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At Winter Olympics, virus fight waged with worker sacrifices

Olympic Games worker Cathy Chen stands for a photo in the main media center at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 11, 2022, in Beijing. In her mind, Chen pictures a scene that she herself says could be drawn from a TV drama: Falling into the arms of her husband after long months apart, when he meets her off the plane from Beijing. Scooping up their two young daughters and squeezing them tight. "I just imagine when we’re back together,” the Olympic Games worker says, "and I just can’t control myself.” (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) Olympic Games worker Cathy Chen stands for a photo in the main media center at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 11, 2022, in Beijing. In her mind, Chen pictures a scene that she herself says could be drawn from a TV drama: Falling into the arms of her husband after long months apart, when he meets her off the plane from Beijing. Scooping up their two young daughters and squeezing them tight. "I just imagine when we’re back together,” the Olympic Games worker says, "and I just can’t control myself.” (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) Olympic Games worker Cathy Chen stands for a photo in the main media center at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 11, 2022, in Beijing. In her mind, Chen pictures a scene that she herself says could be drawn from a TV drama: Falling into the arms of her husband after long months apart, when he meets her off the plane from Beijing. Scooping up their two young daughters and squeezing them tight. "I just imagine when we’re back together,” the Olympic Games worker says, "and I just can’t control myself.” (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) Volunteers carry an inflatable of Bing Dwen Dwen, the mascot of the 2022 Winter Olympics, at the sliding center, Sunday, Feb. 13, 2022, in the Yanqing district of Beijing. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky) Volunteer clears the course as the women's aerials qualification has been delayed due to a weather condition at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Sunday, Feb. 13, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. compete during the women's aerials qualification at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Sunday, Feb. 13, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) Volunteers clear snow from the bus terminal at the Zhangiiakou Media Center during the 2022 Winter Olympics, Sunday, Feb. 13, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP) Olympic Games worker Cathy Chen stands for a photo in the main media center at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 11, 2022, in Beijing. In her mind, Chen pictures a scene that she herself says could be drawn from a TV drama: Falling into the arms of her husband after long months apart, when he meets her off the plane from Beijing. Scooping up their two young daughters and squeezing them tight. "I just imagine when we’re back together,” the Olympic Games worker says, "and I just can’t control myself.” (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
At Winter Olympics, virus fight waged with worker sacrifices