The 2022 Winter Olympics opened on Feb. 4, bringing in athletes from greater than 90 nations to Beijing to compete within the second Video games held in the course of the COVID-19 pandemic.
After the primary day of medals being awarded, as of 9:30 a.m. ET Saturday, Norway leads the medal rely with two gold medals. The nation led the 2018 medal rely in Pyeongchang, taking house 39 medals in whole.
The Chinese language capital is making Olympic historical past as the primary metropolis to stage each the Summer time and Winter Video games. For 19 days, some 2,900 athletes will probably be competing in 109 totally different winter sporting occasions—seven greater than the 2018 Video games in Pyeongchang, South Korea. In accordance with the Worldwide Olympic Committee, 45% of the athletes are ladies, making Beijing 2022 essentially the most gender-balanced Winter Olympics up to now.
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Groups from Haiti and Saudi Arabia will make their Winter Olympics debut in Beijing. Search for Norway to carry out properly—the Scandinavian nation has dominated, with a whole of 368 medals gained all through the historical past of the Winter Video games. Group USA, which gained 23 medals in Pyeongchang 2018—fourth general—is competing with 224 athletes on its roster. China will discipline its largest delegation ever for the Winter Olympics, with greater than 400 athletes.
All athletes will probably be present process day by day COVID-19 testing below China’s strict closed-loop system. Anybody who’s confirmed to be contaminated will probably be barred from competing, elevating the stakes for athletes who want to eke out medals for his or her host nations.
Listed below are the medals every nation has gained up to now in Beijing 2022.
Norway: 2 medals
Gold: 2 medals
- Group Norway, Biathlon, Combined 4x6km relay
- Theresa Johaug, Cross-country snowboarding, Girls’s 15-km skiathlon
Slovenia: 2 medals
Gold: 1 medal
- Ursa Bogata, Ski leaping, Girls’s particular person regular hill
Bronze: 1 medal
- Nika Kriznar, Ski leaping, Girls’s particular person regular hill
Italy: 2 medals
Silver: 2 medals
- Group Italy, Quick monitor velocity skating, Combined group relay
- Francesca Lollobrigida, Velocity skating, Girls’s 3,000m
Canada: 2 medals
Silver: 1 medal
- Mikael Kingsbury, Freestyle snowboarding, Males’s moguls
Bronze: 1 medal
- Isabelle Weidemann, Velocity skating, Girls’s 3,000 m
Russian Olympic Committee (ROC): 2 medals
Silver: 1 medal
- Natalia Nepryaeva, Cross-country snowboarding, Girls’s 15-km skiathlon
Bronze: 1 medal
- Russian Olympic Committee, Biathlon, Combined 4×6-km relay
China: 1 medal
Gold: 1 medal
- Group China, Quick monitor velocity skating, Combined group relay
Netherlands: 1 medal
Gold: 1 medal
- Irene Schouten, Velocity skating, Girls’s 3,000 m
Sweden: 1 medal
Gold: 1 medal
- Walter Wallberg, Freestyle snowboarding, Males’s moguls
France: 1 medal
Silver: 1 medal
- Group France, Biathlon, Combined 4×6-km relay
Germany: 1 medal
Silver: 1 medal
- Katharina Althaus, Ski leaping, Girls’s particular person regular hill
Austra: 1 medal
Bronze: 1 medal
- Teresa Stadlober, Cross-country snowboarding, Girls’s 15-km skiathlon
Hungry: 1 medal
Bronze: 1 medal
- Group Hungary, Quick monitor velocity skating, Combined group relay
Japan: 1 medal
Bronze: 1 medal
- Ikuma Horishima, Freestyle Snowboarding, Males’s moguls
