China at the 2010 Winter Olympics
China participated at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, sending its largest delegation at a Winter Olympics with 94 athletes. China had its best ever Winter Olympics medal finish, winning five gold medals and eleven in total, finishing seventh in the medal standings.
China at the 2010 Winter Olympics | |
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IOC code | CHN |
NOC | Chinese Olympic Committee |
Website | www |
in Vancouver | |
Competitors | 94[1] in 10[2] sports |
Flag bearer | Han Xiaopeng (opening) Shen Xue, Zhao Hongbo (closing) |
Medals Ranked 7th |
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Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
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Republic of China (1972–1976) |
China won its first ever gold medal in figure skating when Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo set a new world record for the overall combined score in pair figure skating. It was the first time since 1960 that a Russian, Soviet, or Unified Team flagged team did not win the gold medal.[3] China also won its first ever team Winter Olympic medal in the women's curling event with a bronze. The women's short track speed skating team swept the gold medals in all four events. China also won three medals in freestyle skiing aerials.
Wang Meng won three gold medals in short track speed skating and became the most decorated Chinese Winter Olympics athlete ever. Zhou Yang won two gold medals at these Games.
Xiao Tian, deputy chef de mission of the Chinese delegation, described the outcome as an "important breakthrough" for China in winter sports.[4]
Target
At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, 76 athletes competed in 48 events within nine disciplines and won two gold, four silver and five bronze medals.[5] In an attempt to surpass that achievement, China sent 94 athletes to Vancouver, its largest delegation ever.[6]
According to He Zhenliang, China's senior International Olympic Committee member and the honorary president of the Chinese Olympic Committee, the insufficient participation in Winter Olympic sports by "ordinary [Chinese] people" is still limiting the country's success in the Winter Games and is also discouraging any attempt to bid to host a future Winter Olympics.[7]
They've got an endless supply of money and endless supply of bodies, and that's a pretty good thing to have in any sport.
The Chinese Olympic Committee had high expectations in particular for the country's men's and women's aerials teams; in 2003 they hired two coaches, American Peter Judge and Canadian Dustin Wilson, to lead an effort to revamp China's aerial training program, and by January 2010, the top four women and five of the top seven men in the sport were Chinese.[8] Only two teams—those from China and the United States—qualified four male and four female skiers in the event. Aerials skier Han Xiaopeng, winner of the gold medal in his sport at the 2006 Olympics in Turin, was chosen as China's national flag bearer for the 2010 opening ceremony.
One potential competitor, speed skater Wang Manli, the 2006 silver medal winner at 500 metres, vowed in January 2007 to win gold in 2010,[9] however, a chronic knee injury forced her to announce retirement in early 2008.[10]
Records
In the sport of figure skating, Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo set a new world record for the overall combined score of 216.57 points in pair figure skating. It was the first time since 1960 that a Russian, Soviet, or Unified Team flagged team did not win the gold medal.[3] Shen and Zhao set a new world record for the short program with 76.66 points.[11] Meanwhile, in the same event, the pair skating team of Pang Qing and Tong Jian set a new world record for the free skate with a score of 141.81 points.[12]
Wang Meng and Zhou Yang set Olympic records in the 500 m and 1,500 m short track speed skating events. China set a new world record in the 3000 metre relay race. Zhou Yang also set a new world record in the 1,000 m event.
