The list of athletes participating in the Beijing Winter Olympics confirmed that the number of participants of the Chinese army team set a record
Guangming Daily News On January 21, Beijing time, seven international individual sports organizations, including the International Ski Federation (FIS), the International Skating Union (ISU), and the International Biathlon Union (IBU), announced on their official websites that Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics qualification confirmation and redistribution plan. So far, the list of athletes participating in the 7 major events, 15 sub-events and 109 sub-events of the Beijing Winter Olympics has been determined. According to statistics, the Chinese delegation will qualify for at least 96 events, with a total of 190 seats and a total of 170 participants. These figures have set a historical record for the Chinese army to participate in the Winter Olympics. Among them, the Chinese team has 31 events, which is the first time to participate in the Winter Olympics.
At present, the number and seats of participating countries and regions in the Beijing Winter Olympics have been basically determined. The Olympic Committees of the United States, Canada, and Russia rank the top three in terms of delegation size, and they will all send large-scale representatives of more than 200 athletes. The team came to China to compete.
It should be noted that 96 events are not the final number for the Chinese army to participate in the Beijing Winter Olympics, because biathlon has 4 qualifications for the competition, and it is necessary to obtain certain results in the early competitions of the Beijing Winter Olympics to be shortlisted. of.
According to the regulations of the above-mentioned international individual sports organizations, January 17 is the final deadline for the Beijing Winter Olympics Qualification Tournament and Points Competition. On that day, these organizations successively announced the points and world rankings of the players from various countries. According to the “threshold” rules for the Beijing Winter Olympics, the Chinese delegation has qualified for 96 events, with a total of 188 seats and 168 finalists.
In the next three days, some delegations voluntarily gave up their qualifications for individual events. According to the rules, the athletes in the back will make up in turn. After the redistribution of the International Snow Federation (FIS), the Chinese team has gained three new qualifications, namely women’s cross-country skiing, freestyle skiing men’s U-shaped field skills, and freestyle skiing women’s obstacle chase.