It is a great honor to be the flag bearer of the Chinese delegation to the Winter Olympics, so the selection of the flag bearer of the Chinese delegation at each Winter Olympic Games is very interesting.
At present, the Chinese team has 13 Winter Olympic standard-bearers (including the opening and closing ceremonies, Zhao Hongbo has served twice), either by the outstanding performance of the previous Winter Olympics, or which athlete has made a breakthrough contribution in a certain field.
At present, athletes who have served as the standard-bearers of the Chinese delegation at the Winter Olympics include short track speed skaters Zhao Weichang and Zhao Shijian, Yang Yang, Liu Qiuhong, Zhou Yang and Wu Dajing; figure skaters Zhang Shubin, Zhao Hongbo (2 times), Zhang Min and Tong Jian; speed skaters Song Chen and Liu Gongfei; and skiers Han Xiaopeng.
This morning, Beijing time, the Chinese delegation identified two flag bearers for the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics, namely Gao Tingyu, a male speed skater, and Zhao Dan, a female athlete on a steel-frame snowmobile.
Not counting the flag bearers Gao Tingyu and Zhao Dan at the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympic Games, we can read some interesting information from the identities of the 13 flag bearers who have served as the Chinese team in the previous Winter Olympics.
First, from the perspective of the project, short track speed skating (6 people), figure skating (5 people), speed skating (2 people) and skiing (1 person). The reason why short track speed skaters have the largest number of standard-bearers is related to the fact that short track speed skating has won the most winter Olympic gold medals (10 pieces). Of the 13 Winter Olympic gold medals won by the Chinese team so far, short track speed skating has contributed 10.
Second, there are three outstanding female athletes in the 14 flag bearers, namely Yang Yang, Liu Qiuhong and Zhou Yang, all of whom are short track speed skaters.
Third, Zhao Hongbo has served as a flag bearer twice, once at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano and the other at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
Fourth, since the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics, due to the increasingly good athletic performance of mainland ice and snow athletes, in order to expand the scope of recognition, the Chinese delegation in 2010, 2014 and 2018 appointed two different athletes as flag bearers at the opening and closing ceremonies.
Fifth, since 1994, the International Olympic Committee has decided that the Winter Olympic Games and the Summer Olympic Games will be held in two years. In order to stagger the winter olympics from the summer olympics, the 1992 Winter Olympics and the 1994 Winter Olympics were only two years apart.
The Chinese team has 13 Winter Olympic standard-bearers:
1. Zhao Weichang, the first flag bearer of the Chinese Winter Olympics: the 13th Lake Placid Winter Olympics in 1980
Zhao Weichang was a speed skater at that time. At the 1980 Winter Olympics he competed in the men's 500m, 1000m and 1500m triathlons.
2. Zhao Shijian, the second flag bearer of the Chinese Winter Olympics: the 14th Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, in 1984
Zhao Shijian was also a speed skater at that time. At the 1984 Winter Olympics, Zhao Shijian competed in the men's 5,000m speed skating and 10,000m.
3. Zhang Shubin, the third flag bearer of the Chinese Winter Olympics: The 15th Winter Olympics in Calgary, Canada in 1988
Zhang Shubin is a figure skater. At the 1988 Winter Olympics, Zhang Shubin finished 20th in men's single figure skating.
4. Song Chen, the 4th flag bearer of the Chinese Winter Olympics: the 16th Winter Olympics in Albertville, France in 1992
Song Chen is a speed skater. At the 1992 Winter Olympics, he competed in the men's 500m and finished 9th.
5. Liu Gongfei, the fifth flag bearer of the Chinese Winter Olympics: The 17th Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway in 1994
Liu Gongfei was a speed skater at that time. He competed in the 1500m at the 1994 Winter Olympics.
6. Zhao Hongbo, the sixth flag bearer of the Chinese Winter Olympics: the 18th Nagano Winter Olympics in 1998
Zhao Hongbo is a famous figure skater who currently serves as the head coach of the figure skating team at the Beijing Winter Olympics. At the 1998 Winter Olympics, he and Shen Xue finished 5th in pair skating.
7. Zhang Min, the 7th flag bearer of the Chinese Winter Olympics: The 19th Salt Lake City Winter Olympics in 2002
Zhang Min was a famous figure skater in China and participated in the figure skating competition at the 2002 Winter Olympics.
8. Yang Yang, the 8th flag bearer of the Chinese Winter Olympics: the 20th Winter Olympics in Turin in 2006
Yang Yang is a short track speed skater. She won the first gold medal in the history of the Chinese Winter Olympics in the women's 500m short track speed skating competition at the 2002 Winter Olympics, followed by a gold medal in the women's 1000 meters of short track speed skating and a silver medal in the women's 3000 meters relay. She has won a total of 59 short track speed skating championships in her athletic career. Yang Yang is also the first female standard-bearer in the history of the Chinese Winter Olympic Games, and in 2010 she was elected to the International Olympic Committee, making her the most successful athlete in winter sports in China.
9. Han Xiaopeng, the 9th flag bearer of the Chinese Winter Olympics: The opening ceremony of the 21st Vancouver Winter Olympics in 2010
Han Xiaopeng is a famous freestyle skier. At the 2006 Winter Olympics, Han Xiaopeng won the gold medal in freestyle skiing, the first snow sports gold medal in the history of the Chinese Winter Olympics, and the first gold medal in the freestyle skiing event, and Han Xiaopeng was also the first Chinese male athlete to win a gold medal in the Winter Olympics.
10. Zhao Hongbo, 10th flag bearer of the Chinese Winter Olympics: Closing Ceremony of the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics (second time)
Zhao Hongbo and Shen Xue won the gold medal in figure skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics, which was the first time that a Chinese athlete won an Olympic gold medal in figure skating, for which he won the honor of being the Chinese flag bearer at the closing ceremony.
11. Tong Jian, 11th flag bearer of the Chinese Winter Olympics: Opening ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia
Tong Jian is a well-known figure skater in China, and he and Pang Qing won the silver medal in pair skating at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics.
12. Liu Qiuhong, the 12th flag bearer of the Chinese Winter Olympics: The closing ceremony of the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics
Liu Qiuhong is a famous short track speed skater. She finished fourth in the women's short track speed skating 500m at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, becoming the second female standard-bearer in the history of the Chinese Winter Olympics after Yang Yang.
13. Zhou Yang, 13th flag bearer of the Chinese Winter Olympics: Opening ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea
Zhou Yang is a well-known women's short track speed skater who won the gold medal in the women's 1500 meters twice at the 2010 Wingo Games and the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, becoming China's third female standard-bearer.
14. Wu Dajing, 14th flag bearer of the Chinese Winter Olympics: The closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea
Wu Dajing is a well-known short track speed skater who won the gold medal in the men's 500 meters at the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics.
Source Beijing Daily Client | Reporter Li Ge
Edited by Kuang Feng
Process Editor Wu Yue
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