Brush up on your 2022 Beijing Olympics trivia:
The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony kicks off bright and early at 6:30 a.m. Eastern on Friday. While some sports have already begun competing, this curtain-raiser marks the official beginning of the international competition with the lighting of the Olympic torch.
Beijing is the first city to ever host both the Summer Games and the Winter Games, and so it has repurposed many of its 2008 venues for this year’s events. Almost 3,000 athletes are expected to compete in the Beijing Olympics, which will run through Feb. 20 under the shadow of COVID-19 and a diplomatic boycott by countries including the United States to protest Chinese human-rights abuses.
That all doesn’t seem to have deterred the Winter Games’ worldwide partners, which include publicly-traded companies such as Airbnb ABNB, +4.00%, Alibaba Group BABA, -1.01%, Coca-Cola KO, -1.06%, P&G PG, -1.59%, Toyota TM, -1.33%, Visa V, -1.36% and more. So as the torch gets lit and the Games officially get underway, here are some facts and figures about the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, drawn from the International Olympic Committee and the Associated Press.
Beijing Winter Olympics by the numbers: And here’s a glimpse of Bing Dwen Dwen in action, which could certainly score a medal in cuteness.
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