The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics are live and free on Seven and 7plus in what will be 2022’s biggest broadcast and digital event.
Australia’s Olympic Winter Team has been assembled, headlined by global sporting superstar and Olympic Bronze medallist Scotty James (snowboard halfpipe), world champions Laura Peel and Danielle Scott (women’s aerial) and Jakara Anthony (women’s moguls), with eight World Cup podiums this season alone, creating a perfect blizzard during the Australian summer.
There will be up to 20 dedicated Olympic channels across Seven and 7plus, all live, free and in HD, broadcasting more than 1600 hours of live content. Daily coverage will begin from midday AEDT on weekdays and 10.00am AEDT on weekends, until approximately 2.00am AEDT .
With Beijing in a favourable time zone for Australian viewers, the slope is carved perfectly for all Australians to enjoy every epic moment of the Games’ 17 days, with all the biggest events set to light up prime time.
It all kicks off two days before the Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony, on Wednesday 2 February, when history will be made as Australia’s first curling team, Queenslander Tahli Gill and Victorian Dean Hewitt, take to the ice.
Viewers will wake up to all the latest Olympic highlights, news and exclusive athlete interviews each day with Australia’s #1 breakfast show Sunrise before Johanna Griggs, returning for her third Winter Olympic Games coverage, steers Seven’s broadcast from midday.
Legendary Olympic sprinter Matt Shirvington and sport broadcaster Emma Freedman, both covering their first Winter Olympic Games for Seven, then take the reins each afternoon.
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Following 7NEWS live at 6.00pm every night of the Olympic Winter Games, two of Australia’s best sports broadcasters, Hamish McLachlan and Abbey Gelmi, will take audiences on a prime-time run of competition.
The Winter Games will be essential late-night viewing with only a three-hour time difference on the East Coast and as the night kicks on, esteemed broadcaster Basil Zempilas and Commonwealth Games gold medallist Georgie Parker will bring viewers all the thrills and spills.
A hit during the Tokyo Games, Shinya returns with a new name: The Summer Chill. Hosted by Andy Maher with sporting royalty Andrew Gaze and Jacqui Cooper, the wintry edition will be seen on several nights across the 17 days of the Games.
All the weekend action will be covered from 10.00am AEDT with co-hosts Mel McLaughlin, Jason Richardson and Winter Olympic gold medallist Lydia Lassila live from Beijing.
11 days after the Winter Olympics comes to an end, the Paralympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 begins.
Sunrise is the place Australians will be able to see all the Olympic Winter Games highlights every morning. David Koch and Natalie Barr will be live to Mark Beretta at the centre of all the action in Beijing.
7NEWS is the only network with unrestricted access to the Games and will have the biggest team on the ground in Beijing.
7NEWS sports anchor Mel McLaughlin and sports editor Matt Carmichael will lead a team of reporters, including Jacqui Felgate and David Woiwod, operating 24 hours a day from inside venues and alongside athletes, taking Australians to the heart of all the action.
And 7NEWS.com.au will be the #1 online destination for Olympic Winter Games news, updates and daily event schedules. The website will feature a dedicated hub for results and medal tallies, plus all the latest breaking news, exclusive content, in-depth features and the greatest stories from the Games.
Key Winter Olympics Moments To Look Out For
• Wednesday 2 February and Thursday 3 February: It’s a historic start to Seven’s coverage with Australia’s first ever curling team in action. Tahli Gill and Dean Hewitt play five mixed doubles matches before the Opening Ceremony even begins
• Thursday 3 February: Eight Australians feature in the moguls. Coverage on Seven from 8.30pm AEDT
• Friday 4 February: Opening Ceremony from 11.00pm
• Saturday 5 February: Men’s Moguls Final – featuring Aussie Olympic 2018 Silver Medallist Matt Graham.
• Sunday 6 February: Women’s Snowboard Slopestyle Final – Young Gun Tess Coady
Women’s Moguls Final – Rising superstar Jakara Anthony and four-time Olympian Britt Cox will be aiming for the podium. And catch the speedsters in the Men’s Downhill & Men’s Luge.
• Monday 7 February: Short Track – Men’s 1000m Final. It’s the 20th anniversary of Steven Bradbury’s famous gold in this event Women’s Giant Slalom – USA sensation Mikaela Shiffrin
• Tuesday 8 February: Figure Skating – Men’s Short Program. Aussie Brendan Kerry. Freeski Big Air – Women’s Final
• Wednesday 9 February: Men’s & Women’s Halfpipe begins. Scotty James v Shaun White
Women’s Snowboard Cross Final – Australian’s Belle Brockhoff and Josie Baff in action
• Thursday 10 February: Men’s Snowboard Cross Final – with Aussie Olympic 2018 Silver Medallist Jarryd Hughes. Women’s Halfpipe – USA star Chloe Kim Figure Skating – Men’s Gold medal is decided
• Friday 11 February: Men’s Snowboard Halfpipe Final – the showdown of the games with Aussie Scotty James and three-time gold medallist Shaun White
• Saturday 12 February: Mixed Team Snowboard Cross – Australia is the current world champion in this event. Women’s Skeleton – Jac Narracott flying head first down the track
• Sunday 13 February: Monobob – Aussie World cup medallist Bree Walker solo down the bobsleigh track. Women’s Aerials gets underway, featuring Australia’s world champion Laura Peel.
• Monday 14 February: Figure Skating – Ice Dance Gold, Monobob – gold is decided, Women’s Aerials Final, Laura Peel and Danielle Scott
• Tuesday 15 February: Figure Skating – Women’s Short Program, Snowboard Big Air Finals, Alpine Skiing – Women’s Downhill
• Wednesday 16 February: Alpine Skiing – Men’s Slalom, Men’s Aerials Final
• Thursday 17 February: Ice Hockey – Women’s Final, Figure Skating – Women’s Gold, Women’s Ski Cross (Sami Kennedy-Sim)
• Friday 18 February: Men’s Ski Cross, Women’s Freeski Halfpipe
• Saturday 19 February: Figure Skating – Pairs Gold, Curling – Men’s
Gold
• Sunday 20 February: Bobsleigh – Four-Man Gold, Ice Hockey – Men’s
Final, Curling – Women’s Gold