FILE - A traveler waits near a tourist information booth at the Capital International Airport terminal 3 in Beijing on March 12, 2020. Making an Olympic team is hard enough. This winter, those who earn their spots on the U.S. squad might find it takes even more work to get to Beijing. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

FILE - Visitors wearing face masks to help curb the spread of the coronavirus walk by a statue featuring Winter Olympics figure skating on display at the Shougang Park in Beijing, Sunday, May 2, 2021. Making an Olympic team is hard enough. This winter, those who earn their spots on the U.S. squad will find it takes even more work to get to Beijing. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)

FILE - A man walks past the Olympic rings on the exterior of the National Stadium, also known as the Bird's Nest, which will be a venue for the upcoming 2022 Winter Olympics, in Beijing, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021. Making an Olympic team is hard enough. This winter, those who earn their spots on the U.S. squad will find it takes even more work to get to Beijing. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

FILE - A traveler sleeps while waiting at a terminal at the Los Angeles International Airport Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2020, in Los Angeles. Among the slow trickle of information coming out of China in advance of next February’s Olympics was news that, with only a handful of flights operating between the U.S. and China, American Olympians will most likely reach Beijing through a still-undetermined set of connecting flights that could more than double their travel time.(AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)