Yang Yang, Olympic Champion Short Track Speed Skating and Chinese IOC member, smiles at a press conference during the 2022 Winter Olympics Candidate City Briefing at the Olympic Museum, in Lausanne, Switzerland, Tuesday, June 9, 2015. With the vote less than two months away, leaders of the Almaty and Beijing bids made presentations at a "technical briefing" in Lausanne. The meeting was attended by 85 of the International Olympic Committee's 101 members. (Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone via AP)
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