Here is a summary of this week’s China Sports column for SupChina, which was first published here.
The long-term goal remains 2022, but China still has several medal hopes in Pyeongchang.
The host nation of every Olympic Games – whether Summer or Winter – typically does much better than usual in the medal standings, due to a combination of factors including increased funding and fanatical home support. The host country also tends to gets a bump, albeit a smaller one, in the two Olympics immediately before and after.
With the Olympic Games heading for Beijing in 2022, you might expect China to start raking in the medals in Pyeongchang.
Unfortunately, however, the Chinese don‘t see it quite that way – and they may well be right.