Overseas Network, January 20. The Beijing Winter Olympics will open on February 4. The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Ski Team will send two skiers, one male and one female, to compete in two events, with the largest number of representatives in the previous Winter Olympics.
Two athletes Weng Houquan and Jin Hexiao are currently training in Austria and will meet the media via video on the 20th.
According to Hong Kong Wenhui.com, the representative of the Chinese Hong Kong team, Jin Hexiao, played in the National Winter Games in 2020 and made it to the 30th place. At the end of 2021, she overcame her injury and scored enough points to participate in the Winter Olympics.
She said that she was satisfied with her recent practice results and was very happy to qualify for the competition to represent Hong Kong, China.
Weng Houquan, a 17-year-old teenager, was also pleasantly surprised that he could represent Hong Kong in the competition. He said that his goal before the competition was to enter the top 50, and it would be better if he could enter the top 30.
Yu Guoxian, president of the Hong Kong Ski Association of China, said that the Hong Kong team of China won the 56th place in the last Winter Olympics and hoped for better results this year.
He revealed that the two players had been to the Beijing venue for training earlier, and will go to Beijing at the end of January to train with the national team and get used to the venue in advance.
(Overseas Network Wu Qian)