Beijing encore

Nation's capital becomes only city chosen to stage summer and winter olympics

The scenes of celebration at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Center on Friday brought back memories of 2001 when Beijing won its first Olympic bid for the 2008 Summer Games.

Hugs and high-fives, mixed with loud cheers from enraptured Beijing 2022 bid officials, who jumped from their chairs with fists pumping high, filled the announcement hall after the International Olympic Committee selected Beijing as host of the 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games.