Winter Olympics: meet China’s Beijing 2022 figure skating big guns, including ‘goddess’ Zhu Yi and men’s medal hope Jin Boyang
- Zhu and Pyeongchang 2018 bronze medallist Jin will be leading the charge for eight-strong Chinese team
- While they may be small in number, squad has a nice mix of seasoned veterans and young up and comers
Figure skating has long been a popular sport in China, whose national team has won eight Olympic medals, including one gold, three silver and four bronze.
The only gold came at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics, when Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo topped the podium in the pairs event. At that same Games, teammates Pang Qing and Tong Jian won silver.
China will have eight figure skaters in four competitions at Beijing 2022: one in the men’s singles, one in the women’s singles, two duos in the pairs, and one duo in ice dancing.
While they may be small in number, the Chinese team has a nice mix of seasoned veterans and young up and comers, with enough world-ranked talent to challenge once again for places on the podium in February.
Men’s singles: Jin Boyang