Winter Olympics: Gold and silver medallist Xu Mengtao and Wang Xindi emerge as China’s new athlete power couple

Xu, considered one of the greatest aerial skiers of all time, posts several photos on social media with Wang

‘I don’t have a Gold Dwen Dwen, but I have a Peach Dwen Dwen’, writes Wang, playing on senior Xu’s nickname

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Chinese freestyle skiers Wang Xindi (left) and Xu Mengtao at the Winter Olympic. Photo: Weibo / Wang Xindi

Published: 9:30am, 28 Feb 2022Updated: 9:37am, 28 Feb 2022

Chinese Olympic freestyle skiing stars Xu Mengtao and Wang Xindi announced their relationship via social media last week.

Legendary aerial skier Xu, who in Zhangjiakou this month became the first Chinese woman to win an Olympic gold medal in her discipline, has been posting a series of couple photos on Instagram with Wang with the Chinese caption “us” alongside a heart emoji.

The 31-year-old posted nine more on Weibo of the pair after various events at the Chang Cheng Ling Ski Resort with the caption “[It] goes both ways. We develop together and strive to make each other better people.”

But it was Wang who first revealed the relationship to the public in a not-so-cryptic message.

Gold medallist Xu Mengtao of China after winning the Beijing Winter Olympic Games freestyle skiing women’s aerials event in the Zhangjiakou Medal Plaza. Photo: Reuters

“I don’t have a ‘Gold Dwen Dwen’,” he wrote with a photo of the pair in national uniform on Weibo, referring to the popular Olympics mascot Bing Dwen Dwen.

“But I have a ‘Peach Dwen Dwen’.”