China_at_the_2010_Winter_Olympics

China at the 2010 Winter Olympics

China at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Sporting event delegation


China participated at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, sending its largest delegation at a Winter Olympics with 94 athletes. China had its best ever Winter Olympics medal finish, winning five gold medals and eleven in total, finishing seventh in the medal standings.

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China won its first ever gold medal in figure skating when Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo set a new world record for the overall combined score in pair figure skating. It was the first time since 1960 that a Russian, Soviet, or Unified Team flagged team did not win the gold medal.[3] China also won its first ever team Winter Olympic medal in the women's curling event with a bronze. The women's short track speed skating team swept the gold medals in all four events. China also won three medals in freestyle skiing aerials.

Wang Meng won three gold medals in short track speed skating and became the most decorated Chinese Winter Olympics athlete ever. Zhou Yang won two gold medals at these Games.

Xiao Tian, deputy chef de mission of the Chinese delegation, described the outcome as an "important breakthrough" for China in winter sports.[4]

Target

At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, 76 athletes competed in 48 events within nine disciplines and won two gold, four silver and five bronze medals.[5] In an attempt to surpass that achievement, China sent 94 athletes to Vancouver, its largest delegation ever (record broken by the Chinese delegation at their home olympics - Beijing 2022).[6]

According to He Zhenliang, China's senior International Olympic Committee member and the honorary president of the Chinese Olympic Committee, the insufficient participation in Winter Olympic sports by "ordinary [Chinese] people" is still limiting the country's success in the Winter Games and is also discouraging any attempt to bid to host a future Winter Olympics.[7]

They've got an endless supply of money and endless supply of bodies, and that's a pretty good thing to have in any sport.

U.S. aerials coach Matt Christensen,[8] on the Chinese aerials team

The Chinese Olympic Committee had high expectations in particular for the country's men's and women's aerials teams; in 2003 they hired two coaches, American Peter Judge and Canadian Dustin Wilson, to lead an effort to revamp China's aerial training program, and by January 2010, the top four women and five of the top seven men in the sport were Chinese.[8] Only two teamsthose from China and the United Statesqualified four male and four female skiers in the event. Aerials skier Han Xiaopeng, winner of the gold medal in his sport at the 2006 Olympics in Turin, was chosen as China's national flag bearer for the 2010 opening ceremony.

One potential competitor, speed skater Wang Manli, the 2006 silver medal winner at 500 metres, vowed in January 2007 to win gold in 2010,[9] however, a chronic knee injury forced her to announce retirement in early 2008.[10]

Records

The athletes entering the stadium during the opening ceremonies.
Wang Meng (centre) at the medal presentation for the 500 metres.

In the sport of figure skating, Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo set a new world record for the overall combined score of 216.57 points in pair figure skating. It was the first time since 1960 that a Russian, Soviet, or Unified Team flagged team did not win the gold medal.[3] Shen and Zhao set a new world record for the short program with 76.66 points.[11] Meanwhile, in the same event, the pair skating team of Pang Qing and Tong Jian set a new world record for the free skate with a score of 141.81 points.[12]

Wang Meng and Zhou Yang set Olympic records in the 500 m and 1,500 m short track speed skating events. China set a new world record in the 3000 metre relay race. Zhou Yang also set a new world record in the 1,000 m event.

Medalists

The following Chinese athletes won medals at the games:

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Alpine skiing

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Biathlon

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Cross-country skiing

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Curling

Men's tournament

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Team

*Throws third rocks

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Draw 12

Women's tournament

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Semifinal
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Bronze medal final
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Figure skating

China has qualified one entrant in ladies singles, three in pair skating, and one in ice dancing for a total of nine athletes.[13] Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo set a new world record in both the overall combined score and the short program while teammates Pang Qing and Tong Jian set a new world record in the free skate.

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Freestyle skiing

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Ice hockey

Women's tournament

See also China women's national ice hockey team

Roster

The following is the Chinese roster in the women's ice hockey tournament of the 2010 Winter Olympics.[14]

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Group play

China played in Group B.

Round-robin

All times are local (UTC-8).

14 February 2010
12:00
United States 12–1
(5–0, 3–0, 4–1)
 ChinaUBC Winter Sports Centre, Vancouver
Attendance: 5,278
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16 February 2010
19:00
Finland 2–1
(0–1, 2–0, 0–0)
 ChinaUBC Winter Sports Centre, Vancouver
Attendance: 5,317
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18 February 2010
19:00
China 1–2
(0–0, 1–2, 0–0)
 RussiaUBC Winter Sports Centre, Vancouver
Attendance: 5,391
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Classification round

Fifth place semifinal
20 February 2010
14:30
Switzerland 6–0
(2–0, 2–0, 2–0)
 ChinaUBC Winter Sports Centre, Vancouver
Attendance: 5,454
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Seventh place game
22 February 2010
14:00
China 3–1
(0–1, 1–0, 2–0)
 SlovakiaUBC Winter Sports Centre, Vancouver
Attendance: 5,284
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Short track speed skating

China has 10 qualified teams to this sporting event.

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Snowboarding

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Key: Q=Qualified for next round, QF=Qualified directly for the final

Speed skating

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Athletes from the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region compete separately as "Hong Kong, China".

See also


References

  1. "2010温哥华冬奥会 - 华奥星空". Archived from the original on 2010-02-09. Retrieved 2010-01-28.
  2. Los Angeles Times, "Fourth time is their charm", Philip Hersh, 16 February 2010 (accessed 16 February 2010)
  3. "20th Olympic Winter Games: Turin 2006". China Daily. 2006-03-09. Retrieved 2010-02-26.
  4. "China considering Winter Olympics bid". USA Today. Associated Press. 2007-02-02. Retrieved 2010-02-26.
  5. "China on the rise in aerials". USA Today. Associated Press. 2010-01-08. Retrieved 2010-02-26.
  6. "Shen, Zhao lead with record score". Vancouver 2010, Figure Skating. 2010-02-15. Archived from the original on 2010-04-10. Retrieved 2010-02-17.
  7. Agence France Presse, "Shen, Zhao claim China's first figure skating gold", Emmeline Moore, 16 February 2010 (accessed 16 February 2010)

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