On February 5, Beijing time, the first competition day of the Beijing Winter Olympics began to compete. A total of six gold medals were produced on this competition day, six gold medals in the ski jump women's individual standard, freestyle ski men's snow skills, biathlon mixed relay, women's 3000m speed skating, cross-country skiing women's double chase and short track speed skating team mixed relay events.
Norway, a winter Olympic powerhouse, won two gold medals on the first match day, joheyug won the first gold medal of the Winter Olympics in cross-country skiing, and Norway won the biathlon mixed relay.
The Slovenian team scored 1 gold and 1 bronze on this matchday. In the women's individual standard ski jumping competition, Ursa Bogatay successfully won the gold medal, and in the same event, Kriznal won a bronze medal.
Three other countries won the gold medal, namely China, the Netherlands and Sweden. Among them, the Chinese delegation Qu Chunyu, Fan Kexin, Wu Dajing and Ren Ziwei took the lead in crossing the finish line in the mixed team relay final and won the first gold of the Chinese delegation in the Winter Olympics.
The Dutch team won a gold medal in the women's 3000m of speed skating, and the gold medal for the Netherlands was Irenni Shaoten. Sweden won the championship in the freestyle ski men's snow skills competition.
In addition, on the first match day, the Russian Olympic Committee won 1 silver medal and 1 bronze medal, Canada also won 1 silver medal and 1 bronze medal, Germany and France each won 1 silver medal, and Japan, Hungary and Austria each won 1 bronze medal.