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10:29, 05-Feb-2018
China's short-track team arrives in South Korea
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China's medal contenders, the short-track speed skating national team composed of 9 athletes, 9 coaches and other assisting staffs have arrived in PyeongChang on Saturday.
"The Olympic Games is the highest level, it is not like other competitions, but it is the same in some ways because we face the same opponents. So what we can do is to try our best and enjoy the process," said Li Yan, the head leader of short-track speed skating team.
The ROK and the DPRK's joint women's ice hockey team has undergone training at the Jincheon National Training Center in the past few days. The join team was the first-ever joint Korean team in the Winter Olympics in PyeongChang.
The DPRK's female ice hockey players (red) training with their ROK's teammates at the ROK's national training center in Jincheon. /VCG Photo
The DPRK's female ice hockey players (red) training with their ROK's teammates at the ROK's national training center in Jincheon. /VCG Photo
The two sides are in a rare Olympics-inspired reconciliation mood after a year of heightened tension on the Korean Peninsula for the DPRK's advancing nuclear and missile programs.
The two countries agreed to march together at the opening ceremony on Feb. 9 and will battle against Sweden again in the first round on Feb.10.