Medalists
The following Chinese athletes won medals at the games:
Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
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Gold | Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo | Figure skating | Pair skating | Feb 15 |
Gold | Wang Meng | Short track speed skating | Women's 500 metres | Feb 17 |
Gold | Zhou Yang | Short track speed skating | Women's 1500 metres | Feb 20 |
Gold | Sun Linlin / Wang Meng / Zhang Hui / Zhou Yang | Short track speed skating | Women's 3000 metre relay | Feb 24 |
Gold | Wang Meng | Short track speed skating | Women's 1000 metres | Feb 26 |
Silver | Pang Qing / Tong Jian | Figure skating | Pair skating | Feb 15 |
Silver | Li Nina | Freestyle skiing | Women's aerials | Feb 24 |
Bronze | Wang Beixing | Speed skating | Women's 500 metres | Feb 16 |
Bronze | Guo Xinxin | Freestyle skiing | Women's aerials | Feb 24 |
Bronze | Liu Zhongqing | Freestyle skiing | Men's aerials | Feb 25 |
Bronze | Wang Bingyu / Liu Yin / Yue Qingshuang / Zhou Yan / Liu Jinli | Curling | Women's | Feb 26 |
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Alpine skiing
- Men
Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | Rank |
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Li Lei | Giant slalom | 1:30.36 | 1:36.90 | 3:07.26 | 75 |
Slalom | 59.43 | 1:01.43 | 2:00.86 | 43 |
- Women
Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | Rank |
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Xia Lina | Giant slalom | 1:30.41 | 1:28.48 | 2:58.89 | 59 |
Slalom | 1:10.60 | Did not finish |
Biathlon
- Men
Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
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Zhang Chengye | 20 km individual | 51:31.0 | 19 |
10 km sprint | 26:19.9 | 32 | |
12.5 km pursuit | 36:28.7 | 35 |
- Women
Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
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Song Chaoqing | 15 km individual | 46:30.3 | 53 |
7.5 km sprint | 21:38.2 | 32 | |
10 km pursuit | 34:46.6 | 43 | |
Wang Chunli | 15 km individual | 44:18.0 | 33 |
7.5 km sprint | 22:13.4 | 50 | |
10 km pursuit | 34:01.8 | 35 | |
Liu Xianying | 15 km individual | 43:16.2 | 20 |
7.5 km sprint | 22:14.6 | 51 | |
10 km pursuit | 33:41.2 | 30 | |
Kong Yingchao | 15 km individual | 46:46.2 | 58 |
7.5 km sprint | 22:30.9 | 61 | |
Wang Chunli Liu Xianying Kong Yingchao Song Chaoqing |
4 x 6 km relay | 1:12:16.9 | 9 |
Liu Yuanyuan | No show |
Cross-country skiing
- Men
Athlete | Event | Qualifying | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Xu Wenlong | 15 km freestyle | 37:39.5 | 68 | ||||||
Sun Qinghai | Sprint classic | 3:38.52 | 12 | 3:43.1 | 5 | Did not advance | |||
Sun Qinghai Xu Wenlong |
Team sprint free | 19:43.6 | 10 | Did not advance |
- Women
Athlete | Event | Qualifying | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Li Hongxue | 10 km freestyle | 27:05.7 | 35 | ||||||
15 km pursuit | 43:24.3 | 37 | |||||||
Li Xin | 10 km freestyle | 29:38.5 | 65 | ||||||
Man Dandan | Sprint classic | 4:08.55 | 51 | Did not advance | |||||
Man Dandan Li Hongxue |
Team sprint free | 20:02.7 | 9 | Did not advance |
Curling
Men's tournament
Final round robin standings
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- Round-robin
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Women's tournament
Final round robin standings
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- Round-robin
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- Semifinal
Sheet | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
China (Wang) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | x | 4 |
Sweden (Norberg) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | x | 9 |
- Bronze medal final
Sheet | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
China (Wang) | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | x | x | 12 |
Switzerland (Ott) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | x | x | 6 |
Figure skating
China has qualified one entrant in ladies singles, three in pair skating, and one in ice dancing for a total of nine athletes.[13] Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo set a new world record in both the overall combined score and the short program while teammates Pang Qing and Tong Jian set a new world record in the free skate.
