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competed at the

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, a short track speed skater, served as flag bearer at the Opening Ceremonies. Like most previous Olympics, coverage was via

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. The team excluded athletes from the Special Administrative Region of

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, which competed separately as ''

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Medalists

Alpine skiing

Note: In the men's combined, run 1 is the downhill, and runs 2 and 3 are the slalom. In the women's combined, run 1 and 2 are the slalom, and run 3 the downhill.

Biathlon

Cross-country skiing

Zhang Chengye competed in both the biathlon and cross-country skiing for China. ;Distance ;Men ;Women ;Sprint ;Men ;Women

Figure skating

The pairs event in figure skating captured sports headlines in China on Valentine's Day. Although the Russian pair captured the gold medal, the Chinese performances that earned the silver and bronze received significant praise from the media. China's

Zhang Dan Zhang Dan (; born 4 October 1985) is a Chinese former pair skater. With Zhang Hao, she is the 2006 Olympic silver medalist, a four-time (2005 bronze, 2006, 2008, 2009 silver) World medalist, and a two-time (2005, 2010) Four Continents champ ...

and Zhang Hao finished an almost flawless free skate after falling some 40 seconds into the program with a failed quadruple throw attempt. Many media outlets characterized the performance as the pinnacle of Chinese hard work and discipline. Sohu's official headline was "Pairs skaters capture silver, inspires world". Meanwhile, veteran

Zhao Hongbo Zhao Hongbo (; born 22 September 1973) is a Chinese retired pair skater. With his wife Shen Xue, Zhao is the 2010 Olympic champion, the 2002 & 2006 Olympic bronze medalist, a three-time World champion (2002, 2003 & 2007), a three-time Four Co ...

, who was nursing an ankle injury, and his partner Shen Xue finished on the podium after a slightly disappointing performance in the short program. Key: CD = Compulsory Dance, FD = Free Dance, FS = Free Skate, OD = Original Dance, SP = Short Program

Freestyle skiing

Short track speed skating

Key: 'ADV' indicates a skater was advanced due to being interfered with.

Ski jumping

Note: PQ indicates a skier was pre-qualified for the final, based on entry rankings.

Snowboarding

;Halfpipe Note: In the final, the single best score from two runs is used to determine the ranking. A bracketed score indicates a run that wasn't counted.

Speed skating

;Men ;Women ;Team pursuit

References

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Yahoo China's Turin Olympics Page (Chinese)
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