Hong Kong at the 2010 Winter Olympics explained

Noc:HKG
Nocname:Sports Federation and Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China
Games:Winter Olympics
Year:2010
Website: 
Location:Vancouver
Competitors:1
Sports:1
Flagbearer:Han Yueshuang (opening and closing)
Gold:0
Silver:0
Bronze:0
Appearances:auto
App Begin Year:2002

Hong Kong, a special administrative region (SAR) of the People's Republic of China, sent a delegation to compete at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada from 12–28 February 2010. The delegation competed under the name "Hong Kong, China" (中國香港). This was the SAR's third appearance at a Winter Olympics, and the delegation consisted of a single short-track speed skater, Han Yueshuang. Han's best performance was 24th in the women's 500 metres.

Background

Hong Kong began competing in the Summer Olympic Games in 1952, and have participated in every Summer Olympics since, excluding the boycotted 1980 Moscow Games.[1] [2] Hong Kong was a British colony until the 1997 transfer of sovereignty from the British to the People's Republic of China.[3] The SAR retained the right to send separate teams to the Olympics and other international sporting events that it had enjoyed under British rule.[4] Hong Kong made its Winter Olympic Games debut in 2002 at Salt Lake City. Hong Kong has never won a Winter Olympics medal. For the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, the SAR's delegation consisted of one short-track speed skater, Han Yueshuang.[5] Han was chosen as the flag bearer for both the opening ceremony and the closing ceremony.[6] [7]

Short track speed skating

See main article: Short track speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Han Yueshuang was 27 years old at the time of the Vancouver Olympics. She had previously been the only competitor to represent Hong Kong at the 2006 Winter Olympics.[8] She competed in three events, the 500, 1,000, and 1,500 metre races. On 13 February, in the 500 metres, she was drawn into the 8th heat, and placed third in her heat with a time of 48 seconds.[9] She did not advance to the quarterfinals, and was placed 24th for the event.[10] On 20 February, she participated in the 1,500 metres event, in heat two, she came in last with a time of 2 minutes and 35 seconds, which placed her 32nd for the event.[11] [12] In the 1,000 metres on 24 February, she placed fourth in heat seven, with a time of 1 minute and 38 seconds. This put her in 27th rank for the event.[13] [14]

AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Han YueshuangWomen's 500 m48.6253did not advance24
Women's 1000 m1:38.1154did not advance27
Women's 1500 m2:35.742 6did not advance32

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: 54 Boycotted in 1980. 10 May 1984. The New York Times. 1 May 2018. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20180130091021/http://www.nytimes.com/1984/05/10/world/54-boycotted-in-1980.html. 30 January 2018.
  2. Web site: Hong Kong. Sports Reference. 27 May 2018. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20180109063627/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/HKG/. 9 January 2018.
  3. News: Everything you need to know about Hong Kong’s return to Chinese sovereignty. Singh. Harminder. 1 July 2016. South China Morning Post. 27 May 2018. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20171018010140/http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education-community/article/1983718/everything-you-need-know-about-hong-kongs-return. 18 October 2017.
  4. Web site: One country, two teams: how Hong Kong kept its identity in the sporting arena. Careem. Nazvi. 28 June 2017. South China Morning Post. 27 May 2018. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170702075637/http://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/2100320/one-country-two-teams-how-hong-kong-kept-its-identity-sporting-arena. 2 July 2017.
  5. Web site: Hong Kong at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Games. Sports Reference. 27 May 2018. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20170729041149/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/HKG/winter/2010/. 29 July 2017.
  6. News: Complete list of 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic flag-bearers. 12 February 2010. The Vancouver Sun. 29 April 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20100216123527/http://www.vancouversun.com/sports/Complete%2Blist%2B2010%2BVancouver%2BWinter%2BOlympic%2Bflag%2Bbearers/2558064/story.html. 16 February 2010.
  7. Web site: The Flagbearers for the Vancouver 2010 Closing Ceremony. 28 February 2010. International Olympic Committee. 29 April 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20100401032223/http://www.olympic.org/Documents/Games_Vancouver_2010/ClosingCeremonyFlagbearers-eng.pdf. 1 April 2010. dead.
  8. Web site: Han Yue Shuang Bio, Stats, and Results. Sports Reference. 28 May 2018. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20170729041722/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ha/han-yue-shuang-1.html. 29 July 2017.
  9. Web site: Short Track Speed Skating at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Games: Women's 500 metres Round One. Sports Reference. 28 May 2018. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20180227035103/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/2010/STK/womens-500-metres-round-one.html. 27 February 2018.
  10. Web site: Short Track Speed Skating at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Games: Women's 500 metres. Sports Reference. 28 May 2018. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20180310074106/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/2010/STK/womens-500-metres.html. 10 March 2018.
  11. Web site: Short Track Speed Skating at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Games: Women's 1,500 metres Round One. Sports Reference. 28 May 2018. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20170707124119/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/2010/STK/womens-1500-metres-round-one.html. 7 July 2017.
  12. Web site: Short Track Speed Skating at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Games: Women's 1,500 metres. Sports Reference. 28 May 2018. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20180314180125/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/2010/STK/womens-1500-metres.html. 14 March 2018.
  13. Web site: Short Track Speed Skating at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Games: Women's 1,000 metres. Sports Reference. 28 May 2018. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20180227034524/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/2010/STK/womens-1000-metres.html. 27 February 2018.
  14. Web site: Short Track Speed Skating at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Games: Women's 1,000 metres Round One. Sports Reference. 28 May 2018. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20170707123937/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/2010/STK/womens-1000-metres-round-one.html. 7 July 2017.

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