Athletes from the Chinese delegation are on average 25.2 years old and 131 are participating in the Winter Olympics for the first time

On January 25, some members of the Chinese sports delegation to the Beijing Winter Olympics came to Tiananmen Square to watch the flag-raising ceremony and take the oath to march. The picture shows some members of the Chinese sports delegation swearing in for the Beijing Winter Olympics. China News Agency Development State General Administration of Sport Winter Sports Management Center Courtesy of the picture

Beijing, January 27 (Xinhua) -- On January 27, the Chinese sports delegation participating in the 24th Winter Olympic Games was officially established. The total number of Chinese sports delegations is 387, including 176 athletes, 164 coaches, team leaders, scientific and medical personnel and other sports team staff, and 47 youth league staff. The Beijing Winter Olympics is the largest participation in the history of Chinese sports delegations.

Of the 176 athletes, 87 were female, or 49.43 per cent, and 89 male, or 50.57 per cent. There are 20 athletes from 9 ethnic minorities, including Tibetans, Uyghurs, Manchus, Hui, Kazakhs, Hani, Jing, Koreans and Buyi, accounting for 11.36%. The average age of the athletes is 25.2 years old, the oldest is 37 years old (men's ice hockey Ye Jinguang), and the youngest is 17 years old (men's freestyle ski He Jinbo, women's ski jumping Peng Qingyue). 131 athletes participated in the Winter Olympic Games for the first time, accounting for 74.43%; Xu Mengtao, Jia Zongyang, Qi Guangpu and other athletes will participate in the Olympic Games for the fourth time, which is the athlete who has participated in the Olympic Games the most times in the delegation.

The list has a total of 78 coaches, including 51 foreign teachers from 19 countries including the United States, Canada, Russia, France, and Japan.

The Chinese sports delegation said that the delegation completed the task of "participating in all 7 major events and 15 sub-events" of the Beijing Winter Olympics, and won a total of 104 minor events and 194 seats (including 4 "in-competition" sub-events that need to be reconfirmed by other minor events of the Beijing Winter Olympics), accounting for 95.4% of all 109 minor events. Compared with the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, Chinese athletes participating in 5 major events, 12 sub-events and 53 sub-events, 2 major events such as ice hockey and sledding, 3 sub-events such as Nordic biathlon, and 47 sub-events such as speed skating women's 5000 meters have been added, and the number of participating small events and athletes has increased significantly.

The Chinese sports delegation said that it is necessary to ensure the realization of the goal of a double harvest of sports achievements and spiritual civilization of the Chinese sports delegation at the Beijing Winter Olympics: First, we must strive to create the best results in the history of china's Participation in the Winter Olympics. The second is to fully display a good spiritual outlook, work tenaciously on the field, never give up, be friendly and generous in the sunshine off the field, win without arrogance, defeat without discouragement, and show my good demeanor. The third is to resolutely achieve "zero occurrence" of doping in the Chinese sports delegation at the Beijing Winter Olympics. The fourth is to strictly abide by the closed-loop management requirements of the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee and resolutely do a good job in epidemic prevention and control. (End)