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Jeremy Armstrong in Zhangjiakou

Winter Olympics blasted by -24C freeze as it becomes one of the coldest games ever

The Winter Olympics was blasted with a bone-chilling -24C making it one of the coldest Games in history - and a mind-boggling -34C is forecast this week.

The Beijing Games are on course to beat the previous coldest Games in Lillehammer, Norway, in 1994, when it averaged at around -25C.

At the time, locals feared it would be too cold for the reindeer at the opening ceremony of the Nordic games.

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