Host city for the 2022 Winter Games to be announced in Malaysian capital on Friday
2022冬季奥运承办城市将公布

In Olympic news, the 128th IOC Session is set to get underway this week in the Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur, with the host city for the 2022 Winter Games to be decided at this gathering. Beijing is competing against Kazakhstan's seat of government, Almaty, for the right to stage the event, and that means the conference hall is already becoming the center of attention for the delegations in attendance, well ahead of Friday's opening meeting.

KL is one of the main metropolitan hubs in Southeast Asia, with the Twin Towers firmly established as the city's most famous landmark. The Olympic confab will take place in a building next to that renowned complex, and Malaysian officials say they're well-prepared to host their first-ever IOC Session.

The attendees will have a tight schedule on Friday, as the two candidate cities for the 2022 Winter Games make their final presentations in the morning. The IOC Evaluation Commission will release reports on the presentations in the afternoon, and then the voting takes place. The host city will be announced later, followed by the official contract signing, and a press conference.