Boycotts, fake snow and medal contenders: The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics are upon us

This year’s Winter Games will be the first time athletes compete on almost 100 per cent artificial snow. Photo: TND, Getty

The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics are hours away from kicking off, barely six months after the Tokyo Games wrapped up. 

Forty three Australian athletes – 22 women and 21 men – will go for gold at Beijing 2022, which will lean on almost entirely fake snow.