The Olympic opening ceremony for the Milan Cortina Games is over and the torches in the Arco della Pace in Milan and the Piazza Angelo Dibona in Italy’s Cortina d鈥橝mpezzo are lit.
Athletes from around the world will be competing for 195 medals across 16 different disciplines, including , which makes its debut this year.
While the opening ceremony aired on a tape delay on local broadcaster NBC4, some around the D.C. region couldn鈥檛 wait and headed over to watch it live Friday afternoon at The Midlands Beer Garden on Georgia Avenue for a viewing party.
Gabrielle Cascio traveled in from Baltimore to join friends for the watch party.
鈥淚’m sure not all of us engage with a lot of these sports on the day to day,鈥� Cascio told 海角精品黑料. 鈥淚t鈥檚 just like something fun and new to get obsessed with.”
Some were dressed for the festive event, including Katie Kula, who was wearing a sweatshirt from the 1988 Seoul Olympics.
鈥淭his is a bright spot of patriotism in an otherwise maybe difficult time to be patriotic,鈥� Kula said.
A lot of viewers at the D.C. sports bar were excited for both the men鈥檚 and women鈥檚 hockey, along with figure skating.
For Scott Benson, his focus is on Ilia Malinin, the 21-year-old figure skater from Northern Virginia who is popularly known as the 鈥淨uad God.鈥�
The two-time consecutive world champion is the only skater to land a quadruple axel in competition.
Benson said it’s easy to explain why the Winter Games are so popular. 鈥淲e can all run around a track, but, we can’t all jump off this, like, 100-foot ski jump,鈥� he said.
For those looking to watch coverage of The Games, viewing parties are being hosted throughout the D.C. area. Some establishments include Buddy鈥檚 in Columbia Heights, Shaw鈥檚 Tavern on Florida Avenue and Pitchers in Adams Morgan.
Olympics coverage will also be aired on massive 360-degree TVs at the National Harbor and Navy Yard locations of Tom鈥檚 Watch Bar. Virginia residents can also watch the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat on the big screen at the AMC Tyson鈥檚 Corner theater.
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