January 30 - February 5, 2022 BY GEORGE DICKIE
Mike Tirico
OF THE 2022 WINTER OLYMPICS ON NBC Have you had a chance to get to Beijing prior to the 2022 Winter Olympics?
I have not. Part of the great disappointment of this Olympics is not getting to the host city. Usually we get the opportunity to go. Because of COVID, that has not been the case. So we have not had a chance to be there, unfortunately, and given the circumstances I think the amount of time we get to see the city will be far less than most Olympic host cities because of the restrictions, which is a great disappointment. How will any lockdown affect you and members of the NBC team?
It’s still to be determined. I think these things will change as we go through. But there’s an Olympic loop of once you’re in as a member of the media or other people connected with the Games, you won’t be able to get outside. They’re trying to nix or limit your interactions with the public who live there. So it’s not as if you’ll be able to go out and sightsee while we’re there for the Games, which is unfortunate. And the same was true in Tokyo (for the 2020 Summer Olympics). That’s exactly what happened to us there.
2022 Winter Olympics – Beijing on ice, athletes in bubble
So as was the case in Tokyo, COVID will once again be a major story at these Games.
Well certainly in terms of competition, without question I do think COVID will be a part of it. I think there’s not doubt because we have not seen many of the athletes on the international scale compete last year. We’ve seen some athletes from some countries but not the entire world so we have a lot of questions about some different sports.
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Nathan Chen is among the athletes expected to compete in the 2022 Winter Olympics, which begin Wednesday on NBC and NBCUniversal networks.
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