The ice has been polished, the slopes have been ploughed and thousands of athletes are descending on Beijing. From China’s freestyle skier Eileen Gu to Australia’s Bree Walker in the “monobob”, here are 10 top athletes to watch.
Saturday, 8 May 2021
Australia’s hopes of adding to its 15 Winter Olympic medals at Beijing 2022 have been boosted by a new world-class freestyle skiing facility in Brisbane.
The AUD6.5million ($5million/£3.6million/€4.2million) Geoff Henke Olympic Winter Training Centre was officially opened in Brisbane s Sleeman Centre with the federal and Queensland Ministers for Sport, respectively Richard Colbeck and Stirling Hinchliffe, in attendance, along with the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) President John Coates.
Also present were Beijing 2022 hopefuls such as aerials world champion Laura Peel, former aerials world champion and five-time Olympian Jacqui Cooper and Steven Bradbury, short track 1,000 metres gold medallist at the 2002 Salt Lake Winter Games.