🥶 Winter Beijin 2022 🥶 Discussion and bet thread 🥶 Winter Game 🥶

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5 months since now. (late August)

The games will be from 4th February 2022 to February 2022 in China

SHEDULE

This is the list of events according to Wikipedia and we will have 105 events in 15 disciplines

   Biathlon
        Biathlon (11) (details)
    Bobsledding
        Bobsleigh (4) (details)
        Skeleton (2) (details)
    Curling
        Curling (3) (details)
    Ice hockey
        Ice hockey (2) (details)
    Luge
        Luge (4) (details)
    Skating
        Figure skating (5) (details)
        Short track speed skating (9) (details)
        Speed skating (14) (details)
    Skiing
        Alpine skiing (11) (details)
        Cross-country skiing (12) (details)
        Freestyle skiing (13) (details)
        Nordic combined (3) (details)
        Ski jumping (5) (details)
        Snowboarding (11) (details)

Some Stadiums

It is not clear if they have people at the stadium or not due to the Covid the ticket sale plan is still under developlemtn.


Sources:
1. https://twitter.com/Beijing2022/header_photo
2. https://olympics.com/en/beijing-2022/schedule/
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Winter_Olympics
4. https://olympics.com/en/beijing-2022/venues

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[LTU_btc]

It's strange that less than half year separate two Olympics, but we all know reason of it.
In Winter Olympics my favourite events is ice hockey and biathlon. Bobsleigh is also interesting to watch.
It's great news that NHL players will be allowed to play in Olympics, so we will see highest level hockey. Without NHL players 2018 tournament wasn't such exciting.
It's only pity that same like Tokyo, Beijing timezone isn't good to watch events in Europe and most events will be held in the morning in our timezone.

[acroman08]

just curious, which country is usually a strong contender in the Winter Olympics and what sport they usually dominate? I don't really follow it since most of the sport that are in the winter Olympics is usually not well known in my country and my country hasn't really participated that much in it so my interest in the event is not that great(no offense to the huge fans of The Winter Olympic) compare to the Summer Olympics.

[just_Alice]

Yess, finally! I'm much more fond of the Winter Olympics than Summer. I'm actually surprised that the Games will take place, considering that the pandemic still isn't over, and with delta spreading, who knows what will be in China in winter? But in any case, I'm really looking forward to it. My favorites are figure skating, freestyle skiing, cross-country skiing, and, of course, ski jumping.

I wonder who's going to nail it this year: the US, Norway, Germany, or maybe Russia?

[TimeTeller]

Yess, finally! I'm much more fond of the Winter Olympics than Summer. I'm actually surprised that the Games will take place, considering that the pandemic still isn't over, and with delta spreading, who knows what will be in China in winter? But in any case, I'm really looking forward to it. My favorites are figure skating, freestyle skiing, cross-country skiing, and, of course, ski jumping.

I wonder who's going to nail it this year: the US, Norway, Germany, or maybe Russia?

Japan Olympics made it and so I believe this Winter Olympics can do better.
As the vaccination is really in full force in most countries, I think, by next year, we will be more contained with the spread of this virus. Hopefully.
But let us see how China will approach regarding spectators. Are they going to be more open or not?

[Dave1]

just curious, which country is usually a strong contender in the Winter Olympics and what sport they usually dominate? I don't really follow it since most of the sport that are in the winter Olympics is usually not well known in my country and my country hasn't really participated that much in it so my interest in the event is not that great(no offense to the huge fans of The Winter Olympic) compare to the Summer Olympics.

Still USA, they dominate the winter Olympics as well.

I'm not usually in Winter Olympics, but when I was in Canada many years ago, I started to watch the Olympics and there are sports that I don't know personally, like the curling, Lol. It was really a good experience to see how this sports are being played. 

And then there was this movie "Men in Broom", a romantic comedy about this sports.

Still very exciting games, same with the Summer games, but obviously, not all countries can join the winter olympics.

