Beijing Winter Games by numbers
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2,900
Number of athletes due to compete – representing 90 countries

109
Number of medal events – across 15 disciplines – increase of seven events from 2018

13 Number of venues across Beijing, Yanqing and Zhangjiakou zones, including five legacy venues from Summer Olympics in 2008

Zero
Number of international spectators, due to Covid-19 restrictions in China

55-45
Male-female gender balance (%). More women’s events (46) than at previous Olympics

4,000
Number of performers at opening ceremony – compared with 15,000 at 2008 Olympics

1,140
Number of on-site medical personnel at venues in Beijing, along with 74 ambulances

$880 million
Contribution from International Olympic Committee towards cost of Games

7 new events
Women’s monobob
Freestyle Skiing Big Air (men’s and women’s events)

Four mixed team events – ski jumping, snowboard cross, aerials and short track speed skating

63,548
Number of Covid-19 tests taken inside Olympics “closed loop” system as of Jan 31, including 3,103 by athletes

350km/h
Top speed of driverless trains
on railway linking Beijing with mountain venues at Yanqing and Zhangjiakou

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Sources: International Olympic Committee, Reuters Picture: Getty Images © GRAPHIC NEWS