Less than a week before the opening of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, Beijing Capital International Airport ushered in the intensive arrival period of winter Olympic delegations from various countries. On January 28, delegations from the United States, the Russian Olympic Committee and others arrived in Beijing. According to statistics, from January 27 to 28, a total of 39 flights of nearly 3,000 people entered. On January 29, nearly 900 athletes, technical officials, and staff of national Olympic committees from more than 10 flights from Tokyo, Vienna, Milan, Paris and other cities arrived. In the next two days, more than 1,000 people will enter the Country every day.
Among them, the Russian Olympic Committee delegation has a total of 212 athletes participating in the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games, including 103 female athletes and 109 male athletes. In all the events, ice hockey had the largest number of participants, with a total of 48 men and women. At present, the russian Olympic Committee delegation has about 500 people, in addition to athletes, there are also coaches, staff, Russian Olympic Committee officials, Russian biomedical agency officials and so on.
As a traditional ice and snow powerhouse, the U.S. team sent a huge army of more than 220 people, which is the second largest number of athletes in the history of the United States participating in the Winter Olympics, after the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. Nearly 40 members of the U.S. team have won Medals in the Winter Olympics, and there are many talents in many sports such as alpine skiing, snowboarding, speed skating and figure skating, and the strength of the two battlefields on the ice and snow is also more balanced, and it is expected to break through the 9 gold medals won at the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics.
Shifflin, who took over the American ski star Vaughn, has become the new "queen" of Alpine skiing in the United States, and she has also become the brightest star of the American team at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics. At the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, the 18-year-old Shiffrin made a splash and won the women's slalom championship; at the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, she won the gold medal again in the giant slalom event. At the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, Shivlin will compete in multiple sports such as slalom, giant slalom, super slalom, and descent. "I know it's not easy and it takes very hard preparation, both physically and mentally, for that. Therefore, the preparation work must be comprehensive, including technical tactics, physical reserves, accommodation and catering, and even time difference. Shifflin said.
Snowboarding as the "rich mine" of the American Legion for gold and silver, the men's snowboard U-shaped track defending champion Sean White is undoubtedly the biggest star. At the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, "Flying Tomatoes" won his third Olympic gold medal at the age of 31. This year, 35-year-old Sean White will embark on his fifth trip to the Winter Olympics. By then, he will be the oldest Olympian ever in the sport. "For a veteran like me, there really isn't much left in my career. If the Winter Olympics are postponed by a year, I may not be able to participate. So I am very grateful to China, to the Olympic family, for hosting the Winter Olympics at such a difficult time. White said.
Known as the "kingdom of speed skating", the Netherlands sent a total of 42 athletes to the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, which is also the largest winter Olympic delegation in the history of the Netherlands, including 18 speed skaters and 10 short track speed skaters, and another 14 athletes will participate in figure skating, snowmobiles, steel frame snowmobiles, snowboarding and alpine skiing competitions.
The Dutch team has an overwhelming advantage in speed skating, with 42 of the 45 gold medals it has won in its Winter Olympic history from speed skating. At the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, the Netherlands is the team that has won the most places in the speed skating event (18), and the project will continue to be the main source of gold for the Dutch team. In the Dutch speed skating team, Y Worcester and Sven Cramer are undoubtedly the brightest stars in the women's and men's groups, respectively. Worcester is the dutch athlete with the most Winter Olympic medals ever, and she has won 5 gold, 5 silver and 1 bronze for a total of 11 medals. At the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, she will strive to defend her title in the women's 1500 meters and also win the gold medal in the 1000 meters and team pursuit.
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The Winter Olympics | Reporter Liu Yang
Edited by Kang Dian
Process Editor Wu Yue
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