Expert: Chinese athletes have good chance in freestyle skiing events

With China hosting the 2022 Winter Olympics, now is the perfect time to promote winter sports, encourage beginners to become long-term participants and nurture interest at the grassroots level, according to a Swiss freestyle skiing expert.

Reto Poltera, director of freestyle skiing at the Laax ski resort in Switzerland, said: "The movement of freestyle is very close to Chinese martial arts, which has been practiced in China over the centuries."

In freestyle, the skier uses natural and man-made features, such as rails, jumps and boxes to perform tricks.