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China celebrates record Winter Olympics haul, beating US​

Agence France-Presse / 06:14 PM February 20, 2022

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2022 Beijing Olympics – Freestyle Skiing – Women’s Freeski Slopestyle – Final – Genting Snow Park, Zhangjiakou, China – February 15, 2022. Silver medallist Gu Ailing Eileen of China celebrates during the flower ceremony. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner

China celebrated a record gold medal haul as the Beijing Winter Olympics concluded Sunday, narrowly beating out chief geopolitical rival the United States to rank third in the medal count.

Traditionally much stronger in the Summer Games, China earned an unprecedented nine gold medals during its home-hosted winter edition after the state plowed resources into training.

By Sunday afternoon, at least four trending hashtags related to China’s best haul had received almost 200 million views on the Twitter-like platform Weibo.

Much of that commentary was as pleased about beating the United States by one place as it was China’s best winter finish.

“Last year the US surpassed China by one gold medal in the Summer Olympics, this year China surpassed the US by one medal,” read one comment liked more than 2,800 times.

The Chinese team won 15 medals in total — nine golds, four silvers and two bronzes.

Figure skating duo Han Cong and Sui Wenjing secured the country’s last Olympic gold — and broke a previous world record — in an emotional pairs event on Saturday evening.

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Gold medallist, China’s Sui Wenjing receives a Chinese flag from the team as she and China’s Han Cong celebrate winning the pair skating figure skating event during the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games at the Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing on February 19, 2022. (Photo by Anne-Christine POUJOULAT / AFP)

Winter powerhouse Norway was in first place with 16 gold medals and a total of 37. Runner-up Germany received 12 golds and 27 medals in total.

Beijing sees the Winter Games as a propaganda showpiece with which to burnish its international image and project soft power abroad.

But the event has been clouded by political controversies.

The United States led a diplomatic boycott of the Games over China’s human rights record, which was joined by multiple Western countries.

The Games also saw a doping scandal involving a teenage Russian athlete and growing fears of a Russian invasion of Ukraine.

However, Chinese medal-winners have been lionized as national heroes by state media, while Chinese social media has been flooded with patriotic comments.

“I am so proud of the Chinese team’s achievements,” 32-year-old tech worker Min Rui told AFP on Sunday as she shopped with two girlfriends near an Olympic countdown clock in one of Beijing’s central districts.

“The winter sports industry is still in its infancy and many athletes were chosen from other sporting disciplines. So coming third in the medal tally, ahead of countries like the US and Canada, is a real achievement.”

Beijing’s investment in developing winter sports has nurtured a new generation of breakout stars.

Among them are teenage snowboarding champion Su Yiming and Chinese-American skier Eileen Gu, who is the most decorated Chinese athlete with two golds and one silver medal.

Gu switched to compete for China over the United States in 2019.

China won one gold and a total of nine medals at the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics.

It had never won more than three gold medals in Winter Games history.

 
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China celebrates record Winter Olympics haul, beating US​

Agence France-Presse / 06:14 PM February 20, 2022

2022-02-15T041710Z_2_LYNXMPEI1E03T_RTROPTP_4_OLYMPICS-2022-FREESTYLE-2048x1365.jpg

2022 Beijing Olympics – Freestyle Skiing – Women’s Freeski Slopestyle – Final – Genting Snow Park, Zhangjiakou, China – February 15, 2022. Silver medallist Gu Ailing Eileen of China celebrates during the flower ceremony. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner

China celebrated a record gold medal haul as the Beijing Winter Olympics concluded Sunday, narrowly beating out chief geopolitical rival the United States to rank third in the medal count.

Traditionally much stronger in the Summer Games, China earned an unprecedented nine gold medals during its home-hosted winter edition after the state plowed resources into training.

By Sunday afternoon, at least four trending hashtags related to China’s best haul had received almost 200 million views on the Twitter-like platform Weibo.

Much of that commentary was as pleased about beating the United States by one place as it was China’s best winter finish.

“Last year the US surpassed China by one gold medal in the Summer Olympics, this year China surpassed the US by one medal,” read one comment liked more than 2,800 times.

The Chinese team won 15 medals in total — nine golds, four silvers and two bronzes.

By Sunday afternoon, at least four trending hashtags related to China’s best haul had received almost 200 million views on the Twitter-like platform Weibo.

Much of that commentary was as pleased about beating the United States by one place as it was China’s best winter finish.

“Last year the US surpassed China by one gold medal in the Summer Olympics, this year China surpassed the US by one medal,” read one comment liked more than 2,800 times.

The Chinese team won 15 medals in total — nine golds, four silvers and two bronzes.

Figure skating duo Han Cong and Sui Wenjing secured the country’s last Olympic gold — and broke a previous world record — in an emotional pairs event on Saturday evening.

Beijing winter Olympics

Gold medallist, China’s Sui Wenjing receives a Chinese flag from the team as she and China’s Han Cong celebrate winning the pair skating figure skating event during the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games at the Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing on February 19, 2022. (Photo by Anne-Christine POUJOULAT / AFP)

Winter powerhouse Norway was in first place with 16 gold medals and a total of 37. Runner-up Germany received 12 golds and 27 medals in total.

Beijing sees the Winter Games as a propaganda showpiece with which to burnish its international image and project soft power abroad.

But the event has been clouded by political controversies.

The United States led a diplomatic boycott of the Games over China’s human rights record, which was joined by multiple Western countries.

The Games also saw a doping scandal involving a teenage Russian athlete and growing fears of a Russian invasion of Ukraine.

However, Chinese medal-winners have been lionized as national heroes by state media, while Chinese social media has been flooded with patriotic comments.

“I am so proud of the Chinese team’s achievements,” 32-year-old tech worker Min Rui told AFP on Sunday as she shopped with two girlfriends near an Olympic countdown clock in one of Beijing’s central districts.

“The winter sports industry is still in its infancy and many athletes were chosen from other sporting disciplines. So coming third in the medal tally, ahead of countries like the US and Canada, is a real achievement.”

Beijing’s investment in developing winter sports has nurtured a new generation of breakout stars.

Among them are teenage snowboarding champion Su Yiming and Chinese-American skier Eileen Gu, who is the most decorated Chinese athlete with two golds and one silver medal.

Gu switched to compete for China over the United States in 2019.

China won one gold and a total of nine medals at the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics.

It had never won more than three gold medals in Winter Games history.

not true, China won 5 golds in vancouver 2010 games.
 
not true, China won 5 golds in vancouver 2010 games.
Yes, their data is not accurate.

 
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Yes, their data is not accurate.


western media is so lousy with basic facts. Just google it….
 
yes off course they will be remembered for this only

Cheating, doping, and biased judging will mar Olympic brand long after Beijing Games finish​


 
yes off course they will be remembered for this only

Cheating, doping, and biased judging will mar Olympic brand long after Beijing Games finish​


lOL, What a sore loser :yahoo:
 
western media is so lousy with basic facts. Just google it….

You need to Google the news source too while you are at it.
inquirer.net/451999/china-celebrates-record-winter-olympics-haul-beating-us

Read the page again..Inquirer.net is the usual lousy with basic facts Eastern Media. Scroll to the bottom if you don't believe me.

is a mass media conglomerate based in Makati, Philippines with the Philippine Daily Inquirer as its flagship brand


They just take for granted that China must be very bad.

No Eastern media does. You have just have a bad reputation in all sides.
 
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yes off course they will be remembered for this only

Cheating, doping, and biased judging will mar Olympic brand long after Beijing Games finish​


Yup, the same taiwan news who say shxt about PAF JF-17. I guess you shall agree with it.

 

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