{"id":18364,"date":"2022-02-04T12:07:04","date_gmt":"2022-02-04T17:07:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/?p=18364"},"modified":"2022-02-04T12:09:11","modified_gmt":"2022-02-04T17:09:11","slug":"everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-winter-olympics-in-beijing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2022\/02\/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-winter-olympics-in-beijing.html","title":{"rendered":"Everything You Need To Know About The Winter Olympics In Beijing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The 2022 Winter Olympics have kicked off and run through Sunday, February 20th. <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">It&#8217;s being held in Beijing, China and is their first time hosting the Winter Olympics.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">With all that said, we are here to give you a quick rundown on everything you need to know about the 2022 Winter Olympics!<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">It will be held in three different zones in China.<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The winter Olympics will take place across Beijing, Zhangjiakou, and Yanqing. The host city of Beijing was announced back in 2015, and it is the first time China is hosting the Winter Olympics.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Government officials from the U.S. will not be attending.<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">President Biden issued a diplomatic boycott of the winter Olympics, meaning government representatives will not be in the country. He said he would support the participating athletes as the United States sends 222 athletes to compete. The U.S. is not the only one participating in the diplomatic boycott. Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom and India have also joined in the protest.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Olympic ice sports are broken down into three categories.<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Athletes will compete for gold in alpine, skiing and snowboarding, and ice <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/entertainment\/galleries\/inspiring-winter-olympic-moments.aspx\">sports<\/a>. <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">There will be a total of 109 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/entertainment\/galleries\/the-olympic-water-cooler-olympic-facts-we-should-all-know.aspx\">medals<\/a> to win across the following 15 sports::<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Alpine Skiing<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Biathlon<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Bobsled<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Cross-Country Skiing<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Curling<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Figure Skating<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Freestyle Skiing<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Hockey<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Luge<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Nordic Combined<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Short Track<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Skeleton<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Ski Jumping<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Snowboarding<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Speed Skating<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The winter Olympics are introducing seven new events.<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">This year&#8217;s newest games include:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Women&#8217;s monobob.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Freestyle skiing.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Mixed team aerials.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Mixed team ski jumping.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Mixed team snowboard cross.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Mixed team short track relay.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The freestyle skiing will have both a women&#8217;s and men&#8217;s event.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">NHL players will not be competing.<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The hockey league announced in late 2021 that due to a surge in COVID-19 cases, they would not be attending the Winter Olympics. They had been initially set to compete after they missed the 2018 Olympics, their first absence since 1994.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Fans will not be allowed to attend the Olympics.<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">In early 2022, the International Olympic Committee announced that fans would not be allowed to attend the events over the pandemic. There will be spectators in the stands that the committee specially selected. Organizers announced in the months beforehand that tickets would only be sold to citizens living on China&#8217;s mainland.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">&#8220;Given the current situation of the COVID-19 pandemic, in order to ensure the safety of all participants and spectators, it has been decided that tickets should not be sold anymore but be part of an adapted program that will invite groups of spectators to be present on-site during the Games,&#8221; the policy read. &#8220;The organizers expect that these spectators will strictly abide by the COVID-19 countermeasures before, during and after each event so as to help create an absolutely safe environment for the athletes.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">There is a colossal time-zone difference.<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">You will find yourself watching many of the events much later at night. Beijing is ahead of the Eastern time zone by 13 hours. If you&#8217;re watching an event that starts at 9:00 a.m. on a Tuesday in Beijing, it will be 8:00 p.m. on Monday EDT back in the states. If you&#8217;re on the west coast, the event would be at 5:00 p.m.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Closing ceremonies will occur in Beijing on February 20th at 8:00 p.m. local time. We wish all of the athletes participating good luck and look forward to seeing team USA bring home the gold.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is your guide to the 2022 Winter Olympics and what to expect.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":645,"featured_media":18367,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fbia_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-television"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Everything You Need To Know About The Winter Olympics In Beijing<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Winter Olympics kicked on February 4th and we breakdown everything you need to know.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, nofollow\" 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