Ayumu Hirano of Japan performs a trick during the men's snowboard halfpipe final at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics at Genting Snow Park in Zhangjiakou, China, February 11, 2022. (Photo: CFP)

BEIJING, Jan. 4 (Xinhua) -- The International Sports Press Association (AIPS) has named the Beijing Winter Olympics press facilities as the best in the 2022 multi-sport events.

AIPS indicated that, although Beijing 2022 was held in a bubble to avoid COVID-19 infection, it offered a top-notch main press center, which was the largest ever for a winter sport, with great efficiency.

The Shougang Ski Jumping Platform is lit up at a light show in Beijing, China, December 13, 2019. (Photo: CFP)

"Everything was launched by the Beijing Winter Olympic Games," read a statement from AIPS. "Then gradually came all the other events and we must say that all of them guaranteed good quality press services."

An aerial view of the National Sliding Center and the Winter Olympic Village in Yanqing, January 29, 2021. (Photo: VCG)

In its annual year-end poll, AIPS divides sports events into multi- and single-sport events, with the top three multi-sport events receiving the highest number of votes being the Beijing Winter Olympics, the Munich European Championships and the Birmingham Commonwealth Games.

The top three press facilities for single sports were the Qatar World Cup, the FINA World Championships in Budapest and the UEFA Women's Euro in England.