If there is any competition at the Beijing Winter Olympics that opens on February 4, which will become the first to appear, it is the curling competition. Because two days before the opening ceremony, on February 2, the curling competition will kick off in the Ice Cube.
According to the news of the World Curling Federation, the schedule of curling competitions at the Beijing Winter Olympics has been announced, and the Chinese team will play in full quota with the host qualification to participate in all three events of men's, women's and mixed doubles.
The opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics will take place on February 4, 2022, and the curling competition will kick off on February 2, 2022, until the closing date of the Beijing Winter Olympics, February 20. As a result, curling competitions will be the competitions with the longest time and the most competitions in the seven major competitions of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games, with a cumulative number of games exceeding 100 games.
According to the curling schedule of the Winter Olympics, among the three individual events, the mixed doubles competition will start on the evening of February 2, and the Chinese team will meet the Swiss team that night. The mixed doubles competition adopts a single round robin format, with 10 teams from China, Canada, the United Kingdom, Sweden, Switzerland, the United States, Norway, Italy, Australia and the Czech Republic participating, and the gold, silver and bronze medalists will be released on February 8.
The men's curling competition and the women's curling competition will be staged on February 9 and 10 respectively. The Chinese men's team will play against the winter Olympic silver medallist Sweden in the first match, and the other eight teams are the Russian Olympic Committee, Denmark, Italy, Britain, the United States, Canada, Norway and Switzerland.
The Chinese women's team will play against Denmark in the first match, and the other 8 teams are Denmark, Switzerland, the United States, Sweden, South Korea, Japan, the Russian Olympic Committee, the United Kingdom and Canada.
Men's curling and women's curling competitions also adopt a single round robin format, the men's gold medal will be produced on the 19th, and the women's gold medal will be produced on the 20th, that is, the closing day of the Winter Olympic Games.