The 2022 Winter Olympics are almost here, just a wait of a few more days, know about the games, sports and events list this time around
The 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics will begin from 4th February 2022 and will continue till 20th February. The Winter Olympics will take place just six months after the summer Olympics of Tokyo.
But to bring in one’s notice, the competition will begin on 2nd of February, two days before the opening ceremony. It will start with curling.
List Of Sports, Events, Games That Will Take Place At The 2022 Winter Olympics
In the 2022 Winter Olympics, there will be a total of 109 medal events across the following 15 sports. The sports that will be played over there are-
- Alpine Skiing
- Biathlon
- Bobsled
- Cross-Country Skiing
- Curling
- Figure Skating
- Freestyle Skiing
- Hockey
- Luge
- Nordic Combined
- Short Track
- Skeleton
- Ski Jumping
- Snowboarding
- Speed Skating
Moreover, in the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, seven new sports have been added which include Women’s Monobob, Men’s and Women’s Big Air (Freestyle Skiing), Mixed Team Snowboard Cross, Mixed Team Aerials, Mixed Team Short Track Relay, and Mixed Team Ski Jumping.
The Winter Olympics 2022 Are Held In Which Country?
The 2022 Winter Olympics will take place in China and, the event is spread across three zones: Beijing, Yanqing, and Zhangjiakou.
The ice sports will take place in China’s capital, central Beijing, along with four snow events namely snowboard big air and freestyle skiing big air, men’s and women’s.
The Opening and Closing Ceremonies will be held in Beijing as well. China’s capital’s mountainous suburb, Yanqing is located approximately 75 km (46.6 miles) northwest of Beijing’s city center, will host Alpine skiing and sliding events -bobsleigh, skeleton, and luge and, not only this it will be also the home of the Olympic Athletes’ village.
Zhangjiakou that is located approximately 180 kilometers northwest of Beijing (111.8 miles) will host the majority of the ski and snowboarding events that include freestyle, cross-country, ski jumping, Nordic combined, and biathlon.
Countries Participating In The 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing
- Albania
- American Samoa
- Andorra
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Australia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Bolivia
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Brazil
- Bulgaria
- Canada
- Chile
- China (Host)
- Colombia
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- East Timor
- Ecuador
- Eritrea
- Estonia
- Finland
- France
- Georgia
- Germany
- Ghana
- Great Britain
- Greece
- Haiti
- Hong Kong
- Hungary
- Iceland
- India
- Iran
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Kazakhstan
- Kosovo
- Kyrgyzstan
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Madagascar
- Malaysia
- Malta
- Mexico
- Moldova
- Monaco
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Morocco
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Nigeria
- North Macedonia
- Norway
- Pakistan
- Peru
- Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
- Puerto Rico
- Russian Olympic Committee
- Romania
- San Marino
- Saudi Arabia
- Serbia
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- South Korea
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Chinese Taipei
- Thailand
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Turkey
- Ukraine
- United States
- Uzbekistan
But there are few countries that participated in the 2018 Winter Olympics but not in 2022. The countries include-
- Bermuda
- Kenya
- North Korea
- Singapore
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