China at the 2010 Winter Olympics explained

Noc:CHN
Nocname:Chinese Olympic Committee
Games:Winter Olympics
Year:2010
Website: 
Location:Vancouver
Competitors:94[1]
Sports:10[2]
Flagbearer:Han Xiaopeng (opening)
Shen Xue, Zhao Hongbo (closing)
Rank:7
Gold:5
Silver:2
Bronze:4
Appearances:auto
See also: (1972–1976)

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.

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]

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 teams - those from China and the United States - qualified 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

See also: World and Olympic records set at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

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:

MedalNameSportEventDate
Feb 15
Feb 17
Feb 20
Feb 24
Feb 26
Pair skatingFeb 15
Women's aerialsFeb 24
Women's 500 metresFeb 16
Women's aerialsFeb 24
Feb 25
Feb 26

Alpine skiing

See main article: Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Men
AthleteEventRun 1Run 2TotalRank
Li LeiGiant slalom1:30.361:36.903:07.2675
Slalom59.431:01.432:00.8643
Women
AthleteEventRun 1Run 2TotalRank
Xia LinaGiant slalom1:30.411:28.482:58.8959
Slalom1:10.60Did not finish

Biathlon

See main article: Biathlon at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Men
AthleteEventTimeRank
Zhang Chengye20 km individual51:31.019
10 km sprint26:19.932
12.5 km pursuit36:28.735
Women
AthleteEventTimeRank
Song Chaoqing15 km individual46:30.353
7.5 km sprint21:38.232
10 km pursuit34:46.643
Wang Chunli15 km individual44:18.033
7.5 km sprint22:13.450
10 km pursuit34:01.835
Liu Xianying15 km individual43:16.220
7.5 km sprint22:14.651
10 km pursuit33:41.230
Kong Yingchao15 km individual46:46.258
7.5 km sprint22:30.961
Wang Chunli
Liu Xianying
Kong Yingchao
Song Chaoqing		4 x 6 km relay1:12:16.99
Liu YuanyuanNo show

Cross-country skiing

See main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Men
AthleteEventQualifyingQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Xu Wenlong15 km freestyle37:39.568
Sun QinghaiSprint classic3:38.52123:43.15Did not advance
Sun Qinghai
Xu Wenlong		Team sprint free19:43.610Did not advance
Women
AthleteEventQualifyingQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Li Hongxue10 km freestyle27:05.735
15 km pursuit43:24.337
Li Xin10 km freestyle29:38.565
Man DandanSprint classic4:08.5551Did not advance
Man Dandan
Li Hongxue		Team sprint free20:02.79Did not advance

Curling

See main article: Curling at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Men's tournament

See main article: Curling at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament.

Standings
  • Team
    • NamePosition
    Wang FengchunSkip
    Liu RuiFourth
    Xu XiaomingSecond
    Li HongchenLead
    Zang JialiangAlternate
    Round-robin
  • Draw 2
  • Draw 3
  • Draw 5
  • Draw 6
  • Draw 7
  • Draw 8
  • Draw 10
  • Draw 11
  • Draw 12

    • Women's tournament

    See main article: Curling at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament.

    Standings
  • Team
    • NamePosition
    Wang BingyuSkip
    Liu YinThird
    Yue QingshuangSecond
    Zhou YanLead
    Liu JinliAlternate
    Round-robin
  • Draw 2
  • Draw 3
  • Draw 4
  • Draw 5
  • Draw 6
  • Draw 7
  • Draw 9
  • Draw 10
  • Draw 11
    • Semifinal
  • Bronze medal final

    • Figure skating

    See main article: Figure skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

    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.

    AthleteEvent//Total
    PointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPointsRank
    Liu YanLadies'51.741991.7318143.4719
    Shen Xue,
    Zhao Hongbo    		Pairs76.66 WR1139.912216.57 WR
    Pang Qing,
    Tong Jian    		Pairs71.504141.81 WR1213.31
    Zhang Dan,
    Zhang Hao    		Pairs71.285123.064194.345
    Huang Xintong,
    Zheng Xun    		Ice dancing29.221945.032071.2720145.5219

    Freestyle skiing

    See main article: Freestyle skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

    Men
    EventAthleteQualifyingFinal
    PointsRankPointsRank
    AerialsHan Xiaopeng192.5221Did not advance
    Jia Zongyang242.521 Q237.576
    Liu Zhongqing229.6711 Q242.53
    Qi Guangpu230.2810 Q234.857
    Women
    EventAthleteQualifyingFinal
    PointsRankPointsRank
    AerialsCheng Shuang180.914 Q187.877
    Guo Xinxin189.163 Q205.22
    Li Nina192.102 Q207.23
    Xu Mengtao168.558 Q191.616

    Ice hockey

    See main article: Ice hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

    Women's tournament

    See also China women's national ice hockey team

    See main article: Ice hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament.

    Roster

    Group play

    China played in Group B.

    Round-robinAll times are local (UTC-8).--------
  • Standings

    • Classification round

    Fifth place semifinal
  • Seventh place game

    • Short track speed skating

    See main article: Short track speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics. China has 10 qualified teams to this sporting event.

