Winter Olympics: Where might China's medals come from at Beijing 2022?
Jeff Pain had no doubt about his brief when he became China's skeleton coach seven years ago: «We're hiring you because we want to win a gold medal,» he was told.
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25 athletes to watch in the Beijing Winter Olympics
Updated 0035 GMT (0835 HKT) January 27, 2022Eileen Gu, an 18-year-old freestyle skier, is the defending world champion in the halfpipe and slopestyle events, and she will also compete in the big air event while at the Olympics. Gu was born in the United States and her father is American, but in 2019 she decided that she would compete for China, where her mother was born. She called it «a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to help to promote the sport I love.»Maddie Meyer/Getty Images