High praise

The rehearsal was part of an "adapted sports testing program "implemented last November by Beijing 2022, the International Olympic Committee and relevant winter sports federations after they were forced to modify their plans in response to the pandemic situation.

Now organizers are aiming to stage 10 larger-scale international test events involving foreign participants, provisionally scheduled for October to December.

"Test runs are fundamental to deliver successful Games. It is through these tests that we figure out potential problems in our operation and make timely adjustments," Yan Cheng, Beijing 2022's human resource director, told Xinhua after the completion of the Feb 16-26 program.