China at the 2010 Winter Olympics

China at the Olympic Games

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At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver
Competitors 94[1] in 10[2] sports
Flag bearer Han Xiaopeng (opening)
Shen Xue, Zhao Hongbo (closing)
Medals
Rank: 7		 Gold
5		 Silver
2		 Bronze
4		 Total
11
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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.[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 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

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:

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo Figure skating Pair skating Feb 15
 Gold Wang Meng Short track speed skating Women's 500 metres Feb 17
 Gold Zhou Yang Short track speed skating Women's 1500 metres Feb 20
 Gold Sun Linlin / Wang Meng / Zhang Hui / Zhou Yang Short track speed skating Women's 3000 metre relay Feb 24
 Gold Wang Meng Short track speed skating Women's 1000 metres Feb 26
 Silver Pang Qing / Tong Jian Figure skating Pair skating Feb 15
 Silver Li Nina Freestyle skiing Women's aerials Feb 24
 Bronze Wang Beixing Speed skating Women's 500 metres Feb 16
 Bronze Guo Xinxin Freestyle skiing Women's aerials Feb 24
 Bronze Liu Zhongqing Freestyle skiing Men's aerials Feb 25
 Bronze Wang Bingyu / Liu Yin / Yue Qingshuang / Zhou Yan / Liu Jinli Curling Women's Feb 26
Medals by sport
Sport Total
Short track speed skating 4 0 0 4
Figure skating 1 1 0 2
Freestyle skiing 0 1 2 3
Curling 0 0 1 1
Speed skating 0 0 1 1
Total 5 2 4 11
Medals by date Cumulative
Day Date Total Total
Day 1 13th 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Day 2 14th 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Day 3 15th 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 2
Day 4 16th 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 3
Day 5 17th 1 0 0 1 2 1 1 4
Day 6 18th 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 4
Day 7 19th 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 4
Day 8 20th 1 0 0 1 3 1 1 5
Day 9 21st 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 5
Day 10 22nd 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 5
Day 11 23rd 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 5
Day 12 24th 1 1 1 3 4 2 2 8
Day 13 25th 0 0 1 1 4 2 3 9
Day 14 26th 1 0 1 2 5 2 4 11
Day 15 27th 0 0 0 0 5 2 4 11
Day 16 28th 0 0 0 0 5 2 4 11
Total 5 2 4 11 5 2 4 11
Multiple medalists
Name Sport Total
Wang Meng Short track speed skating 3 0 0 3
Zhou Yang Short track speed skating 2 0 0 2

Alpine skiing

Men
Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Total Rank
Li Lei Giant slalom 1:30.36 1:36.90 3:07.26 75
Slalom 59.43 1:01.43 2:00.86 43
Women
Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Total Rank
Xia Lina Giant slalom 1:30.41 1:28.48 2:58.89 59
Slalom 1:10.60 Did not finish

Biathlon

Men
Athlete Event Time Rank
Zhang Chengye 20 km individual 51:31.0 19
10 km sprint 26:19.9 32
12.5 km pursuit 36:28.7 35
Women
Athlete Event Time Rank
Song Chaoqing 15 km individual 46:30.3 53
7.5 km sprint 21:38.2 32
10 km pursuit 34:46.6 43
Wang Chunli 15 km individual 44:18.0 33
7.5 km sprint 22:13.4 50
10 km pursuit 34:01.8 35
Liu Xianying 15 km individual 43:16.2 20
7.5 km sprint 22:14.6 51
10 km pursuit 33:41.2 30
Kong Yingchao 15 km individual 46:46.2 58
7.5 km sprint 22:30.9 61
Wang Chunli
Liu Xianying
Kong Yingchao
Song Chaoqing		 4 x 6 km relay 1:12:16.9 9
Liu Yuanyuan No show

Cross-country skiing

Men
Athlete Event Qualifying Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Xu Wenlong 15 km freestyle 37:39.5 68
Sun Qinghai Sprint classic 3:38.52 12 3:43.1 5 Did not advance
Sun Qinghai
Xu Wenlong		 Team sprint free 19:43.6 10 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Qualifying Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Li Hongxue 10 km freestyle 27:05.7 35
15 km pursuit 43:24.3 37
Li Xin 10 km freestyle 29:38.5 65
Man Dandan Sprint classic 4:08.55 51 Did not advance
Man Dandan
Li Hongxue		 Team sprint free 20:02.7 9 Did not advance

