when athletes arrive in beijing from
overseas
if their events are in the mountains
they'll be able to take a high-speed
train there that's because some of these
trains are operating completely within
the bubble
ladies and gentlemen welcome to take
this train
then soon they'll find themselves racing
along at 350 kilometers an hour
zooming through beijing's arid north
and taking in the views
though freezing cold this is an area of
low winter precipitation
meaning that mountains of artificial
snow will be needed for the coming
olympics
well this is taizer chong
one of the main stations for the winter
olympics
it's cold up here
from today this entire station is closed
to the public the bubble walls are
coming up only those with olympic
clearance on special trains can arrive
or leave
on arrival covered test results and
travel histories are checked
well here we are in the heart of chong
li
one of the sites for the mountain events
for the winter olympics
where the people will the reason there
are no people here is at the local ski
resorts have already been closed in
preparation for the games which will
start in just a month
over there behind where that big green
screen is
that's where the medals will be awarded
for the events in this area
but there won't be any general admission
tickets available it seems they haven't
gone on sale yet and they probably won't
so the spectators in the stands are
likely to be from
government organizations or the army or
something along those lines
the challenge for games organizers
though will be to
host an event which can overcome the
controversy
which has surrounded this olympics
following the allegations made by former
chinese olympian and tennis star pong
shui
in relation to
the relationship she had with a former
chinese leader there's been a lot of
pressure on the beijing olympics because
of these allegations but the organizers
will be hoping that once the sport
starts that it will take over and they
can still host successful games here
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