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What is the English language for the Beijing Winter Olympics?

Beijing Olympics.

The 24th Winter Olympics, the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, is an international Olympic event hosted by China, opening on February 4, 2022, and closing on February 20.

The 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics will have 7 major events, 15 sub-events, and 109 minor events. The Beijing competition area will host all ice sports and freestyle ski jumps, the Yanqing competition area will host bobsleigh, sled, and alpine skiing events, and the Zhangjiakou competition area will host all snow sports except snowmobile, sled, alpine skiing, and freestyle ski giant jump.

On July 19, 2018, the International Olympic Committee announced that the proportion of female athletes participating in the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics will further increase, and the ratio of male to female athletes will become more balanced. The number of male and female athletes reached 1,578 and 1,314 respectively. Female athletes accounted for 45.44% of all athletes, setting a record high in the history of the Winter Olympics.

Female athletes participated in 46 events, which is also the most in all previous Winter Olympics. Compared with the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics, the total number of participating athletes in the Beijing Winter Olympics decreased by 41 to 2,892.

In terms of specific events, the quota for modern biathlon athletes has been reduced by 20, skiing has been reduced by 41, ice sports has been reduced by 26, and luge has been reduced by 4. In addition, two new women's teams were added to the ice hockey event, with a total of 46 people, and four more people were added to the curling event.