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China leaves Pyeongchang on a high

Here is this week’s China Sports column for SupChina, which was first published here.  

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Two silvers and a bronze on night of drama

It’s late so I’ll make this quick…

China’s short track team delivered a solid performance on Friday night, winning medals in each of the final three short track races:

China's Wu Dajing (R) congratulates Viktor Ahn
China’s Wu Dajing (R) congratulates Viktor Ahn

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China wins gold in Sochi!

Li Jianrou celebrates after winning goldIt wasn’t supposed to happen like this. Fan Kexin was the anointed successor to China’s most decorated Winter Olympian Wang Meng, following Wang’s double ankle fracture in training last month. If Wang had been a certainty to win (at least in Chinese minds), then Fan was the next best thing, stepping into the breach as China’s short track production line all moved up one slot in the rankings.

It was all going according to plan: Fan posted the fastest time in the heats, then again in the quarterfinals. But it all went horribly wrong in the semifinals. Continue reading China wins gold in Sochi!