Curling

Men's tournament

Standings
Country
 Skip W L P PA Ends
won		 Ends
lost		 Blank
ends		 Stolen
ends for		 Stolen ends
against		 Shot %
Canada Martin, KevinKevin Martin 9 0 75 36 36 28 14 2 4 85
Norway Ulsrud, ThomasThomas Ulsrud 7 2 64 43 40 32 15 7 1 84
Switzerland Stockli, RalphRalph Stöckli 6 3 53 45 35 33 20 8 9 81
Sweden Edin, NiklasNiklas Edin 5 4 50 52 34 36 20 6 8 82
Great Britain Murdoch, DavidDavid Murdoch 5 4 57 44 35 29 20 9 4 81
Germany Kapp, AndyAndy Kapp 4 5 48 60 35 38 11 9 8 75
France Dufour, ThomasThomas Dufour 3 6 31 58 22 34 16 7 13 73
China Wang, FengchunWang Fengchun 2 7 52 60 37 37 9 7 5 77
Denmark Schmidt, UlrikUlrik Schmidt 2 7 40 57 31 29 12 6 6 78
United States Shuster, JohnJohn Shuster 2 7 43 59 32 41 18 9 12 76
Name Position
Wang Fengchun* Skip
Liu Rui Fourth
Xu Xiaoming Second
Li Hongchen Lead
Zang Jialiang Alternate

*Throws third rocks

Round-robin

Draw 2
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
China (Wang) 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 5

France (Dufour) 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 6

Draw 3
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Denmark (Schmidt) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 x x x 1

China (Wang) 1 0 3 2 1 0 1 x x x 8

Draw 5
Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
Sweden (Edin) 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 6

China (Wang) 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 5

Draw 6
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Norway (Ulsrud) 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 7

China (Wang) 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 5

Draw 7
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
China (Wang) 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 x 4

Great Britain (Murdoch) 1 0 0 2 0 3 2 0 1 x 9

Draw 8
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Switzerland (Stöckli) 0 0 2 0 3 0 2 0 2 x 9

China (Wang) 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 x 5

Draw 10
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Germany (Kapp) 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 2 0 1 7

China (Wang) 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 6

Draw 11
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
China (Li) 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 x 11

United States (Shuster) 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 x 5

Draw 12
Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
China (Li) 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 x x x 3

Canada (Martin) 4 0 1 0 1 0 4 x x x 10

Women's tournament

Standings
Country
 Skip W L PF PA Ends
won		 Ends
lost		 Blank
ends		 Stolen
ends for		 Stolen ends
against		 Shot %
Canada Bernard, CherylCheryl Bernard 8 1 56 37 40 29 20 13 4 81
Sweden Norberg, AnetteAnette Norberg 7 2 56 52 36 36 13 5 9 79
China Wang, BingyuWang Bingyu 6 3 61 47 39 37 12 7 8 74
Switzerland Ott, MirjamMirjam Ott 6 3 67 48 40 36 7 12 6 76
Denmark Jensen, AngelinaAngelina Jensen 4 5 49 61 31 40 15 5 12 74
Germany Schopp, AndreaAndrea Schöpp 3 6 52 56 35 40 15 4 7 75
Great Britain Muirhead, EveEve Muirhead 3 6 54 59 36 41 11 10 15 75
Japan Meguro, MoeMoe Meguro 3 6 64 70 36 37 13 5 5 73
Russia Privivkova, LiudmilaLiudmila Privivkova 3 6 53 60 36 40 14 13 9 77
United States Maccormick, DebbieDebbie McCormick 2 7 43 65 36 36 12 12 11 77
Name Position
Wang Bingyu Skip
Liu Yin Third
Yue Qingshuang Second
Zhou Yan Lead
Liu Jinli Alternate

Round-robin

Draw 2
Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
China (Wang) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 4

Great Britain (Muirhead) 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 5

Draw 3
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
China (Wang) 0 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 1 8

Switzerland (Ott) 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 6

Draw 4
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
China (Wang) 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 3 9

Japan (Meguro) 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 5

Draw 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
China (Wang) 1 2 1 2 0 5 x x x x 11

