USA Today · Feb 5, 2022
Olympics 2022 live updates: Speed skating record set, US gets key curling victory
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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.
The first medals of the 2022 Olympics will be handed out on Saturday in Beijing, beginning with cross-country skiing.
There are six medal events on Saturday: the women's 15-kilometer skiathlon, women’s 3,000 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.