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Falling short of Pyeongchang medal target should spur China's efforts to do better when Beijing hosts 2022 Winter Games

Despite its gold medal shortage in Pyeongchang, Team China returned from the Winter Olympics determined to achieve a more balanced showing at the 2022 Beijing Games.

Winning one gold in Pyeongchang, its thinnest gold haul at Winter Olympics since 2002, Team China, which finished 16th overall, can take solace in the fact those medals were won in five different events - the nation's most diversified outcome since debuting at the Winter Olympics in 1980.