They came to Beijing: for the championship, for the dream

Figure Skating Feathers knotted strings

In Sochi in 2014, at the age of 20, Yusuke Yusuke became the first Asian Winter Olympic men's singles champion; four years later, in Pyeongchang, he became the first figure skater to win the men's singles championship at the Winter Olympics in 66 years. In Beijing, can Yusheng, who has won the Winter Olympic Games, the World Championships, the Grand Prix Finals and the Four Continents Championship, complete the unprecedented Three Consecutive Winter Olympic Championships?

In addition to creating the history of the Winter Olympics, the 28-year-old Yusheng Yushin also has a personal dream: to complete the perfect Axel around the Jump (4A) at the Beijing Winter Olympics. In November last year, Yui Knot chord injured ligament, and in December, in public training after his comeback at the Japan Championships, Yu Yu Cho did a successful job of Axel's Four-Week Jump (4A), the first time in figure skating history that someone had done so. However, he did not succeed in the official competition that followed, "I will jump out of the real 4A at the Beijing Winter Olympics..."

At the Beijing Winter Olympics, Yusei Yushin, Uno Masama and Yujin Kenzan were called the "strongest lineup" of the Japanese figure skating men's team by the Japanese media. Masamo Uno won a silver medal at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, and Yumasa Keyyama participated in the Winter Olympics for the first time, and Japanese figure skater Shizuka Arakawa believes that "all three players have the strength to win medals". However, the biggest challenge facing the Japanese team is the 23-year-old Chinese-American star Chen Wei. The three-time figure skating world champion completed an unprecedented six four-week jumps in the free skating competition at the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics and achieved six consecutive U.S. Championships in January this year. Not surprisingly, the beijing Winter Olympics gold medal battle will unfold in the knot between Chen Wei and Yu Sheng. Chen Wei's teammate, another Chinese player, Zhou Zhifang, also has the ability to compete for medals.

Snowboarding Sean White

3-time Winter Olympic snowboard champion, 5th Winter Olympics, 13 winter extreme games gold medals, 36-year-old age, "flying tomato"... Sean White, who came to the Beijing Winter Olympics with these labels, is destined to become a legend.

In January, Sean White finished third at the U-Shaped Track Skills World Cup on snowboarding in Laax, Switzerland. This is his first time on the podium since winning the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, and more importantly, the most eye-catching athlete in the history of snowboarding has qualified for the Beijing Winter Olympics and will represent the United States for the Olympics for the fifth time. White has made it clear that Beijing will be his last Winter Olympics, "the fourth time I'll get close to gold, this is my last chance."

According to the Chinese lunar calendar, White, born in 1986, belongs to the tiger. On February 11 at Genting Ski Park, "Flying Tomatoes" will stage the Olympic curtain call in the "Year of The Destiny". Also competing with White was another "Honmei", Japan's Famous Hirano Bumon. As a two-time Runner-up at the Winter Olympics, Hirano Bumeng, who is 12 years younger than White, has won two World Cups this season, including victory over White in Laax, Switzerland, and he is looking forward to fulfilling his gold medal dream at the Beijing Winter Olympics.

Short track speed skating The Liu brothers

Among the many opponents of the Chinese short track speed skating team, the Liu brothers are considered to be "special existence". The two brothers were born in Budapest, the father of Chinese, the mother of a Hungarian, trained in Changchun in his youth and studied under the Chinese coach Zhang Jing, speaking fluent Northeast Chinese.

The Beijing Winter Olympics is 27-year-old Liu Shaolin's third trip to the Winter Olympics, and it is very special for him to participate in the Olympic Games in his "second hometown" China. Four years ago, Liu Shaolin won the men's 5,000-meter relay with his younger brother Liu Shaoang, who was 3 years younger than himself, and two other teammates won the first gold in the history of the Winter Olympics for the Hungarian team. In the four World Cup competitions this season, Liu Shaolin has won the 500m championship twice, and Liu Shaoang has won the 1000m championship once; they also represented the Hungarian team in the 5000m relay event and won 1 second place and 3 third places; in the 2000 meters mixed relay event, the Hungarian team won 1 second place and 1 third place. "Individual events and group relays are equally important," Liu Shaolin said, saying he focuses more on the 500m and 1000m sprint events in his personal events, "hoping to win at least two medals."

Figure skating Vallieva

Figure skating is a traditional Russian strength sport. At the last Winter Olympics, the only gold medal won by the Russian team in women's events came from figure skating. This Winter Olympics, figure skating women's singles short program and free skating were held on the evening of February 15 and 17 respectively, And the "women's singles luxury trio" composed of Valieva, Serbakova and Trusova, although they are all participating in the Winter Olympic Games for the first time, will attack the "most stable champion" for the Russian Olympic Committee team.

Of the three, 15-year-old Vallieva was the "overwhelming gold medal favourite." Holding three world records, "genius girl" Vallieva participated in the international competition for the first time in 2019, and won the first Russian adult figure skating championship at the end of last year, she mastered the four-way jumping action that even male athletes are difficult to complete when she was a teenager, and performed comprehensively in jumping, spinning and sliding. Trusova, who is two years older than Valieva, has a high popularity in China, nicknamed "Sasha", she is good at jumping, and is the first female player to complete difficult moves such as hooking around the jump in an official ISU competition. Wanting to beat Valieva at the Winter Olympics, Trusova planned to set up five four-week jumps in the free skate. Shcherbakova, who is the same age as Trusova, was nicknamed "Qianjin" by Chinese fans because she came from a Kochi family, and won the women's single skating championship at the World Figure Skating Championships last season.

At the European Figure Skating Championships in January, Vallieva, Serbakova and Trusova finished first and third, and the Russians are looking forward to the "full podium" scene in Beijing.

Men's Ice Hockey Russian Olympic Committee team

As one of the most spectacular winter events, the men's ice hockey competition at the Beijing Winter Olympics will begin on February 9 and the gold medal will be decided on the 20th. With North American Professional Hockey League (NHL) players absent again after the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, the defending champion Russian Olympic Committee ice hockey team became the biggest favourite to win the title.

Russia has sent 31 male hockey players, including 25 main players and 6 substitutes, all from major clubs of the Continental Hockey League (KHL), including the league's top scorer, Wadim Shipachev. Seven of the last Russian champions were re-selected for the Beijing Winter Olympics. Russian hockey coach Alexei Kudashov said the team's task was to "defend the Olympic title with all its might."

In the group stage, the Russian Olympic Committee ice hockey team will play Against Switzerland (February 9), Denmark (February 11) and Czech Republic (February 12), and in the knockout stage, they may encounter fierce opponents such as Finland, Canada and Germany in other groups.