2022 Winter Olympics torch relay
The 2022 Winter Olympics torch relay was run from 18 October 2021 until 4 February 2022. After it was lit in Olympia, Greece, the torch traveled in a symbolic relay to Athens on 19 October. The Chinese leg ended in Beijing National Stadium, at the end of the opening ceremony. On 20 October 2021, it was announced that the Chinese leg will have only three days, starting on 2 February, at the morning of the first day of the Chinese New Year as stage 3. Unlike the previous relays, the relay only visited the three  venues clusters, the main sights of Beijing and the city of Zhangjiakou. The final torch was lit by long-distance runner Dilnigar Ilhamjan (Dinige'er Yilamujiang) and nordic combined Zhao Jiawen. Relay. Activists staged a protest at the Olympic torch lighting ceremony in Greece. The choice to have Qi Fabao, a People's Liberation Army commander famous for his participation in the 2020–2021 China–India skirmishes, be a torchbearer has been controversial with India launching a diplomatic boycott of the games as a result. End of Torch Relay. The relay ended after the 2022 Winter Olympics opening ceremony, when the Olympic  Cauldron was lit by Altay Uyghur cross-country skier Dilnigar Ilhamjan, and nordic combined Zhao Jiawen. After the cauldron in the stadium was lit, the three venues clusters' cauldron was lit right after the end of the opening ceremony.