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Team China's achievements on the snow at Beijing 2022

chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2022-02-21 06:40
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Zhao Jiawen of China in action at the Ski Jumping Centre, in Zhangjiakou, North China's Hebei province, on Feb 15, 2022. [Photo/Agencies]

When Zhao Jiawen, who lit the cauldron at the opening ceremony with Dinigeer Yilamujiang, stood on the starting point of the Olympic Nordic combined on Feb 9, it was a triumph for Team China as the country had never been represented in the event at the Olympics before.

Zhao's ski jumping competition in the Nordic combined started on the afternoon of Feb 9. He was the ninth to enter the arena. Zhao jumped 81 meters, ranking 42nd with 59 points.

After a three-hour rest, Zhao continued to compete in the cross-country skiing on the evening of the same day. He finished the race in 33 minutes and 29.8 seconds and ranked 43rd among all 44 contestants.

Although Zhao did not get good scores on the two competitions, netizens encouraged him.

"This is a breakthrough for China's winter sports event, and Zhao Jiawen is just 21 years old. He and the team have unlimited possibilities," a Sina Weibo user said.

Zhao started with cross-country skiing in 2015, but in 2016 his coach became the national Nordic combined coach, and persuaded him to try the sport.

"I really like the feeling of flying. To move in the air, to feel the different currents, it's pure excitement. Those moments in the sky are the most precious to me," he said in July 2020.

Nordic combined has been contested at the Winter Olympics since the first Winter Games in 1924. It is the only Winter Games sport with no female event. As 99 different men have won an Olympic medal in Nordic combined, the first new Nordic combined medalist at Beijing 2022 will be No 100.

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