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"Today is an important step on a milestone in Beijing's journey to make history as the first ever, in Olympic history, to host both summer and winter editions of the Olympic Games," International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach said at the ceremony.
A panda is the mascot for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics →
And IOC President Thomas Bach repeated what he has said often in various places around the world.
