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The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics Officially Kick Off with Opening Ceremony

By Kayla McCorrison

The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics have officially started on February 4 with the Opening Ceremony, and the Games will continue to run through February 20, when the Closing Ceremony is scheduled. The events can be viewed live on both NBC and Peacock television networks. There will be 223 U.S. athletes competing for gold medals, along with 91 other nations.

So far on the first day, viewers have been able to see alpine skiing, curling, figure skating, ice hockey, luge, and ski jumping.

After day one, Team USA leads the figure skating men’s short program with 28 points, followed by the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) with 26 points, and China with 21.