Beijing 2022 preview for 11 February: Key events not to miss at the Olympic Winter Games

We’re now one week into the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 and we have a whopping seven gold medals up for grabs today as all the action continues.

There may be more records to be broken today, with 37-year-old Latvian Martins Durkurs, looking to become the oldest Skeleton (21:55) champion since Canadian Duff Gibson, who was 39-years-old when he won at Torino 2006.

With that said, here’s a look at some of the top events for the day.

In the history of the Olympic Winter Games, no man has ever won consecutive gold medals in the longest speed skating race of them all, the 10,000m.

Canada’s Ted-jan Bloemen is looking to rewrite that in the Speed Skating Men’s 10,000m (16:00-17:55) today. Bloemen set the Olympic record when he won gold at PyeongChang 2018, also winning a silver in the 5,000m, the first to do so for Canada since 1932.

He won’t be without his challengers if he does want to step on the podium again, though. Sweden’s Nils van der Poel, 25, is in his prime after setting a new world record on his way to winning gold in the 5,000m and 10,000m races at the 2021 World Championships.

It’s sure to be a great battle in the race to gold in Beijing.

Men's Snowboard Halfpipe Final Run 3 (10:24-:49) will be for sure one of the highlights of this Games. Will American legend Shaun White claim his 4th gold medal after winning in Torino 2006, Vancouver 2010 and PyeongChang 2018? He qualified with the fourth best score.

Japan's Hirano Ayumu won silver four years ago and qualified for the finals with the best score. Australia's Scotty James, the bronze medallist at PyeongChang, qualified second and will also be fighting for gold. Ayumu's younger brother Ruka and their compatriot Totsuka Yuto will ensure an exciting final is on