The opening ceremony for the Beijing 2022 Winter Games may not be until Friday, but Olympic competition is already underway.
Wednesday's action saw curling mixed doubles round-robin sessions and men's luge singles training; and Thursday's schedule includes men's downhill training in the alpine skiing, more curling mixed doubles, men's and women's moguls qualification in freestyle skiing, women's ice hockey preliminary group play, men's and women's luge singles training and men's and women's ski jumping training.
On Friday at 6:30 a.m. ET and 7:30 p.m. local time in China, the opening ceremony will get underway and officially open competition at the Games, with the first medal events getting underway immediately on Saturday in biathlon, cross-country skiing, freestyle skiing, short track speed skating, ski jumping and speed skating.