List of Chinese sports delegations announced for the Tokyo Olympics
13 athletes from Hebei Province were selected
Hebei Daily News (Reporter Wang Weihong) On July 14, the list of the Chinese sports delegation for the Tokyo Olympics was announced. Among the 431 athletes, 13 were from Hebei Province, including famous players such as Gong Lijiao, Pang Wei, and Sun Yingsha.
Female shot put athlete Gong Lijiao.Xinhua News Agency
The Tokyo Olympics is the largest overseas Chinese sports delegation participating in the Olympic Games. The total number of Chinese sports delegations is 777, including 431 athletes (298 female athletes and 133 male athletes), coaches, team leaders, scientific research and medical personnel There are 307 staff in the sports team and 39 staff in the league department.
Sun Yingsha (middle) shows off the national table tennis Olympic jersey with coaches and teammates.Xinhua News Agency
There are 13 athletes in the Chinese sports delegation from Hebei Province, including diving athlete Wang Han, swimmers Li Bingjie and Zhang Yifan, shot put athletes Gong Lijiao and Zhang Linru, discus athletes Chen Yang and Su Xinyue, boxing athlete Chang Yuan, and kayaking static water athlete Yang Xiaoxu , Shooting athletes Yang Haoran and Pang Wei, and table tennis athletes Sun Yingsha and Liang Jingkun. Among them, Gong Lijiao, Sun Yingsha, Pang Wei, Yang Haoran, Chang Yuan, etc. have the strength to hit the gold medal in their respective projects, and Liang Jingkun is the training partner. In addition, four coaches in the Chinese sports delegation are from Hebei, namely shooting coach Chang Jingchun, discus coach Xiao Yanling, boxing coach Zhang Xiyan and diving coach Liu Feng.
The Tokyo Olympics will open on July 23. There are 33 major events and 339 minor events. The Chinese sports delegation has signed up to participate in 30 major events and 225 minor events in addition to surfing, baseball and softball, and handball. It is the most contested event abroad.