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(ATR) In a close vote at the IOC session in Kuala Lumpur Beijing is elected as the host of the 2022 Winter Olympics.

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KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA - JULY 31: Vice president of the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games Bid Committee Zhang Haidi, Mayor of Beijing Wang Anshun, China's Vice Premier Liu Yandong, President of the Chinese Olympic Committee Liu Peng and members of the of the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games Bid Committee celebrate after Beijing, China was announced as the host city for the 2022 Winter Olympics during the Announcement Ceremony at the 128th IOC Session at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre on July 31, 2015 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (Photo by Olivia Harris-Pool/Getty Images)

KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA - JULY 31: Vice president of the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games Bid Committee Zhang Haidi, Mayor of Beijing Wang Anshun, China's Vice Premier Liu Yandong, President of the Chinese Olympic Committee Liu Peng and members of the of the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games Bid Committee celebrate after Beijing, China was announced as the host city for the 2022 Winter Olympics during the Announcement Ceremony at the 128th IOC Session at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre on July 31, 2015 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (Photo by Olivia Harris-Pool/Getty Images)

(ATR)In a close vote at the IOC Session in Kuala Lumpur, Beijing is elected as the host of the 2022 Winter Olympics.

The result of the voting was 44 to 40, Almaty, Kazakhstan losing to the Chinese capital.

The choice of Beijing is termed historic and safe by IOC president Thomas Bach, but the seven years between the IOC election and the hosting of the games always has some twists and turns.

Beijing will become the first city to host the Games in both winter and summer.

NBA basketball starYao Ming and other Olympians made appearances during Beijing's final presentation to the IOC Session.

Reporting from Kuala Lumpur,Around the Rings Editor Ed Hula, who has covered a dozen host city elections since 1990,weighs in on the 2022 Olympic host vote and the road ahead for Beijing 2022.

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