Beijing 2022 preview for 13 February (USA): Key events not to miss at the Olympic Winter Games

It’s day nine of the Olympic Winter Games and we’re now into the second half, with seven medal events on offer today.

We’ve got a first for the Games today with one new event added to a discipline, as well as 11 matches in Curling and four in the Ice Hockey. That isn’t including the seven medal events mentioned and six other disciplines in action.

Take a look at three of those events that can’t be missed"

There’s another Olympic Winter Games first on the cards today, as the women’s Monobob discipline makes its debut (9:30-10:13; 11:00-11:45).

The Monobob is similar to other forms of Bobsleigh, though as the name suggests, it only has one person aboard the sled. This means we now have two Bobsleigh categories for men and two for women at the Games.

Beijing 2022 will offer up the inaugural medals for the Monobob and there are plenty of talented racers who will have their eye on gold. First, they have to get through the heats.

Team USA duo Elana Meyers Taylor and Kaillie Humphries will both be going for glory, and even a possible one-two finish on the podium, as that is where they respectively stand in the IBSF women’s Monobob rankings.

That doesn’t mean there won’t be plenty of competition for the medals though, with Canada pair Christine de Bruin and Cynthia Appiah, Australia’s Bree Walker and Germany’s Laura Nolte Taylor all challenging too. It’s bound to be an interesting battle for the first medals in the discipline’s new format.

We’re heading into the latter stages of the Curling Round Robin, and it’s all to play for in the men’s and women’s events.

United States of America compete in each today, with the men up first in session 6 (9:05) and the women playing in the afternoon (14:05). The men then have another game in