For the 2016 Rio Olympics, the Chinese team will send a strong 416 contingent players. It will include 256 women and 160 men to take part in 26 sports. Last time in the London Olympics, the Chinese team had sent 396 athletes to take part in the prestigious competition.
China has been a strong competitor in the Olympics and it would be a challenge for others to fight with them. In the last Olympics held in London, the Chinese team had won 38 gold, 29 silver and 21 bronze medal to finish 2nd in the medal tally.
” This will the largest ever Olympic delegation that China has sent overseas ,” Cai Zhenhua the deputy director of China’s General Administration of sports.
Chinese Olympic team will be looking to continue their domination over the Olympics with another strong showing.
Table Tennis, Badminton, Gymnastics are their strongest category. It will be a big challenge for others to stop the Chinese domination. It will be their biggest Olympic contingent ever overseas.
The biggest attraction for the Chinese team in this year’s Olympics would be Ai Yanhan who will take part in the 200 m women’s freestyle and 4X 200 m freestyle relay. Chen Ying will be the oldest to compete in the Rio Olympics.
Other notable attractions are Lin Dan, Wang Yihan, Li Xuerui who will be looking to perform well and get a medal for their country. Chinese crowd will be hoping for their team to deliver the goods for the country and return to the country at the top of medal standings.