China News Service, Toronto, July 14 (Reporter Yu Ruidong) 371 Canadian athletes will participate in the upcoming Tokyo Olympics, including more than a dozen of the country's top Chinese athletes.

　　According to the information released by the Canadian Olympic Committee, the Canadian athletes participating in this Olympic Games include 225 female athletes and 146 male athletes, aged between 14 and 56 years old.

Among them, 40 have won Olympic medals, and 226 have participated in the Olympics for the first time.

In addition, the delegation also includes 131 coaches.

This is Canada's largest Olympic delegation since the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.

　　In the Canadian Olympic Corps, Chinese athletes will participate in badminton, table tennis, fencing, track and field, rock climbing, marathon swimming, softball, taekwondo and other events.

　　The three players on the table tennis team include Zhang Mo, a 32-year-old female golfer who has participated in the Olympics three times, Wang Zhen, a 35-year-old player who has participated in two Olympics, and Jeremy Hazin, a 21-year-old rookie who has half Chinese descent. .

They are about to end the final stage of preparations in Portugal.

　　In an interview with the Canadian Chinese Media Online on July 14, the three players said that the long-term lockdown under the new crown epidemic has greatly affected the physical and psychological state of the athletes. Training and competition have not been resumed in the past six months.

In the face of the Olympic Games, they all said that they need to focus on playing every point and every game, and they believe that they will achieve better results after playing the state.

　　Both Zhang Mo and Wang Zhen, both born in Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province, China, will partner in the table tennis mixed doubles competition.

Zhang Mo said that since only 16 pairs of mixed doubles players have entered Tokyo, the chances of winning a medal are relatively high, so the mixed doubles training has been strengthened recently.

　　Xia Zhongwen, who will play in the men's singles competition, said frankly that he was really nervous to participate in the Olympics for the first time.

However, there will be no live audience at that time, which may reduce the pressure.

He looks forward to more victories in Tokyo.

　　The Canadian badminton team will participate in all five events.

Most of the 4 males and 4 females are Chinese players, including Canada’s number one female player Michelle Li, who was the youngest Canadian national champion and won the Pan American Championships and Youth Olympic gold medals. Young general Yang Can (Brian Yang) and so on.

　　On the fencing team, you can see Jessica Guo, a 16-year-old player who is regarded as the "Star of Hope" for Canadian women's foil.

She participated in the Olympics for the first time and won gold medals in the World Championships and the Pan American Games. She currently ranks first in Canada in terms of performance.

　　Canadian athletes won 4 gold, 3 silver and 15 bronze medals in the 2016 Rio Olympics.

The country’s best performance in the Olympics was the Los Angeles Olympics with a total of 44 medals of 10 gold, 18 silver and 16 bronze.

　　The Tokyo Olympics will open on July 23 and will last until August 8.

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