The Olympic flame of the Beijing Winter Games 2022 arrived in China after a long journey to make the inauguration this Friday, February 4, and the attraction The main thing was to see the renowned actor Jackie Chan walking with the cauldron along the Great Wall of the Asian country.
“I am very proud to carry the flame a second time. It’s a different feeling this time”, Chan told the media.
More than 1.000 people have participated in the relay of the torch of the Winter Olympic Games and from this Wednesday the tour of Beijing began. They passed through several locations where some of the competitions will be held and in the city of Zhangjiaku. All as a prelude to the grand opening that will have the filmmaker Zhang Yimou.
Jackie Chan, a Hong Kong kung-fu actor, walked with the torch through Badaling, one of the sections of the Great Wall, about 75 km from Beijing. He had already participated in the Olympic flame relay at the Summer Olympics in 2008, also in Beijing.
Beijing will become the first city to host an Olympic Games. Summer and Winter in history.
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