The moon is pictured beside a flag showing the logo of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic and the 2022 Beijing Winter Paralympic Games in Beijing, China January 12, 2022. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch
(Reuters) - Bernhard Russi has designed every Olympic downhill course except one since the 1988 Calgary Games and the Swiss rates his Beijing layout as "surprisingly good".
Skiers will have to take Russi's word on this since none of them have skied the Yangqing course, or even seen it, with the COVID-19 pandemic having wiped out the usual test events.
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