The 2022 Winter Olympics officially began Friday with the opening ceremony at the famed "Bird's Nest" stadium in Beijing, the first city to ever host a Winter and Summer (2008) Games.
And now it's time to really focus on the competitions.
Women's slopestyle snowboarding qualifying, women's hockey and men's ski jumping qualifying highlight the action Friday night in the U.S. (on USA Network). And the first medals of the 2022 Olympics will be handed out on Saturday in Beijing, beginning with cross-country skiing.
Sixty-five women from 24 nations will compete in the skiathlon, beginning at 2:45 a.m. ET. The skiathlon is a 15-kilometer race, with 7.5 kilometers run in classic style cross-country skiing and the other half in freestyle.
Team USA will have four athletes in the race: 2018 gold medalist Jessie Diggins, Rosie Brennan, Hailey Swirbul and Julia Kern.
There will be five other medal events on Saturday: women’s 3000 meters (long track speed skating), men’s moguls (freestyle skiing), biathlon mixed relay, short track speed skating mixed relay and women’s normal hill individual ski jumping. There are 109 medal events at the 2022 Beijing Games.
The 2022 Winter Olympics officially begin with the Opening Ceremony on Friday, February 4, and run through Sunday, February 20 in Beijing, China. However, the competition already kicked off with early rounds of curling on Wednesday, February 2. See below for the full 2022 Winter Olympics Curling schedule
Curling will take place at the National Aquatics Center located in the Beijing competition zone. The venue, known as “The Water Cube” when it hosted swimming at the 2008 Olympics has now been nicknamed “The Ice Cube”. The U.S. men’s team that claimed a surprising gold medal in PyeongChang is back together in Beijing–that includes 39-year-old John Shuster (Chisholm, MN) who is set to become the first curler to appear at five Olympics since the sport became a full medal event in 1998. Click here to find out the full Team USA athlete roster for the 2022 Winter Olympics.
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