Denmark (Jensen) 0 0 0 0 1 0 x x x x 1

Draw 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Sweden (Norberg) 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 6

China (Wang) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 4

Draw 7
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
Germany (Schöpp) 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 7

China (Wang) 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 2 9

Draw 9
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
China (Wang) 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6

Canada (Bernard) 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 5

Draw 10
Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Russia (Sidorova) 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 1 1 x 7

China (Wang) 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 x 4

Draw 11
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
United States (McCormick) 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 5

China (Wang) 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 6

Semifinal
Sheet 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
China (Wang) 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 x 4

Sweden (Norberg) 1 1 1 0 3 0 0 3 0 x 9

Bronze medal final
Sheet 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
China (Wang) 3 0 2 0 1 0 2 4 x x 12

Switzerland (Ott) 0 1 0 3 0 2 0 0 x x 6

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]

Athlete Event CD SP/OD FS/FD Total
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Liu Yan Ladies' 51.74 19 91.73 18 143.47 19
Shen Xue,
Zhao Hongbo		 Pairs 76.66 1 139.91 2 216.57 1st
Pang Qing,
Tong Jian		 Pairs 71.50 4 141.81 1 213.31 2nd
Zhang Dan,
Zhang Hao		 Pairs 71.28 5 123.06 4 194.34 5
Huang Xintong,
Zheng Xun		 Ice dancing 29.22 19 45.03 20 71.27 20 145.52 19

Freestyle skiing

Men
Event Athlete Qualifying Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Aerials Han Xiaopeng 192.52 21 Did not advance
Jia Zongyang 242.52 1 Q 237.57 6
Liu Zhongqing 229.67 11 Q 242.53 3rd
Qi Guangpu 230.28 10 Q 234.85 7
Women
Event Athlete Qualifying Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Aerials Cheng Shuang 180.91 4 Q 187.87 7
Guo Xinxin 189.16 3 Q 205.22
Li Nina 192.10 2 Q 207.23
Xu Mengtao 168.55 8 Q 191.61 6

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]

Position Name Height Weight Birthdate Birthplace 2009–10 team
G Han Danni 165 58 9 January 1991 Harbin Qiqihar
G Jia Dandan 163 55 5 May 1982 Harbin Harbin
G Shi Yao 178 70 13 January 1987 Harbin Harbin
D Jiang Na 174 75 18 October 1988 Harbin Harbin
D Liu Zhixin 174 68 25 April 1993 Qiqihar Qiqihar
D Lou Yue 160 60 22 April 1987 Harbin Harbin
D Qi Xueting 158 58 7 November 1986 Harbin Harbin
D Tan Anqi 175 67 10 June 1986 Harbin Harbin
D Wang Nan 164 67 22 April 1988 Harbin Harbin
D Yu Baiwei 166 68 17 July 1988 Harbin Harbin
D Zhang Shuang 162 58 7 March 1987 Harbin Harbin
F Cui Shanshan 177 67 8 May 1987 Harbin Harbin
F Gao Fujin 162 65 15 July 1984 Harbin Harbin
F Huang Haijing 172 72 3 July 1988 Harbin Harbin
F Huo Cui 160 54 13 September 1988 Harbin Harbin
F Jin Fengling – A 166 56 20 November 1982 Harbin Harbin
F Ma Rui 172 69 29 March 1989 Harbin Harbin
F Su Ziwei 162 65 9 December 1984 Harbin Harbin
F Sun Rui – A 169 60 14 May 1982 Harbin Harbin
F Tang Liang 163 54 26 August 1985 Harbin Harbin
F Wang Linuo – C 160 57 28 August 1979 Harbin Harbin
F Zhang Ben 170 61 22 July 1985 Harbin Harbin
F Zhang Mengying 166 55 22 December 1993 Qiqihar Qiqihar

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)		  China UBC Winter Sports Centre, Vancouver
Attendance: 5,278
16 February 2010
19:00		 Finland  2 – 1
(0–1, 2–0, 0–0)		  China UBC Winter Sports Centre, Vancouver
Attendance: 5,317
18 February 2010
19:00		 China  1 – 2
(0–0, 1–2, 0–0)		  Russia UBC Winter Sports Centre, Vancouver
Attendance: 5,391
Standings
Team
 GP W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts
 United States 3 3 0 0 0 31 1 30 9
 Finland 3 2 0 0 1 7 8 -1 6
 Russia 3 1 0 0 2 3 19 -16 3
 China 3 0 0 0 3 3 16 -13 0

Classification round

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

Short track speed skating

China has 10 qualified teams to this sporting event.

