Team China ready to carve it up

Chinese athletes are definitely the ones to watch in the snow sports events at the Harbin Asian Winter Games, which will be held in Yabuli, Heilongjiang province — particularly in freestyle skiing aerials, where Xu Mengtao and Qi Guangpu will be looking to add to their Beijing 2022 Olympic golds.

Four-time Olympic medalist skier Xu is in good shape, winning gold in the women's aerials at the FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup in Lake Placid in US last month. As the most decorated aerialist in history, Xu has seven world championship medals and 30 World Cup victories alongside her Olympic achievements.

The Chinese team, comprising Xu, Li Xinpeng, and Sun Jiaxu — a combination of veteran experience and youthful talent — also claimed gold in the mixed team aerials in Lake Placid. Xu and Li are also likely to take part in the mixed team aerials event in Yabuli.