The opening ceremony for the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China is upon us! The opening ceremony will be on Friday, though competition begins with early rounds of curling today. China will be 13 hours ahead of our Eastern time zone. Live coverage of the ceremony begins at 6:30am on Friday on NBC and Peacock.
The Beijing Winter Games will debut seven new Olympic events: Women’s Monobob, Men’s and Women’s Big Air (Freestyle Skiing), Mixed Team Snowboard Cross, Mixed Team Aerials, Mixed Team Short Track Relay, and Mixed Team Ski Jumping. In total, there will be 109 medal events across 15 sports.