The 2022 Winter Olympics is officially underway in Beijing. The opening ceremony began the festivities, and now we’re on to the first full day of sports.
On Friday, figure skater Nathan Chen helped the United States to an early lead in the team competition.
Tonight’s most notable event: American Jamie Anderson will begin her attempt at a three-peat in women’s snowboard slopestyle. Qualifying starts at 9:45 pm ET tonight.
Upcoming events (all times ET)
9:45 p.m.: Women’s slopestyle snowboarding qualifying
10 p.m.: Men’s alpine skiing training
11 p.m.: Women’s hockey prelims (Canada vs. Finland)
3:30 a.m.: Women’s speedskating 3,000 meters
6:30 a.m.: Men’s freestyle skiing moguls finals
Sporting the colors
Two of the most iconic American buildings — the White House and the Empire State Building — will be showing support for Olympians. The White House will feature red, white and blue lights while the New York City skyscraper will rotate colors of competing nations.
Tonight the White House is lit up in red, white, and blue in support of all the Olympians and Paralympians proudly representing our country. Go Team USA! pic.twitter.com/tegcrcCoqs
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) February 4, 2022
Honoring the 2022 athletes in Beijing with lights rotating in the flag colors of all participating countries tonight. #ESBright pic.twitter.com/cKbfzGR7yh
— Empire State Building (@EmpireStateBldg) February 4, 2022
Hometown heroes
The New England Patriots and Boston College Eagles supported Olympians with ties to the area. Among them is BC grad Alex Carpenter, who was a member of the 2014 ice hockey squad that won a silver medal in Sochi.
Team USA is looking to defend its gold medal from the 2018 Games that came against rival Canada in an overtime shootout.
Good luck to our New England athletes and all of @TeamUSA!#ForeverNE | #Beijing2022 pic.twitter.com/9kevJNRTEy
— New England Patriots (@Patriots) February 4, 2022
Gonna tell my kids this was the Dream Team 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/rm5ztUJ0XU
— BC Men’s Hockey (@BC_MHockey) February 4, 2022