Men
Event Athlete Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Position Time Position Time Position Time Position
500 m Han Jialiang 41.869 1 Q 41.443 3 Did not advance
Liang Wenhao DSQ
Ma Yunfeng 41.954 3 Did not advance
1000 m Han Jialiang 1:26.479 1 Q 1:25.856 2 Q 1:25.462 4 QB 1:32.023 6
Liang Wenhao 1:26.249 2 Q 1:25.060 3 Did not advance
Ma Yunfeng 1:25.814 4 Did not advance
1500 m Liu Xianwei 2:14.354 3 Q 2:14.500 5 Q Did not advance
Liang Wenhao 2:16.152 1 Q 2:15.453 2 Q 2:48.192 6
Song Weilong 2:20.095 6 Did not advance
5000 m relay Han Jialiang
Liu Xianwei
Ma Yunfeng
Song Weilong		 6:43.601 1 QA 6:44.630 4
Women
Event Athlete Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Position Time Position Time Position Time Position
500 m Wang Meng 43.926 1 Q 43.284 1 Q 42.985 1 QA OR 43.048 1st
Zhou Yang 44.115 1 Q 44.106 1 Q 43.992 3 QB 44.725 5
Zhao Nannan 1:02.132 4 Did not advance
1000 m Wang Meng 1:30.958 1 Q 1:32.267 1 Q 1:30.573 2 QA 1:29.213 1st
Zhou Yang 1:30.781 1 Q 1:29.849 1 Q 1:29.049 1 QA DSQ
Sun Linlin 1:30.629 2 Q 1:30.589 3 Did not advance
1500 m Wang Meng 2:29.199 1 Q DSQ
Zhou Yang 2:24.246 1 Q 2:21.049 2 QA 2:16.993 1st
Sun Linlin 2:24.031 2 Q 2:24.777 3 QB 2:42.960 10
3000 m relay Sun Linlin
Wang Meng
Zhang Hui
Zhou Yang		 4:08.797 1 Q 4:06.610 1st WR

Snowboarding

Men
Event Athlete Qualification Semifinal Finals
Run 1 Run 2 Rank Run 1 Run 2 Rank Run 1 Run 2 Rank
Halfpipe Shi Wancheng 15.8 18.0 19 Did not advance
Zeng Xiaoye 14.0 32.8 5 Q 32.9 16.2 10 Did not advance
Women
Event Athlete Qualification Semifinal Finals
Run 1 Run 2 Rank Run 1 Run 2 Rank Run 1 Run 2 Rank
Halfpipe Cai Xuetong 14.1 19.3 23 Did not advance
Liu Jiayu 26.3 33.3 12 Q 41.1 36.2 2 Q 39.3 34.9 4
Sun Zhifeng 38.2 39.9 6 QF n/a 29.8 33.0 7

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

Speed skating

Men
Event Athlete Race 1 Race 2 Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
500 metres Wang Nan 35.915 26 35.928 25 71.84 25
Yu Fengtong 35.116 7 35.120 7 70.23 7
Zhang Zhongqi 35.175 14 35.113 6 70.288 10
Liu Fangyi 36.193 34 36.047 27 72.24 28
1000 metres Wang Nan 1:11.82 31
1500 metres Sun Longjiang 1:51.30 35
Gao Xuefeng 1:50.78 34
Women
Event Athlete Race 1 Race 2 Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
500 metres Jin Peiyu 38.68 6 38.771 11 77.45 8
Wang Beixing 38.48 3 38.144 3 76.63 3rd
Xing Aihua 38.79 11 38.849 16 77.64 13
Zhang Shuang 38.53 5 38.807 13 77.33 7
1000 metres Jin Peiyu 1:17.97 18
Ren Hui 1:19.18 33
Wang Beixing 1:18.30 24
Yu Jing 1:19.13 32
1500 metres Wang Fei 2:00.65 20
3000 metres Fu Chunyan 4:20.62 25
Wang Fei 4:18.42 22

Related teams

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

See also

References

External links

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