30-01-2022, 14:51
Confirmation today that Izzy Atkins has withdrawn from the Freestyle Skiing Big Air event, but is atill planning to take part in the Slopestyle. As she is still recovering from a broken pelvis, this will depend on medical advice from the team doctors.
Eurosport 1 will be showing live coverage of the Mixed Doubles Curling on Wednesday 2 February at 12 noon when GB play against Sweden, with loads of repeats (highlights) later in the day. At 01.00 on Thursday 3 February the 2nd games take place and features GB v Canada. From then on Eurosport seem ta have continuous coverage of various events - Curling, Alpine Skiing, Ice Hockey and Freestyle Skiing - both live and highlights. I would imagine the 24 hour coverage will continue right through the Games, eventually featuring all the sports.
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Here's what all the effort is for and in the vain hope that somebody might be interested in the history behind the design, I have copied the following from the Olympic website.
The Beijing 2022 medals - named "Tong Xin", meaning "together as one" - are composed of five rings and a centre; the design is based on Chinese ancient jade concentric circle pendants with the five rings representing the Olympic spirit to bring people together and the splendour of the Olympic Winter Games being shared all over the world.
The five Olympic rings are engraved in the centre on the front of the medals and the words “XXIV Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022” are engraved around it, surrounded by ice, snow and cloud patterns. On the back, the emblem of the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 is placed in the centre with the full Chinese name of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games（北京2022年第24届冬季奥林匹克运动会) engraved around it. Also on its back is the name of the medal event, engraved on the outermost ring. The ring is concave, which echoes the traditional jade pendant design.
Eurosport 1 will be showing live coverage of the Mixed Doubles Curling on Wednesday 2 February at 12 noon when GB play against Sweden, with loads of repeats (highlights) later in the day. At 01.00 on Thursday 3 February the 2nd games take place and features GB v Canada. From then on Eurosport seem ta have continuous coverage of various events - Curling, Alpine Skiing, Ice Hockey and Freestyle Skiing - both live and highlights. I would imagine the 24 hour coverage will continue right through the Games, eventually featuring all the sports.
Here's what all the effort is for and in the vain hope that somebody might be interested in the history behind the design, I have copied the following from the Olympic website.
The Beijing 2022 medals - named "Tong Xin", meaning "together as one" - are composed of five rings and a centre; the design is based on Chinese ancient jade concentric circle pendants with the five rings representing the Olympic spirit to bring people together and the splendour of the Olympic Winter Games being shared all over the world.
The five Olympic rings are engraved in the centre on the front of the medals and the words “XXIV Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022” are engraved around it, surrounded by ice, snow and cloud patterns. On the back, the emblem of the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 is placed in the centre with the full Chinese name of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games（北京2022年第24届冬季奥林匹克运动会) engraved around it. Also on its back is the name of the medal event, engraved on the outermost ring. The ring is concave, which echoes the traditional jade pendant design.
Cabbage is still good for you