Hey there, sports fans! 🥳 Guess what? China is sending a team of super-talented young athletes to the 2025 Winter Universiade in Turin, Italy! 🏔️🇮🇹
The Winter Universiade is like the Olympics for university students from all over the world! 🌍 It’s a big sports festival where athletes compete in cool winter sports. And this time, China is bringing 48 athletes from 13 different universities! 🎓⛷️
They’ll be competing in awesome sports like Alpine skiing (that’s skiing down steep mountains! 🌄), cross-country skiing, snowboarding 🏂, ski mountaineering (climbing up and skiing down mountains!), curling (the one with the stones and brooms! 🧹), and short track speed skating ⛸️.
Most of these athletes are around 22 years old, and for 45 of them, it’s their very first time competing in a big world event! 😮 How exciting is that?
To get ready, they’ve been training hard in Beijing and Jilin Province in northeast China. 🏋️♂️💪 They’ve had special selection events to pick the best of the best!
Liu Lixin, the head of the Chinese delegation, said they hope these athletes will show the world how awesome China’s youth are. 🌟 They want to make new friends from other countries and share cultures! 🤝
The Winter Universiade will happen from January 13 to 23, and there will be over 2,600 athletes and officials from 55 countries and regions! 🥳 It’s going to be a blast!
Let’s cheer on the team and wish them the best of luck! Go Team China! 🇨🇳🎉
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China to send 48 athletes to 2025 Winter Universiade in Turin
cgtn.com
