2022 Winter Olympics: Day-by-day look back at the Beijing Games

In almost every way possible, the 2022 Winter Games were a most unusual Olympics. Whether it was life in the so-called “closed loop” that separated Olympic athletes, journalists and workers from the rest of China, the below-zero temperatures and howling winds in the mountains or the daily anxiety of COVID-19 testing and possible isolation, it was a difficult journey for everyone who made it here.

Then the competition began, and many of the hot-button issues surrounding the start of the Olympics – like human rights – faded to the background. New ones, like a major doping scandal in figure skating, arose. At the end, though, China pulled off a Winter Games without too many hiccups – though it was more successful for some than others.

The U.S. finished with 25 medals overall, the fifth-most behind Norway, Russia, Germany and Canada and an uptick from 2018 (23 medals) and nearly on par with 2014 (28 medals). Here’s a day-by-day look back at what happened in Beijing:

Feb. 2: Competition for the 2022 Beijing Games officially got underway with the first session of mixed doubles curling.

USA forward Hilary Knight is congratulated for scoring a goal against Finland in the women's ice hockey semifinal.

Feb. 3:The freestyle skiing events began with men’s and women’s moguls qualification runs, while ice hockey began with four women’s games. The Americans got off to a strong start with a 5-2 win over Finland, while Canada beat Switzerland 12-1.

Feb. 4: The figure skating team event – which would play an unusually large role in the narrative of these Games – started in the morning, with men’s singles followed by rhythm dance and then the pairs short program. As usual on the first Friday of the Olympics, everything built toward the opening ceremony, which took place at the famed “Bird's Nest” National Stadium, which was built for the 2008 Summer Games. The most significant heads of state in attendance were Russian president Vladimir Putin, Saudi Arabian crown prince Mohammed bin Salman, Egyptian president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and Polish president Andrzej Duda. During the parade of nations, cameras caught Putin sleeping – or perhaps pretending to be asleep – when Ukraine’s Olympic team made its entrance. China’s choice of Uyghur cross-country skier Dinigeer Yilamujiang as one of the two athletes to light the cauldron raised eyebrows, as China’s alleged human rights abuses, including the detention of Uyghurs in the Xinjiang region, is a key reason why the U.S. and many other Western countries staged a diplomatic boycott of these Games.

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