About 2,900 athletes from 90 National Olympic Committees are taking part in the 2022 Olympic Winter Games, held this year in Beijing, China. Amid strict COVID-19 protocols and limited or absent audiences, competitors have already won medals in several skiing, skating, and sliding events. Gathered below are images from the opening ceremony and the first few days of competition in snowboarding, speed skating, luge, ice hockey, figure skating, and much more.
Photos From the Opening Weekend of the 2022 Winter Olympics
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Kamila Valieva of Team ROC skates during the women's single skating free-skating team event on day three of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games at Capital Indoor Stadium on February 7, 2022. #
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Chinese torchbearer athletes Dinigeer Yilamujian (left) and Zhao Jiawen wave with the Olympic flame in the middle of a giant snowflake during the opening ceremony on February 4. #
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An athlete performs a trick during the women's snowboard slopestyle qualification on Day 1 of the 2022 Winter Olympic Games at Genting Snow Park in Zhangjiakou, China. #
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China's players celebrate victory during the women's preliminary round group B match of the 2022 Winter Olympics ice-hockey competition between Denmark and China, at Wukesong Sports Center in Beijing on February 4. #
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A view of the fingertips of Canada's Natalie Corless during her first run in the women's singles luge competition during the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games at Yanqing Sliding Center on February 7. #
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Johannes Ludwig of Team Germany celebrates with teammates and support staff after winning gold in the men's singles luge run 4 on Day 2 of the 2022 Winter Olympic Games. #
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Kristen Santos of Team USA, Elena Seregina of Team ROC, and Nikola Mazur of Team Poland compete during the women's 500-meter heats on Day 1 of the 2022 Winter Olympics at Capital Indoor Stadium. #
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Zoi Sadowski-Synnott of Team New Zealand poses for a photograph with her gold medal in women's snowboard slopestyle during a portrait session at the Zhangjiakou Press Center on February 7. #
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Rachel Homan of Team Canada competes against Team USA during the curling mixed-doubles round robin on Day 1 of the 2022 Winter Olympics, at the National Aquatics Center. #
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Irina Avvakumova of the Russian Olympic Committee celebrates after competing in the ski jumping mixed-team final round at the National Ski Jumping Center in Zhangjiakou on February 7. #
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