Athlete | Event | CD | SP/OD | FS/FD | Total | ||||
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Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
Liu Yan | Ladies' | 51.74 | 19 | 91.73 | 18 | 143.47 | 19 | ||
Shen Xue, Zhao Hongbo |
Pairs | 76.66 WR | 1 | 139.91 | 2 | 216.57 WR | |||
Pang Qing, Tong Jian |
Pairs | 71.50 | 4 | 141.81 WR | 1 | 213.31 | |||
Zhang Dan, Zhang Hao |
Pairs | 71.28 | 5 | 123.06 | 4 | 194.34 | 5 | ||
Huang Xintong, Zheng Xun |
Ice dancing | 29.22 | 19 | 45.03 | 20 | 71.27 | 20 | 145.52 | 19 |
Freestyle skiing
- Men
Event | Athlete | Qualifying | Final | ||
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Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
Aerials | Han Xiaopeng | 192.52 | 21 | Did not advance | |
Jia Zongyang | 242.52 | 1 Q | 237.57 | 6 | |
Liu Zhongqing | 229.67 | 11 Q | 242.53 | ||
Qi Guangpu | 230.28 | 10 Q | 234.85 | 7 |
- Women
Event | Athlete | Qualifying | Final | ||
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Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
Aerials | Cheng Shuang | 180.91 | 4 Q | 187.87 | 7 |
Guo Xinxin | 189.16 | 3 Q | 205.22 | ||
Li Nina | 192.10 | 2 Q | 207.23 | ||
Xu Mengtao | 168.55 | 8 Q | 191.61 | 6 |
Ice hockey
Women's tournament
See also China women's national ice hockey team
- Roster
The following is the Chinese roster in the women's ice hockey tournament of the 2010 Winter Olympics.[14]
Position | Name | Height | Weight | Birthdate | Birthplace | 2009–10 team |
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G | Han Danni | 165 | 58 | 9 January 1991 | Harbin | Qiqihar |
G | Jia Dandan | 163 | 55 | 5 May 1982 | Harbin | Harbin |
G | Shi Yao | 178 | 70 | 13 January 1987 | Harbin | Harbin |
D | Jiang Na | 174 | 75 | 18 October 1988 | Harbin | Harbin |
D | Liu Zhixin | 174 | 68 | 25 April 1993 | Qiqihar | Qiqihar |
D | Lou Yue | 160 | 60 | 22 April 1987 | Harbin | Harbin |
D | Qi Xueting | 158 | 58 | 7 November 1986 | Harbin | Harbin |
D | Tan Anqi | 175 | 67 | 10 June 1986 | Harbin | Harbin |
D | Wang Nan | 164 | 67 | 22 April 1988 | Harbin | Harbin |
D | Yu Baiwei | 166 | 68 | 17 July 1988 | Harbin | Harbin |
D | Zhang Shuang | 162 | 58 | 7 March 1987 | Harbin | Harbin |
F | Cui Shanshan | 177 | 67 | 8 May 1987 | Harbin | Harbin |
F | Gao Fujin | 162 | 65 | 15 July 1984 | Harbin | Harbin |
F | Huang Haijing | 172 | 72 | 3 July 1988 | Harbin | Harbin |
F | Huo Cui | 160 | 54 | 13 September 1988 | Harbin | Harbin |
F | Jin Fengling – A | 166 | 56 | 20 November 1982 | Harbin | Harbin |
F | Ma Rui | 172 | 69 | 29 March 1989 | Harbin | Harbin |
F | Su Ziwei | 162 | 65 | 9 December 1984 | Harbin | Harbin |
F | Sun Rui – A | 169 | 60 | 14 May 1982 | Harbin | Harbin |
F | Tang Liang | 163 | 54 | 26 August 1985 | Harbin | Harbin |
F | Wang Linuo – C | 160 | 57 | 28 August 1979 | Harbin | Harbin |
F | Zhang Ben | 170 | 61 | 22 July 1985 | Harbin | Harbin |
F | Zhang Mengying | 166 | 55 | 22 December 1993 | Qiqihar | Qiqihar |
Group play
China played in Group B.
- Round-robin
All times are local (UTC-8).
