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A Brief Guide to Every Sport at the Winter Olympics

NY Times | December 3, 2021

Related Topics: Beijing, Winter Olympic Games, Mikaela Shiffrin, People's Republic of China, Michelle Gisin, Olympic Games, Zhangjiakou, Petra Vlhová, Alexis Pinturault

Just six months after the flame was doused in Tokyo, the Olympics get underway again on Feb. 4 in Beijing (and 50 miles north in Yanqing and 100 miles north of that in Zhangjiakou).

Here’s a look at every sport that will be contested at the Games in China.

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11 gold medals awarded

Alpine Skiing

Mikaela Shiffrin won the gold medal in the giant slalom at the 2018 Games.
Mikaela Shiffrin won the gold medal in the giant slalom at the 2018 Games.Credit...Doug Mills/The New York Times

Mikaela Shiffrin, who won a gold medal in 2014 and 2018, will go for a third, or maybe more.

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