[Twinkledoe]

just curious, which country is usually a strong contender in the Winter Olympics and what sport they usually dominate? I don't really follow it since most of the sport that are in the winter Olympics is usually not well known in my country and my country hasn't really participated that much in it so my interest in the event is not that great(no offense to the huge fans of The Winter Olympic) compare to the Summer Olympics.

Still USA, they dominate the winter Olympics as well.

I'm not usually in Winter Olympics, but when I was in Canada many years ago, I started to watch the Olympics and there are sports that I don't know personally, like the curling, Lol. It was really a good experience to see how this sports are being played. 

And then there was this movie "Men in Broom", a romantic comedy about this sports.

Still very exciting games, same with the Summer games, but obviously, not all countries can join the winter olympics.

I remember watching Winter Olympics because of Yuna Kim, a South Korean figure skater. She's already retired as she's about 30 yrs old already. I guess, there is advantage for those countries that experience winter season. Because in some countries, they never have any winter so practicing these winter sports, they need to really go to cold countries if they don't have these facilities in their home country.

[Kemarit]

The last time I got interesting watching the Winter Olympics is way back when Apollo Ohno was the Golden Boy of the Olympics, the most decorated Winter Olympics athlete from the US if I'm not mistaken (already inducted to the US HOF.

Just imagine him the Michael Phelps of Summer Olympics when he was dominating the swimming events.

But maybe this time, I will try to follow and see how will be the next face of the American athletes.

[Beparanf]

just curious, which country is usually a strong contender in the Winter Olympics and what sport they usually dominate? I don't really follow it since most of the sport that are in the winter Olympics is usually not well known in my country and my country hasn't really participated that much in it so my interest in the event is not that great(no offense to the huge fans of The Winter Olympic) compare to the Summer Olympics.

Usually the host country is the one who always got a lead because of home country advantage and this time it's China. But as usual European country and US is a good contender on this Olympics because they specialise on this events too.

[michellee]

Yess, finally! I'm much more fond of the Winter Olympics than Summer. I'm actually surprised that the Games will take place, considering that the pandemic still isn't over, and with delta spreading, who knows what will be in China in winter? But in any case, I'm really looking forward to it. My favorites are figure skating, freestyle skiing, cross-country skiing, and, of course, ski jumping.

I wonder who's going to nail it this year: the US, Norway, Germany, or maybe Russia?

Even if the pandemic still is not over, China will prepare for that and maybe they will use strict rules for the audience who wants to watch the Winter Olympics.

Here is an article for your favorites sports:

https://olympics.com/en/news/beijing-2022-a-guide-to-the-top-athletes-and-teams-to-watch-at-the-winter-olympi
https://olympics.com/en/news/beijing-2022-a-guide-to-the-top-athletes-and-teams-to-watch-at-the-winter--x7853

Those two articles can be your guide to select the players or teams if you want to get more info to bet on the sports you like.

I am not too familiar with all sports, but I wonder which sports betting will add those events to their list as previous events.

[South Park]

Yess, finally! I'm much more fond of the Winter Olympics than Summer. I'm actually surprised that the Games will take place, considering that the pandemic still isn't over, and with delta spreading, who knows what will be in China in winter? But in any case, I'm really looking forward to it. My favorites are figure skating, freestyle skiing, cross-country skiing, and, of course, ski jumping.

I wonder who's going to nail it this year: the US, Norway, Germany, or maybe Russia?

It is not a surprising that the games are actually going to take place, taking into account that if the Olympic Games took place and they are bigger than the Winter Games then it makes sense for the Winter Games to be held as well, what I'm worried about is that the last games were not really transmitted where I live so I could not really watch them except for a few events and now if we add the difference in the time zone then this is probably going to be even harder now.

