The XXV Winter Olympic Games from Italy officially began on Friday, with 92 nations and nearly 3,000 athletes competing. There will be 116 medal events, with new ones in skeleton, ski jumping, freestyle skiing, luge and alpine combined. However, the most popular sporting events remain ice hockey, figure skating, alpine skiing and snowboarding.

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