Nicholas Kristof: Hereâs how to handle the genocide olympics Athletes should participate and television should broadcast the competition, but government officials and companies should stay out of it. Attendees wearing face masks to protect against the spread of the coronavirus look at an exhibit at a visitors center at the Winter Olympic venues in Yanqing on the outskirts of Beijing, Friday, Feb. 5, 2021. Beijing Olympic organizers showed off the downhill skiing venue and the world's longest bobsled and luge track Friday, one year ahead of the scheduled opening of the 2022 Olympic Winter Games. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) By Nicholas Kristof | The New York Times