Your top Winter Olympics 2022 questions, answered

And so, the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics is underway.

Following an opening ceremony filled with fireworks, amazing lightshows and some colourful costumes, the competition among athletes for medals on Saturday in Beijing will really get going.

In the video above, Beijing’s COVID protocols for the Winter Olympics

While many around the world might recognise sports in the Summer Games, the Winter edition of the global event sees new and interesting sports given exposure on the biggest stage possible.

Taking place in a “closed loop” COVID-19 secure bubble in the capital of China the 2022 Games are like no other, for athletes and fans alike.

So here are answers to some of the burning questions you might have about the 24th Winter Games.

From fan favorites like ice hockey and snowboarding to new events such as women’s monobob and freestyle skiing aerials, there are plenty of opportunities to impress.

There are 91 delegations competing for 109 gold medals across seven sports in Beijing.

According to the International Olympic Committee (IOC), there will be approximately 2,900 athletes doing their best in their selected disciplines.

Whether it’s going as fast as you can or performing the most extravagant maneuver on ice possible, it’s going to be one hell of a show.

The Olympics has witnessed some powerful moments when politics rather than sports take center stage.

At the 2020 Tokyo Summer Games, US shot putter Raven Saunders raised her hands and crossed them in an X as she and her fellow medal winners posed for photos, despite it going against IOC rules, telling NBC that it represented “the intersection of where all people who are oppressed meet.”

Whether athletes competing in Beijing will use their platform to make political