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, Jan. 28 (Xinhua) -- On January 27, the Chinese sports delegation to the Beijing Winter Olympics was officially established. The total number of delegations was 387, of which 176 were athletes. The Beijing Winter Olympics is the largest participation in the history of Chinese sports delegations.
The Chinese delegation completed the task of "participating in all 7 major events and 15 sub-events" of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games, and won a total of 104 minor events and 194 seats (including 4 "in-competition" small events that need to be reconfirmed by other minor events of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games), accounting for 95.4% of all 109 minor events.
On February 4, the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics will be held at the "Bird's Nest" at the National Stadium. At home, how Chinese athletes perform has attracted much attention. In the chinese delegation's large list, the following ten (pairs) of players have been in good shape this season. Beijing Winter Olympics, look forward to them to bring more surprises!
Source: Gu Ailing Image source: ICphoto
Gu Ailing
Gu Ailing is undoubtedly the biggest surprise of China's snow sports in the Beijing Winter Olympic cycle. At a young age, she has set many records for snow sports in China. And in this season, she has shown a very good competitive state.
In December, Gu Ailing recovered from injury. She returned to the field of competition and was invincible. In just 36 days, Gu Ailing won 6 top event titles.
At this Winter Olympics, Gu Ailing will compete in three events: freestyle ski jumping, slope obstacle course and U-shaped venue, of which the U-shaped venue is her best event this season, winning all the World Cup races. At the Beijing Winter Olympics, Gu Ailing will launch an attack on the highest podium of the three events.
Gu Ailing Competition Arrangement:
February 8 Freestyle Ski Women's Grand Jump Final
February 14 Freestyle Women's Steeplechase Final
February 18 Freestyle Women's U-Shaped Pool
Wu Dajing won the gold medal in the men's 500m short track speed skating at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics.
Wu Dajing
At the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics four years ago, Wu Dajing won the men's 500m short track speed skating event, winning the only gold medal of the Chinese delegation at the current Winter Olympics, and he also became China's first winter Olympic champion in the short track speed skating men's event.
Four years later, Wu Dajing embarked on the Olympic journey again. In the past four years, he has experienced a low, but in this season's World Cup, Wu Dajing's state has shown a gradual upward trend.
In the men's 500m event in the Netherlands, the final leg of the World Cup, Wu Dajing stood on the highest podium. In a previous interview, Wu Dajing said that his best form would be shown at the Beijing Winter Olympics. Four years ago, Wu Dajing's appearance in the national flag touched countless Chinese people; this time, he is expected to create glory in Beijing again.
Infographic: Ren Ziwei in the game
Ren Ziwei
The short track speed skating team has always been the "king's division" of China's winter sports, and as many as 10 of the 13 Winter Olympic gold medals won by the Chinese army have come from short track speed skating. At the Beijing Winter Olympics, the mixed relay team in which Ren Ziwei participated will impact the first gold of the Chinese delegation.
This season, Ren Ziwei has been the most eye-catching member of the Chinese short track speed skating team, and he is regarded as the chinese team's best hope for the men's mid-distance attack on the Winter Olympic gold medal.
In this season's World Cup, Ren Ziwei won 3 individual gold medals. In addition, he is an absolute workhorse in the mixed team relay of the men's 5000m and 2000m. In these projects, Ren Ziwei has the strength to impact the highest podium.
Wu Dajing and Ren Ziwei competition arrangement:
February 5 Short Track Speed Skating Mixed Team Relay Final
Feb. 7 Short Track Speed Skating Men's 1000m Final
February 9 Short Track Speed Skating Men's 1500m Final
February 13 Short Track Speed Skating Men's 500m Final
Feb. 16 Short Track Speed Skating Men's 5000m Relay Final
Gao Tingyu in the game. Image source: Heilongjiang Provincial Sports Bureau.
Gao Tingyu
Gao Tingyu is currently the ace player in The Chinese speed skating sprint event. At the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, he won the bronze medal in the men's 500 meters, becoming the first Chinese male athlete to win a speed skating medal at the Winter Olympics. This season he won the 500m world cup in Poland and the first World Cup of his career.
"Fast as lightning" and "like a rocket", this was the evaluation of him by foreign media at that time. At the Beijing Winter Olympics, he will launch a challenge to the highest podium of speed skating.
Gao Tingyu once said that in the face of such an important opportunity, it is necessary to turn pressure into motivation and mobilize himself in all directions, "I want to give full play to the best level and show it to the people of the whole country." ”
Ning Zhongyan. Image source: Heilongjiang Provincial Sports Bureau.
Ning Zhongyan
Ning Zhongyan is a young general born in 1999. In 2019, he made his debut on the international stage and made a splash, breaking the field record in the men's 1500m world cup in Kazakhstan and winning gold. After Luo Zhihuan won the men's 1500m title at the World Speed Skating Championships in 1963, The Chinese athletes did not touch the world championship title until Ning Zhongyan appeared in the sky.
In the past two seasons, Ning Zhongyan has performed very strongly. He won 1 gold and 4 silver in the 2019-2020 World Cup and 3 gold and 2 silver in the 2021-2022 season, making him a veritable chinese leader in the middle and long distance of speed skating.
