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Hong Kong at the 2022 Winter Olympics

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Hong Kong at the
2022 Winter Olympics
Flag of Hong Kong
IOC codeHKG
NOCSports Federation and Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China
Websitewww.hkolympic.org (in English)
in Beijing, China
4–20 February 2022
Competitors3 (2 men and 1 woman) in 2 sports
Flag bearer (opening)Sidney Chu
Flag bearer (closing)Volunteer
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

Hong Kong, a special administrative region (SAR) of the People's Republic of China, competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, from 4 to 20 February 2022.[1][2] The delegation competed under the formal name Hong Kong, China (Chinese: 中國香港). This was the SAR's sixth appearance at a Winter Olympic Games, since its first appearance in 2002.

Hong Kong's team consists of three athletes (two men and one woman) competing in two sports (alpine skiing and short track speed skating). This is the largest ever team Hong Kong has sent to the Winter Olympics.[3][4]

Sidney Chu was the country's flagbearer during the opening ceremony.[5][6][7] Meanwhile a volunteer was the flagbearer during the closing ceremony.[8][9]

Background

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Hong Kong began competing in the Summer Olympic Games in 1952, and have participated in every Summer Olympics since, excluding the boycotted 1980 Moscow Games.[10][11] Hong Kong was a British colony until the 1997 transfer of sovereignty from the United Kingdom to the People's Republic of China.[12] The SAR retained the right to send separate teams to the Olympics and other international sporting events that it had enjoyed under British rule.[13] Hong Kong made its Winter Olympic Games debut in 2002 at Salt Lake City.[11] Hong Kong has never won a Winter Olympics medal.[11] The Hong Kong delegation to Beijing consisted of three athletes, alpine skier Adrian Yung and Audrey King, and short track speed skater Sidney Chu.[14] Sidney Chu was the country's flagbearer during the opening ceremony.[5][6][7] Meanwhile a volunteer was the flagbearer during the closing ceremony.[8][9]

Competitors

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The following is the list of the number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

Sport Men Women Total
Alpine skiing 1 1 2
Short track speed skating 1 0 1
Total 2 1 3

Alpine skiing

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Main articles: Alpine skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics and Alpine skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification

By meeting the basic qualification standards Hong Kong qualified one male and one female alpine skier.[15]

Audrey King who had previously represented Hong Kong during the 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games and Adrian Yung both met the minimum standard requirements.[16]

Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Adrian Yung Men's giant slalom DNF Did not advance
Men's slalom DNF Did not advance
Audrey King Women's slalom DNF Did not advance

Short track speed skating

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Main articles: Short track speed skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics and Short track speed skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Hong Kong has qualified one male short track speed skater.[17][18]

As Sui Xin who originally obtained the quota place has not obtained a HKSAR passport, Sidney Chu will represent Hong Kong during the 500m short track speed skating event in his place.[19]

Sidney Chu was 22 years old at the time of the Beijing Olympics.[20] On 11 February, the heats of the men's 500 meters race were held, Chu was assigned to heat eight.[21] He finished his heat in third place with a time of 44.857 seconds and was eliminated as only the top two in each heat were allowed to proceed to the quarterfinals.[21] He was ranked 24th for this event.[21]

Athlete Event Heat Quarter-final Semi-final Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Sidney Chu 500 m 44.857 3 Did not advance 24

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "NOCs List Beijing 2022". www.olympics.com/. International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 27 January 2022. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  2. ^ "Which countries are competing in the Winter Olympics 2022? Full list". The Independent. London, United Kingdom. 4 February 2022. Archived from the original on 15 February 2022. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
  3. ^ McNicol, Andrew (10 January 2022). "Beijing Winter Olympics: Sidney Chu, Hong Kong's unwavering speed skater, finally living out his dreams". South China Morning Post. Hong Kong. Archived from the original on 14 January 2022. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  4. ^ Chan, Kin-wa (10 December 2021). "Beijing 2022: Hong Kong set to send largest-ever squad for Winter Olympics – three athletes". South China Morning Post. Hong Kong. Archived from the original on 14 January 2022. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  5. ^ a b "Beijing-2022 Opening Ceremony Flag-Bearers". www.olympics.com/. International Olympic Committee (IOC). 4 February 2022. Archived from the original on 4 February 2022. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  6. ^ a b McNicol, Andrew (5 February 2022). "Winter Olympics: 'handsome' Sidney Chu 'flustered' by surge in Chinese social media attention after flag-bearing duties for Hong Kong". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  7. ^ a b "Asian NOC flagbearers for Beijing 2022 opening ceremony". www.ocasia.org. Olympic Council of Asia. 4 February 2022. Archived from the original on 9 February 2022. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  8. ^ a b "Beijing-2022 Closing Ceremony Flag-Bearers" (PDF). www.olympics.com/. International Olympic Committee (IOC). 20 February 2022. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  9. ^ a b "Asian NOC flagbearers for Beijing 2022 closing ceremony". www.ocasia.org. Olympic Council of Asia. 20 February 2022. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
  10. ^ "54 Boycotted in 1980". The New York Times. 10 May 1984. Archived from the original on 30 January 2018. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
  11. ^ a b c "Hong Kong". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 9 January 2018. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
  12. ^ Singh, Harminder (1 July 2016). "Everything you need to know about Hong Kong's return to Chinese sovereignty". South China Morning Post. Archived from the original on 18 October 2017. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
  13. ^ Careem, Nazvi (28 June 2017). "One country, two teams: how Hong Kong kept its identity in the sporting arena". South China Morning Post. Archived from the original on 2 July 2017. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
  14. ^ "Olympedia – Hong Kong, China at the 2022 Winter Olympics". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 2023-05-01.
  15. ^ "ALPINE SKIING QUOTAS LIST FOR OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES 2022". www.data.fis-ski.com/. International Ski Federation (FIS). 15 June 2021. Archived from the original on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  16. ^ "Beijing 2022: skier Audrey King qualifies for Winter Olympics as Arabella Ng withdraws citing academic pressure and travel restrictions". www.scmp.com/sports. South China Morning Post. 15 June 2021. Archived from the original on 30 December 2021. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  17. ^ McNicol, Andrew (29 November 2021). "Beijing 2022 Olympics: Hong Kong set to book short-track speedskating spot thanks to Sui Xin's World Cup heroics". South China Morning Post. Archived from the original on 4 December 2021. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
  18. ^ "Communication 2442: XXIV Olympic Winter Games 2022 Beijing Qualified quota places Short Track Speed Skating". International Skating Union. 9 December 2021. Archived from the original on 9 December 2021. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
  19. ^ "Beijing 2022 Olympics: Hong Kong becoming 'a force to be reckoned with', says speed skater Sidney Chu". www.scmp.com/sports. South China Morning Post. 29 December 2021. Archived from the original on 29 December 2021. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
  20. ^ "Olympedia – Sidney Chu". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 2023-05-07.
  21. ^ a b c "Olympedia – 500 metres, Men". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 2023-05-07.
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