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13:10, 10-Feb-2018
China's short track speed skaters at PyeongChang Olympics
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Short track speed skating was originally a demonstration sport before becoming an official Olympic event in 1992. At the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics, there will be a total of eight short track events, split equally between the men's and women's side.
The Chinese delegation is no stranger to medals. In the previous Winter Games, the Chinese team claimed 12 golds in total, nine of which came from short track speed skating. South Korea has 21 Olympic gold medals in short track events, the most of any country.
China's flag bearer Zhou Yang leads her country's delegation during the opening ceremony of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games at PyeongChang Stadium. /VCG Photo
China's flag bearer Zhou Yang leads her country's delegation during the opening ceremony of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games at PyeongChang Stadium. /VCG Photo
China's Wu Dajing is favored to medal in the men's 500m speed skating event. The 23-year-old now ranks world No. 1 with a total of 38,001 points. He won the silver medal in the last Winter Olympics in Sochi and has won two consecutive world titles in the 500m in 2014 and 2015.
China's flag bearer Zhou Yang in this year's opening ceremony previously won the women's 1,500m in both the Vancouver 2010 and Sochi 2014 Winter Games.