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20:00, 09-Feb-2018
China’s Winter Olympics delegation marches in during opening ceremony
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China’s 181-member delegation marched in during the opening ceremony of the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games on Friday.
The flag-bearer of the Chinese team was short track speed skater Zhou Yang, who won the women's 1,500m in both Vancouver 2010 and Sochi 2014.
The delegation, including 82 athletes, is China’s largest since the Vancouver Games in 2010.
The 82 Chinese athletes will compete in 55 events in 12 disciplines during this year’s Winter Olympics.
China is predicted to win medals in short track skating, figure skating and freestyle aerials skiing, and be competitive in snowboarding and speed skating.
This year’s Winter Games is also the largest ever in terms of participation with 2,920 athletes from 92 nations and regions registered to participate.
Here are the key moments of China's participation in the Winter Olympics:
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