Chinese athletes qualify for the Nordic Winter Olympics for the first time
2021-11-27 13:39:27Source: China News Network
China News Service, Beijing, November 26. The Winter Sports Management Center of the State General Administration of Sports of China announced on the 26th that the Chinese player Zhao Jiawen was in the men’s individual standard table in the FIS Nordic Biathlon Intercontinental Cup in Nizhny Tagil, Russia. Ranked 22nd in the +10km cross-country skiing event, he also qualified for the Beijing Winter Olympics, which is the first time in the history of the Chinese team to qualify for the Nordic Winter Olympics.
The FIS Nordic Intercontinental Cup is a qualifying event for the Beijing Winter Olympics. In the men’s individual standard +10km cross-country skiing competition held on the 26th local time, a total of 53 athletes participated, and the top 30 qualified for the Beijing Winter Olympics. Zhao Jiawen finally ranked 22nd, and thus obtained the right to participate in the event of the Beijing Winter Olympics.
The Nordic biathlon includes ski jumping and cross-country skiing. It was confirmed as a competition at the first Winter Olympics in 1924, and only men’s competitions were set up. But in the history of the Winter Olympics, no Chinese players have participated. At the Beijing Winter Olympics, there will be 3 gold medals in the Nordic Biathlon, which will come from the personal standard platform + 10 kilometers cross-country skiing competition, the individual big jumping platform + 10 kilometers cross-country skiing competition, and the group big jumping platform + 4×5 kilometers cross-country skiing competition. item.
Zhao Jiawen’s qualification for the Beijing Winter Olympics will fill the gap in the history of the Chinese team in the Nordic Winter Olympics. Ni Huizhong, director of the Winter Sports Management Center of the State Sports General Administration of China, said that the Nordic two qualifications for the Winter Olympics have laid a solid foundation for the Chinese Ice and Snow Corps to achieve the Beijing Winter Olympics in seven major events and 15 sub-items.
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