The 2022 Winter Olympics are officially underway in Beijing. The opening ceremony began the festivities, and the first day of action saw some upsets and big finishes.
American Jamie Anderson began her attempt at a three-peat in women’s snowboard slopestyle, qualifying into the finals alongside teammates Hailey Langland and Julia Marino.
Snowboarding legend Shaun White announced these would be his last Olympic Games. The 35-year-old has three Olympic gold medals to go along with 18 individual Winter X Games medals.
“I’m sort of pinching myself, with how lucky I am to still be here at this age,” he said.
Here’s some of the day’s action:
USA dominates ROC in hockey
Team USA’s women’s hockey team notched its second preliminary round win of the Olympic tournament with a 5-0 win over the Russian Olympic Committee team.
Hilary Knight’s goal 8:51 into the second period gave Team USA some critical…