In the speed skating arena of the Winter Olympics, the Chinese team won only one gold medal in the women's 1000 meters event by Zhang Hong. This battle on the doorstep, this history is expected to be rewritten. Ning Zhongyan said in a previous interview: "At the Beijing Winter Olympics, it is my biggest goal to play the best state. ”
Gao Tingyu and Ning Zhongyan Competition Arrangement:
Feb. 8 Speed Skating Men's 1500m Final
Feb. 12 Speed Skating Men's 500m Final
Feb. 18 Speed Skating Men's 1000m Final
Sui Wenjing/Han Cong.
Sui Wenjing/Han Cong
Sui Wenjing / Han Cong are the number one pairing in Figure Skating in China in recent years. The last Winter Olympics were pinned on hopes of winning gold, but in the end they were only second by 0.43 points. At this Winter Olympics, they will once again attack the gold medal.
At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Shen Xue/Zhao Hongbo won the first winter olympic gold medal in The Chinese figure skating event. In the years that followed, Chinese players were unable to regain such glory. Sui Wenjing/Han Cong have repeatedly won gold in international competitions in recent years and are also the favorites to win the Beijing Winter Olympics.
In a previous interview, Han Cong had said that although there would be pressure to fight at the doorstep, the two were 100 percent prepared.
Sui Wenjing/Han Cong Competition Arrangement:
February 18 Double Skating Short Show
February 19 Pair skating free skating
Xu Mengtao in the game. Photo by China News Service reporter Tomita
Xu Mengtao
Xu Mengtao is a veteran of the Chinese freestyle skiing aerial skills project, and she is the runner-up winner of the women's freestyle skiing aerial skills event at the Sochi Winter Olympics. At the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, she made a mistake in the final and missed the gold medal.
This season, Xu Mengtao has shown a good competitive state. In December last year, Xu Mengtao won the gold medal in the Aerial Skills World Cup in Lucca, Finland. This is Xu Mengtao's 26th World Cup individual gold medal, and she has surpassed Australia's Cooper as the athlete who has won the most individual gold medals in the World Cup.
In addition, Xu Mengtao also won this season's Mixed Team World Cup with his teammates. Not surprisingly, she will compete in both individual and team events at the Beijing Winter Olympics. In both events, she has the strength to strike the gold medal.
Xu Mengtao Competition Arrangement:
February 10 Freestyle Ski Aerial Skills Mixed Team Final
February 14 Freestyle Skiing Aerial Skills Women's Final
Data chart: Su Yiming in training. Image source: Winter Sports Center
Su Yiming
In the Bobsleigh World Cup in The United States Templebot in December last year, Chinese teenager Su Yiming won the big jump event with a score of 155.25 points, which was also the first time that a Chinese male snowboarder won the World Cup.
In this season's World Cup, Su Yiming won a ticket for the Winter Olympics for the Chinese team in the snowboard slope obstacle course. In the snowboard jumping event, he also got the winter Olympic ticket.
For the young Su Yiming, although he can't still pick up gold steadily like the long-established players, his momentum is the greatest competitiveness. In preparation for the Winter Olympics, Su Yiming also challenged the snowboard inner rotation 1980 degree grab action and obtained the Guinness World Records certification. Perhaps at the Beijing Winter Olympics, he will bring unexpected surprises.
Su Yiming Competition Arrangement:
Feb. 15 Snowboard Men's Big Jump Final
Cai Xuetong in the game. Photo by Liu Guanguan, China News Service
Cai Xuetong
The Beijing Winter Olympics will be the fourth Winter Olympics in which Cai Xuetong participates. From the sixth of the Sochi Winter Olympics to the fifth of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, Cai Xuetong's medal book is missing only one Olympic medal. Now, she will attack for better results at the Winter Olympics on her doorstep.
Before the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, Cai Xuetong became the first Chinese athlete to defend his title as a world champion in snowboarding. In the last three seasons, Cai Xuetong has won the annual championship of the women's U-shaped venue of the Snowboard World Cup.
In an interview earlier, when talking about the Beijing Winter Olympics, Cai Xuetong believed that he still had potential. In the snowboarding U-shaped track skills project, she has not yet reached her limits.
Where is her limit? Maybe we can get the answer at the Beijing Winter Olympics.
Liu Jiayu won a silver medal in Pyeongchang. Photo by Cui Nan, a reporter from China News Service
Liu Jiayu
At the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics four years ago, Liu Jiayu won a silver medal in the women's U-shaped field competition on snowboarding, which was also the first medal of the Chinese delegation at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. Four years later, Liu Jiayu will embark on the Journey of the Winter Olympics again, which is also her fourth trip to the Winter Olympics.
At the beginning of 2020, Liu Jiayu was injured in the competition, and after a series of rehabilitation and physical training, she returned to the field, which is not easy for a veteran.
This season, Liu Jiayu's performance on the field is average, but she hopes to push the limits in the game on her doorstep. She said: "In a short period of time, I want to improve my special level in a stage, and I hope that I can adjust my best state to the Olympic Games, and then I can show myself and slide out of my style." ”
Cai Xuetong and Liu Jiayu competition arrangements:
Feb. 10 Snowboard Women's U-Shaped Track Final (End)