Winter Olympics full schedule, dates and events for Beijing 2022

The opening ceremony for the Winter Olympics is not until Friday but the action is already underway on Wednesday and there is a huge amount to look forward to over the coming days.

All times GMT.

Day -2 (Wednesday 2 February)

Curling

12:05-14:00: Mixed doubles round robin: Sweden v Great Britain, Australia v USA, Norway v Czech Republic, China v Switzerland

Day -1 (Thursday 3 February)

Curling

01:05-03:00: Mixed doubles round robin: Australia v China, Sweden v Czech Republic, USA v Italy, Great Britain v Canada 06:05-08:00: Mixed doubles round robin: Italy v Switzerland, USA v Norway 12:05-14:00: Mixed doubles round robin: Norway v Canada, Switzerland v Great Britain, China v Sweden, Czech Republic v Australia

Freestyle skiing

10:00-10:45: Women’s moguls qualification 1 11:45-12:30: Men’s moguls qualification 1

Ice hockey

04:10-06:25: Women’s prelims: group A – Switzerland v Canada, group B – China v Czech Republic 08:40-10:55: Women’s prelims: group B – Japan v Sweden 13:10-15:25: Women’s prelims: group A – Finland v USA

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Day 0 (Friday 4 February)

Opening ceremony

12:00-13:40: Opening ceremony

Curling

00:35-02:30: Mixed doubles round robin: Sweden v Australia, Canada v Switzerland, Italy v Norway 05:35-07:30: Mixed doubles round robin: Czech Republic v Italy, China v Canada, Great Britain v Australia, Sweden v USA

Figure skating

02:02-03:15: Team event: men’s single skating – short program 03:41-04:54: Team event: ice dance – rhythm dance 05:22-06:55: Team event: pair skating – short program

Ice hockey

04:10-06:25: Women’s