When and where did China first participate in the Winter Olympics?

Lake Placid 1980 Winter Olympics, China participated in the Winter Olympics for the first time.

The 13th Winter Olympics is the first time that the Chinese Olympic Committee has sent personnel to participate in the Winter Olympics since 1979 resumed its legal seat in the International Olympic Committee. * * * Send 28 male and female athletes to participate in skating, skiing and modern biathlon 18 individual events.

1980 At the 13th Winter Olympics, 30-year-old Zhao Weichang appeared at the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics as the first flag bearer in China. When Zhao Weichang stepped into the stadium with a five-star red flag in his hand, the audience present gave warm applause to the China delegation. ?

China participated in the Winter Olympics training for the first time.

Compared with the complete training guarantee now, the training environment of China athletes at that time was very bad. Take skating as an example. At that time, there was no indoor skating rink, and all the training was outside. At the coldest time, the temperature can reach MINUS 20 degrees, but even in snowy and windy weather, athletes still don't stop training.

In the era when there was no indoor skating rink, only Heihe River in Heilongjiang Province could "ice early". But there is a big difficulty in "early icing", that is, the ice is not strong enough, and athletes will fall into the ice hole if they are not careful. Therefore, the coach always carries ropes and wooden poles with him, ready to salvage the drowning people at any time.