    Men
    EventAthleteHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
    TimePositionTimePositionTimePositionTimePosition
    500 mHan Jialiang41.8691 Q41.4433did not advance
    Liang WenhaoDSQ
    Ma Yunfeng41.9543did not advance
    1000 mHan Jialiang1:26.4791 Q1:25.8562 Q1:25.4624 QB1:32.0236
    Liang Wenhao1:26.2492 Q1:25.0603did not advance
    Ma Yunfeng1:25.8144did not advance
    1500 mLiu Xianwei2:14.3543 Q2:14.5005 Qdid not advance
    Liang Wenhao2:16.1521 Q2:15.4532 Q2:48.1926
    Song Weilong2:20.0956did not advance
    5000 m relayHan Jialiang
    Liu Xianwei
    Ma Yunfeng
    Song Weilong    		6:43.6011 QA6:44.6304
    Women
    EventAthleteHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
    TimePositionTimePositionTimePositionTimePosition
    500 mWang Meng43.9261 Q43.2841 Q42.9851 QA OR43.048
    Zhou Yang44.1151 Q44.1061 Q43.9923 QB44.7255
    Zhao Nannan1:02.1324did not advance
    1000 mWang Meng 1:30.9581 Q1:32.2671 Q1:30.5732 QA1:29.213
    Zhou Yang1:30.7811 Q1:29.8491 Q1:29.0491 QADSQ
    Sun Linlin1:30.6292 Q1:30.5893did not advance
    1500 mWang Meng2:29.1991 QDSQ
    Zhou Yang2:24.2461 Q2:21.0492 QA2:16.993
    Sun Linlin2:24.0312 Q2:24.7773 QB2:42.96010
    3000 m relaySun Linlin
    Wang Meng
    Zhang Hui
    Zhou Yang    		4:08.7971 Q4:06.610 WR

    Snowboarding

    See main article: Snowboarding at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

    Men
    EventAthleteQualificationSemifinalFinals
    Run 1Run 2RankRun 1Run 2RankRun 1Run 2Rank
    HalfpipeShi Wancheng15.818.019did not advance
    Zeng Xiaoye14.032.85 Q32.916.210did not advance
    Women
    EventAthleteQualificationSemifinalFinals
    Run 1Run 2RankRun 1Run 2RankRun 1Run 2Rank
    HalfpipeCai Xuetong14.119.323did not advance
    Liu Jiayu26.333.312 Q41.136.22 Q39.334.94
    Sun Zhifeng38.239.96 QFn/a29.833.07

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

    Speed skating

    See main article: Speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

    Men
    EventAthleteRace 1Race 2Final
    TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
    500 metresWang Nan35.9152635.9282571.8425
    Yu Fengtong35.116735.120770.237
    Zhang Zhongqi35.1751435.113670.28810
    Liu Fangyi36.1933436.0472772.2428
    1000 metresWang Nan1:11.8231
    1500 metresSun Longjiang1:51.3035
    Gao Xuefeng1:50.7834
    Women
    EventAthleteRace 1Race 2Final
    TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
    500 metresJin Peiyu38.68638.7711177.458
    Wang Beixing38.48338.144376.63
    Xing Aihua38.791138.8491677.6413
    Zhang Shuang38.53538.8071377.337
    1000 metresJin Peiyu1:17.9718
    Ren Hui1:19.1833
    Wang Beixing1:18.3024
    Yu Jing1:19.1332
    1500 metresWang Fei2:00.6520
    3000 metresFu Chunyan4:20.6225
    Wang Fei4:18.4222

    Related teams

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

    See also

    External links

    Notes and References

    1. https://web.archive.org/web/20100215223442/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/sports/2010-02/12/c_13173098.htm China House
    2. Web site: 2010温哥华冬奥会 - 华奥星空 . 2010-01-28 . 2010-02-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100209093519/http://2010wgh.olympic.cn/ . dead .
    3. Los Angeles Times, "Fourth time is their charm", Philip Hersh, 16 February 2010 (accessed 16 February 2010)
    4. https://web.archive.org/web/20100304164723/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/sports/2010-03/01/c_13191987.htm "China makes historic breakthrough in winter sports at Vancouver Olympics"
    5. Web site: 20th Olympic Winter Games: Turin 2006 . China Daily. 2006-03-09 . 2010-02-26.
    6. http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90779/90867/6882426.html China eyeing better results at Vancouver Games
    7. News: China considering Winter Olympics bid . Associated Press. USA Today. 2007-02-02 . 2010-02-26.
    8. News: China on the rise in aerials . Associated Press. USA Today. 2010-01-08 . 2010-02-26.
    9. Web site: Speedskater Wang targets gold at 2010 Winter Olympics. China Daily. 2007-01-10 . 2010-02-26.
    10. Web site: Lack of experience takes two golds away . China Daily. 2007-01-10 . 2009-02-19.
    11. Web site: Shen, Zhao lead with record score. Vancouver 2010, Figure Skating. 2010-02-15. 2010-02-17. 2010-04-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20100410042657/http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-news/n/news/afp-news/figure-skating--shen--zhao-lead-with-record-score_278278MF.html. dead.
    12. Agence France Presse, "Shen, Zhao claim China's first figure skating gold", Emmeline Moore, 16 February 2010 (accessed 16 February 2010)
    13. Web site: International Skating Union Communication No. 1589: Olympic Winter Games 2010 - Entries/Participation Single & Pair And Ice Dance . PDF . . September 28, 2009 . November 21, 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20091004213514/http://isu.sportcentric.net/db/files/serve.php?id=1565 . 2009-10-04 . dead .

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