14 February 2010 12:00 | United States | 12–1 (5–0, 3–0, 4–1) | China | UBC Winter Sports Centre, Vancouver Attendance: 5,278 |
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Molly Schaus (out 52:00) / Brianne McLaughlin (in 52:00) | Goalies | Shi Yao | Referee: Ulla Sipilä | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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8 min | Penalties | 12 min | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
61 | Shots | 7 |
16 February 2010 19:00 | Finland | 2–1 (0–1, 2–0, 0–0) | China | UBC Winter Sports Centre, Vancouver Attendance: 5,317 |
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Noora Räty | Goalies | Shi Yao | Referee: Joy Tottman | ||||||||
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43 | Shots | 5 |
18 February 2010 19:00 | China | 1–2 (0–0, 1–2, 0–0) | Russia | UBC Winter Sports Centre, Vancouver Attendance: 5,391 |
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Shi Yao | Goalies | Irina Gashennikova | Referee: Mary Anne Gage Linesmen: Meghan Margaret Hishmeh Anna Majapuro | ||||||||
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4 min | Penalties | 12 min | |||||||||
22 | Shots | 39 |
- Standings
Team |
GP | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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United States | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 30 | 9 |
Finland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 6 |
Russia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 19 | −16 | 3 |
China | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 16 | −13 | 0 |
Classification round
- Fifth place semifinal
20 February 2010 14:30 | Switzerland | 6–0 (2–0, 2–0, 2–0) | China | UBC Winter Sports Centre, Vancouver Attendance: 5,454 |
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Florence Schelling | Goalies | Shi Yao (out 7:53) Jia Dandan (in 7:53) | Referee: Leah Wrazidlo | |||||||||||||||||
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16 min | Penalties | 6 min | ||||||||||||||||||
49 | Shots | 21 |
- Seventh place game
22 February 2010 14:00 | China | 3–1 (0–1, 1–0, 2–0) | Slovakia | UBC Winter Sports Centre, Vancouver Attendance: 5,284 |
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Shi Yao | Goalies | Zuzana Tomčíková | Referee: Joy Tottman | |||||||||||
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4 min | Penalties | 6 min | ||||||||||||
32 | Shots | 21 |
Short track speed skating
China has 10 qualified teams to this sporting event.
- Men
Event | Athlete | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
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Time | Position | Time | Position | Time | Position | Time | Position | ||
500 m | Han Jialiang | 41.869 | 1 Q | 41.443 | 3 | Did not advance | |||
Liang Wenhao | DSQ | ||||||||
Ma Yunfeng | 41.954 | 3 | Did not advance | ||||||
1000 m | Han Jialiang | 1:26.479 | 1 Q | 1:25.856 | 2 Q | 1:25.462 | 4 QB | 1:32.023 | 6 |
Liang Wenhao | 1:26.249 | 2 Q | 1:25.060 | 3 | Did not advance | ||||
Ma Yunfeng | 1:25.814 | 4 | Did not advance | ||||||
1500 m | Liu Xianwei | 2:14.354 | 3 Q | 2:14.500 | 5 Q | Did not advance | |||
Liang Wenhao | 2:16.152 | 1 Q | 2:15.453 | 2 Q | 2:48.192 | 6 | |||
Song Weilong | 2:20.095 | 6 | Did not advance | ||||||
5000 m relay | Han Jialiang Liu Xianwei Ma Yunfeng Song Weilong |
6:43.601 | 1 QA | 6:44.630 | 4 |
- Women
Event | Athlete | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
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Time | Position | Time | Position | Time | Position | Time | Position | ||
500 m | Wang Meng | 43.926 | 1 Q | 43.284 | 1 Q | 42.985 | 1 QA OR | 43.048 | |
Zhou Yang | 44.115 | 1 Q | 44.106 | 1 Q | 43.992 | 3 QB | 44.725 | 5 | |
Zhao Nannan | 1:02.132 | 4 | Did not advance | ||||||
1000 m | Wang Meng | 1:30.958 | 1 Q | 1:32.267 | 1 Q | 1:30.573 | 2 QA | 1:29.213 | |
