Vienna, January 26 (Xinhua) -- Austria held a ceremony to participate in the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics in the capital vienna on the 26th, and 106 Olympic athletes will go to Beijing to compete on the 28th.
As one of the traditional powerhouses of winter sports, the Austrian delegation to the Beijing Winter Olympics was led by several Winter Olympic champions, including alpine skier Matthias Mayer and snowboarder Anna Gasser.
According to the Austrian News Agency, the number of participants in Austria this time is 1 more than the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. The first olympic athletes will take a charter flight to Beijing on the 28th.
Austrian Olympic Committee President Carl Staus recently said that he is looking forward to the Olympic delegation's success at the Beijing Winter Olympics; the total number of medals for the Olympic delegation is between 14 medals at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics and 17 at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics.
At the same time, Staus also expressed the hope that the Olympic delegation can continue to maintain the top ten positions in the Winter Olympic medal table in Beijing.
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