Beijing starts drive for improved display at home
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China plans to field athletes in as many disciplines as possible at the Beijing-hosted 2022 Winter Olympics in a major push for medals for a country that has had limited success in winter sports, a Chinese Olympic official said yesterday
China topped the medals table at the 2008 Summer Games, also hosted by Beijing, the host nation winning 48 gold medals out of 100 in total, but the country鈥檚 prowess in winter sports remains far less accomplished.
At last month鈥檚 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, China finished 16th on the medals table, winning just one gold 鈥 in short-track speedskating 鈥 and nine overall.
However, the Deputy Director General of the Competition and Training Department of the Chinese Olympic Committee, Yang Shande, said that the wheels were in motion for a much improved performance in 2022.
鈥淲e hope in Beijing that the Chinese athletes will take part in all the events. It鈥檚 our first aim,鈥 Yang said on the sidelines of a visit to Tokyo by various National Olympic Committee officials to survey venues for the 2020 Summer Games.
鈥淎lso we hope all Chinese athletes can have a good performance and get more medals and more gold medals.鈥
The vast nation, which regularly finishes in the top three performers at the Summer Games, has its work cut out, with China only claiming the first of 13 total Winter Olympic golds at the 2002 Games in Salt Lake City.
鈥淪hort-track and figure skating are very traditional events but we also want Chinese athletes to do more popular events, like freestyle (skiing) and bobsleigh,鈥 Yang added.
Aside from the drive to promote winter sports and build a huge pool of potential athletes, Yang said officials hoped to invite more foreign coaches to China and send more athletes overseas to train.
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