[joker_josue]

NBC New York has compiled a compilation of the top athletes who will participate in the 2022 Winter Olympics.
Are they:

Abby Roque, Hockey (USA)
Conor McDavid, Hockey (Canada)
Chloe Kim, Snowboarding (USA)
Mikael Kingsbury, Freestyle Skiing (Canada)
Charlotte Kalla, Cross-Country Skiing (Sweden)
Mikaela Shiffrin, Alpine Skiing (USA)
Pita Taufatofua, Cross-Country Skiing (Tonga)
Natalie Geisenberger, Luge (Germany)

But details about these athletes: https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/sports/tokyo-summer-olympics/athletes-to-watch-in-the-2022-beijing-winter-olympics/3209848/


Do you know these athletes? What do you think of them?

[Kong Hey Pakboy]

I thought that all the Olympics including Winter Olympics is going to be hosted in the same country? Also, why is Winter delayed in about two years? Is it because of something about when it started or something much more historical reason?

[joker_josue]

I thought that all the Olympics including Winter Olympics is going to be hosted in the same country? Also, why is Winter delayed in about two years? Is it because of something about when it started or something much more historical reason?

Winter and summer games are always in different locations.

The Winter Olympic Games are not late, they take place every 4 years, two years after the Olympic Games.
The Olympic Games in Tokyo were postponed to 2021, but they should have taken place in 2020.

[fiulpro]

just curious, which country is usually a strong contender in the Winter Olympics and what sport they usually dominate? I don't really follow it since most of the sport that are in the winter Olympics is usually not well known in my country and my country hasn't really participated that much in it so my interest in the event is not that great(no offense to the huge fans of The Winter Olympic) compare to the Summer Olympics.

I was not really sure of the answer so I went on the Google and it said :
Norway
US
Germany
Are the top dogs in winter Olympics they have been winning a lot of medals since it started therefore we might be seeing these countries dominate in the same and at the same time they are followed by Soviet union apparently!? Which I do think is a bit weird to say right now then Canada and Austria.
( Taken from google )

[joker_josue]

I was not really sure of the answer so I went on the Google and it said :
Norway
US
Germany
Are the top dogs in winter Olympics they have been winning a lot of medals since it started therefore we might be seeing these countries dominate in the same and at the same time they are followed by Soviet union apparently!? Which I do think is a bit weird to say right now then Canada and Austria.
( Taken from google )

It's not that weird. Just think about the modalities in which each country wins and its greatness for winter games.

It was strange not to see Norway with many medals. Much of the sports originates there, especially skiing. Who has 3 or 4 variations. And it is a country where this type of sports is highly valued.

The USA and Germany, due to their size and investment in these activities, turn out to be similar.

The Russia/Soviet Union did not invest much in these sports for a long time, but it has been gaining ground.

Already Canada, despite being a northern country of the world, they are very strong in two or three ways, but in others, seems to invest a lot.

Austria turns out to be a smaller country compared to others.

[famososMuertos]

^{Winter game... to enjoy the sports competitions that best represent that athletes-sports-nature symbiosis.}

All winter sports in general entertain me, but I admit that Figure skating and speed skating captivate me.

Topic it makes you think that we are there just around the corner with some new Olympic games, 4 great sporting events in less than a year.

[South Park]

I thought that all the Olympics including Winter Olympics is going to be hosted in the same country? Also, why is Winter delayed in about two years? Is it because of something about when it started or something much more historical reason?

According to the small research that I have conducted the winter games were held at the same place and time than the summer games until 1992, it was decided by the Olympic Committee to change this and held an additional winter games in 1994 in order to bring more attention to those sports and since then there has been a two year difference between the games, also this was made possible because they wanted to obtain more revenue and they thought that this was a way to do it, so as you can see there is nothing historical about it.

https://olympics.com/ioc/faq/history-and-origin-of-the-games/since-when-have-the-summer-and-winter-games-no-longer-been-held-in-the-same-year
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1986-10-15-8603170646-story.html

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I thought that all the Olympics including Winter Olympics is going to be hosted in the same country? Also, why is Winter delayed in about two years? Is it because of something about when it started or something much more historical reason?

For as long as I can remember the winter and summer games have always been held in different countries.

Both winter and summer games take place every 4 years this way every 2 years we will have either one or the other.

The only recent peculiarity occurred this year due to Covid and the postponement of the summer games for a year.