About the Event-
A total number of 109 events across 7 sports (15 disciplines) were held with a participation of 2871 athletes representing 91 teams. there are seven new medal events including men's and women's big air freestyle, women's mono bob, mixes team competition in freestyle skiing aerials, ski jumping, and snowboard cross, and the mixed relay in short track speed skating. Haiti and Saudi Arabia marked their winter Olympic debut. Bing Dwen Dwen (panda) was the mascot of the winter Olympics 2022. the Games' official slogan is Together for a shared future. the emblem for the winter Olympic 2022, Winter Dream.
India's Sole Participant-
From India, only one athlete participated in the winter Olympics 2022 in Beijing, China, alpine Skier Mohammad Arif Khan, Which also marked his winter games debut. He is the first Indian Skier to have qualified from the Olympics in both slaloms. He Clinched a 45th place finish in the giant slalom event with a time of 1:24:89.
He was the Country's flagbearer during the opening ceremony.
Diplomatic Boycott-
India launched a diplomatic boycott of the game after the people's Liberation Army(PLA) regiment Commander Qi Fabio, involved in the June 15,2020 clash with India in Galway Valley was chosen by china to carry the winter Olympic torch in Beijing. The event has been diplomatically boycotted by several countries such as the USA, Canada, Australia, Uk, India among Others.
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