2022 winter Olympics review.

 These games wen from February 4-20. 91 nations and 2871 athletes participated.

1. 7 new sports were added to these games.

2. Haiti and Saudi Arabia made their winter debuts here.

3.  Marie Philip Poulin is the only hockey player to score a goal in 4 gold medal games.

4. Sarah Nurse first black woman hockey player to win gold. She also set points record with 18 in the tournament.

5. Donovan Carrillo became the first Mexican to make the free skate and first Mexican+Latin American to land a quad.

6. Ireen Wust became the first speed skater to win a gold in five Olympics.

7. Slovakia wins first ever hockey medal. They beat Sweden 4-0 to win bronze.

8. One podium sweep

A. February 15, two man bobsled, Germany, Francesco Friedrich and Thorsten Margis, Johannes Lochner and Florian Bauer, Christoph Hader and Matthais Sommer finished on the podium.

9. Norway won most medals with 37 (16g, 8s, 13b). Norway's 16 golds broke a record for most golds.(previous record was 13 done three times). China finished with 9g, 4s, 2b for 15 total. Canada finishes with 4g, 8s, 14b for 26 total.

That is it for another Olympics.

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