Athletes warm up for 2022 Games
China's ambition to get its winter sports into the athletic mainstream by 2022 will see a major test in Pyeongchang, with learning over winning setting the tone for the country's athletes at the 2018 Winter Olympics.
As the Olympic flame lights the cauldron at the Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium on Friday night, the Chinese delegation and everyone involved in winter sports in China have kicked off a race to not only perform well in the eastern South Korean city but to develop athletic prowess and mass participation in winter sports by the time of the Beijing 2022 Olympics and beyond.
The Chinese delegation, which includes 82 athletes in 55 events across five sports, has been fully prepared after pre-Games acclimation to deliver their best performance in Pyeongchang while learning from the world's best.