Zhou Yang | 1:30.781 | 1 Q | 1:29.849 | 1 Q | 1:29.049 | 1 QA | DSQ | ||
Sun Linlin | 1:30.629 | 2 Q | 1:30.589 | 3 | Did not advance | ||||
1500 m | Wang Meng | 2:29.199 | 1 Q | DSQ | |||||
Zhou Yang | 2:24.246 | 1 Q | 2:21.049 | 2 QA | 2:16.993 | ||||
Sun Linlin | 2:24.031 | 2 Q | 2:24.777 | 3 QB | 2:42.960 | 10 | |||
3000 m relay | Sun Linlin Wang Meng Zhang Hui Zhou Yang |
4:08.797 | 1 Q | 4:06.610 | WR |
Snowboarding
- Men
Event | Athlete | Qualification | Semifinal | Finals | ||||||
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Run 1 | Run 2 | Rank | Run 1 | Run 2 | Rank | Run 1 | Run 2 | Rank | ||
Halfpipe | Shi Wancheng | 15.8 | 18.0 | 19 | Did not advance | |||||
Zeng Xiaoye | 14.0 | 32.8 | 5 Q | 32.9 | 16.2 | 10 | Did not advance |
- Women
Event | Athlete | Qualification | Semifinal | Finals | ||||||
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Run 1 | Run 2 | Rank | Run 1 | Run 2 | Rank | Run 1 | Run 2 | Rank | ||
Halfpipe | Cai Xuetong | 14.1 | 19.3 | 23 | Did not advance | |||||
Liu Jiayu | 26.3 | 33.3 | 12 Q | 41.1 | 36.2 | 2 Q | 39.3 | 34.9 | 4 | |
Sun Zhifeng | 38.2 | 39.9 | 6 QF | n/a | 29.8 | 33.0 | 7 |
Key: Q=Qualified for next round, QF=Qualified directly for the final
Speed skating
- Men
Event | Athlete | Race 1 | Race 2 | Final | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
500 metres | Wang Nan | 35.915 | 26 | 35.928 | 25 | 71.84 | 25 |
Yu Fengtong | 35.116 | 7 | 35.120 | 7 | 70.23 | 7 | |
Zhang Zhongqi | 35.175 | 14 | 35.113 | 6 | 70.288 | 10 | |
Liu Fangyi | 36.193 | 34 | 36.047 | 27 | 72.24 | 28 | |
1000 metres | Wang Nan | 1:11.82 | 31 | ||||
1500 metres | Sun Longjiang | 1:51.30 | 35 | ||||
Gao Xuefeng | 1:50.78 | 34 |
- Women
Event | Athlete | Race 1 | Race 2 | Final | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
500 metres | Jin Peiyu | 38.68 | 6 | 38.771 | 11 | 77.45 | 8 |
Wang Beixing | 38.48 | 3 | 38.144 | 3 | 76.63 | ||
Xing Aihua | 38.79 | 11 | 38.849 | 16 | 77.64 | 13 | |
Zhang Shuang | 38.53 | 5 | 38.807 | 13 | 77.33 | 7 | |
1000 metres | Jin Peiyu | 1:17.97 | 18 | ||||
Ren Hui | 1:19.18 | 33 | |||||
Wang Beixing | 1:18.30 | 24 | |||||
Yu Jing | 1:19.13 | 32 | |||||
1500 metres | Wang Fei | 2:00.65 | 20 | ||||
3000 metres | Fu Chunyan | 4:20.62 | 25 | ||||
Wang Fei | 4:18.42 | 22 |
Related teams
Athletes from the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region compete separately as "Hong Kong, China".
See also
References
- China House
- http://2010wgh.olympic.cn/
- Los Angeles Times, "Fourth time is their charm", Philip Hersh, 16 February 2010 (accessed 16 February 2010)
- "China makes historic breakthrough in winter sports at Vancouver Olympics", Xinhua, March 1, 2010
- "20th Olympic Winter Games: Turin 2006". China Daily. 2006-03-09. Retrieved 2010-02-26.
- China eyeing better results at Vancouver Games from China Daily
- "China considering Winter Olympics bid". USA Today. Associated Press. 2007-02-02. Retrieved 2010-02-26.
- "China on the rise in aerials". USA Today. Associated Press. 2010-01-08. Retrieved 2010-02-26.
- "Speedskater Wang targets gold at 2010 Winter Olympics". China Daily. 2007-01-10. Retrieved 2010-02-26.
- "Lack of experience takes two golds away". China Daily. 2007-01-10. Retrieved 2009-02-19.
- "Shen, Zhao lead with record score". Vancouver 2010, Figure Skating. 2010-02-15.
- Agence France Presse, "Shen, Zhao claim China's first figure skating gold", Emmeline Moore, 16 February 2010 (accessed 16 February 2010)
- "International Skating Union Communication No. 1589: Olympic Winter Games 2010 - Entries/Participation Single & Pair Skatng [sic] And Ice Dance". International Skating Union. September 28, 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-10-04. Retrieved November 21, 2009.
- 2010 China Team
External links
- Team China at olympic.cn and vancouver2010.com
- Team coverage at CTV Olympics and NBC Olympics