Beijing 2022 Olympic athletes honored at ANOC Awards 2022
Torch bearers Dinigeer Yilamujiang (L) and Zhao Jiawen set the torch into the Olympic cauldron during the opening ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games at the National Stadium in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 4, 2022. (Xinhua/Li Ga)
Awardees of the ANOC 2022 were revealed in Seoul, with the Chinese Olympic Committee receiving the award for the outstanding NOC of Beijing 2022.
SEOUL, Oct. 19 (Xinhua) -- The best athletes of the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games were honored on Wednesday during the awards ceremony of ANOC Awards 2022 held in Seoul.
The awards ceremony was held in the context of the 26th General Assembly of the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC).
Chinese delegation's freestyle skier Gu Ailing was named the best-performing female athlete of Beijing 2022.
The Chinese Olympic Committee received the award for the outstanding NOC of Beijing 2022.
The awards were attended by representatives from more than 180 NOCs as well as many other Olympic Movement stakeholders.
The ANOC Awards have been held annually since 2014, recognizing and honoring the achievements of the NOCs and their athletes selected by the ANOC jury. ■
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