Geng Wenqiang of China competes in the men's skeleton final at the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, February 16, 2018. /CFP
All tournaments to earn cumulative points to qualify for the 2022 Winter Olympic Games wrapped up on Monday (Beijing time). Based on the current results, Team China has secured 188 spots in 96 events for the coming Winter Games.
The official qualification results for Beijing 2022 won't be announced until all attending teams confirm whether or not they will attend.
A total of 168 Chinese athletes will be competing at home during the Winter Olympics between February 4 and 20 in the three competition zones of Beijing Municipality, Yanqing District of Beijing and Zhangjiakou City of north China's Hebei Province.
Wu Dajing of China celebrates after winning the men's 500m final at the ISU World Cup Short Track Speed Skating in Dordrecht, Netherlands, November 21, 2021. /CFP
Team China will participate in all short track speed skating events, with 10 athletes in the men's and women's competitions, respectively. Eight female athletes will attend all seven speed skating events. The six-person men's team will compete in five speed skating events.
There will be one Chinese athlete in each of the men's and women's single figure skating events as well as the ice dance events. Two Chinese pairs will perform in the pair skating competitions. Team China has also qualified for the men's, women's and mixed doubles curling, and men's and women's ice hockey competitions.
The Chinese women's team secured qualification for all skiing competitions at Beijing 2022. The men's team will compete in freestyle skiing aerials and snowboard big air, plus all the cross-country skiing and alpine skiing events. Su Yiming will be the first Chinese snowboarder to attend the Olympic big air event.
Su Yiming of China competes in the men's snowboard slopestyle competition at the Toyota U.S. Grand Prix at Mammoth Mountain in Mammoth, California, U.S., January 8, 2022. /CFP
Team China will appear in all three sliding sports: bobsleigh, luge and skeleton. Geng Wenqiang, who made history by winning the first skeleton title in the World Cup with his teammates, will chase the Winter Olympic gold medal at home.
Eight Chinese athletes, including four men and four women, will participate in the biathlon competitions. In Nordic Combined, Zhao Jiawen, who is qualified for the men's individual Gundersen normal hill/10 km event, will wipe Team China's absence from this sport.