha, Abu Dhabi, Zurich, Amsterdam, Brussels, Frankfurt and Seoul also have approved flights into Beijing. FWIW, the COC was investigating a private charter... not sure if that is the case still. Approved by whom, exactly? Because these four hubs don't seem to be Chinese government mandated or something, but specifically for the Olympics. I can imagine for example the IOC/organizers have people at those four hubs to perform certain pre-checks or something. If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grassmarket 2,749 Posted January 7, 2022 #625 Share Posted January 7, 2022 1 hour ago, NearPup said: will not send any athletes to the 2022 Olympics. One might think it’s because they didn’t qualify anyone because no North Korean athlete has left the country since the pandemic began, but officially they are not attending the Olympics in order to protest the United States-led diplomatic boycott. https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2022/01/767355f07da3-urgent-n-korea-vows-not-to-participate-in-beijing-winter-olympics.html And directly from the North Korean government, because this sounds too much like fake news: http://www.vok.rep.kp/index.php/Data_detail_common/NewsDetail/ien220106006/18/en Mirror not hosted in North Korea: https://kcnawatch.org/newstream/1641532218-850353137/dprk-olympic-committee-and-ministry-of-physical-culture-and-sports-send-letter-to-their-chinese-counterparts More medals for us then! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NearPup 2,156 Posted January 7, 2022 #626 Share Posted January 7, 2022 18 minutes ago, Grassmarket said: More medals for us then! Perks of being America’s lapdogs I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHSN 3,165 Posted January 7, 2022 #627 Share Posted January 7, 2022 whenever this thread pups up I come to see if our "friend" has anything new about Olympic cancellation his posts always make me laugh. but then I only see your boring posts. boooo rybak, heywoodu and Laraja 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,217 Posted January 7, 2022 #628 Share Posted January 7, 2022 Oh no, this means we will not have the neverending funeral psalms or whatever was that thing they were trying to sing in PyeongChang 4 years ago, performed by the only and only wise and respected leader Kim Jong-Un´s anti-imperialist cheerleaders corps this time in the stands pdr4332 and ahjfcshfghb 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phelps 6,787 Posted January 7, 2022 #629 Share Posted January 7, 2022 6 hours ago, NearPup said: will not send any athletes to the 2022 Olympics. One might think it’s because they didn’t qualify anyone because no North Korean athlete has left the country since the pandemic began, but officially they are not attending the Olympics in order to protest the United States-led diplomatic boycott. https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2022/01/767355f07da3-urgent-n-korea-vows-not-to-participate-in-beijing-winter-olympics.html And directly from the North Korean government, because this sounds too much like fake news: http://www.vok.rep.kp/index.php/Data_detail_common/NewsDetail/ien220106006/18/en Mirror not hosted in North Korea: https://kcnawatch.org/newstream/1641532218-850353137/dprk-olympic-committee-and-ministry-of-physical-culture-and-sports-send-letter-to-their-chinese-counterparts actually, PRK are banned directly from the IOC, in response to their boycott of the Tokyo Games last Summer... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,217 Posted January 7, 2022 #630 Share Posted January 7, 2022 Just now, phelps said: actually, PRK are banned directly from the IOC, in response to their boycott of the Tokyo Games last Summer... Yes but IOC later allowed their athletes to compete under Olympic flag as IOA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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