ONE YEAR TO GO HONG KONG EDITION | CHINA DAILY Thursday, February 4, 2021 | 5 High expectations are pinned on China’s leading Beijing 2022 medal hopes: Han Cong/Sui Wenjing (pair skating) Liu Jiayu (snowboarding) Gu Ailing (freestyle skiing) Geng Wenqiang (skeleton) Wu Dajing (shorttrack speed skating) pic hopefuls, highlighted by his visit to the figure skating team at the Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing last month. “It’s really an honor and a great inspira tion to perform under the president’s watch,” skater Jin Yang said of Xi’s visit. ter Olympics will contribute to the “His caring words reminding us to get nation’s goal of becoming a global power enough rest and to be careful not to get on ice and snow. injured were really touching, filling us trict and cohost Zhangjiakou in Hebei Xi’s ardent interest in China’s winter with energy and confidence to keep push By SUN XIAOCHEN province — have been completed up to the sports development — underlined by his ing for better results.”
[email protected] highest international standards. Ancillary promise to oversee the delivery of a “fan As part of a national drive initiated by facilities for noncompetition functions tastic, extraordinary and excellent” Games Xi, China is rolling out an ambitious plan THE espite the ongoing impact of are on schedule to be ready by September. in 2015 before Beijing’s bid was declared to get 300 million people involved in win the COVID19 pandemic, Venue operation teams have settled in the winner — is reflected in the central ter sports activities by 2022.