Beijing Olympics

NBC Sports officials say their plan of covering the Olympics from its Stamford, Conn., facility is a similar strategy used to cover the delayed 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics last year.

Instead of selling tickets to the general public, organizers announced Monday that they would invite groups of spectators to attend the games in person.

China is battling coronavirus outbreaks in six cities. More than 20 million people are in some form of lockdown.

U.S. athletes are still expected to compete in the 2022 Winter Olympics, despite the diplomatic boycott from the Biden administration.