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What does age really mean at the Winter Olympics? On February 5, CNN took stock of the oldest and youngest athletes at the Beijing Winter Olympics. The 15-year-old Czech athlete Anezka Indrackova is the youngest athlete at the Winter Olympics and her first time competing at an international senior level. And Russian figure skater Camila M. Kamila Valieva is only a little older than Anezka by just two months. Meanwhile, the oldest athlete in the competition is German women's speed skater Claudia Pechstein, born in 1972, her eighth time on the Winter Olympics, and in her long career, she has won nine Olympic medals, including five.
According to reports, there are 176 athletes in the Chinese sports delegation with a total of more than 300 people, of which more than 70% are participating in the Winter Olympics for the first time. The average age of these athletes is 25.2 years old, the oldest is male ice hockey player Ye Jinguang (37 years old), the youngest is men's freestyle ski He Jinbo and women's ski jumper Peng Qingyue (both 17 years old).
Beijing, Feb. 5, 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics speed skating women's 3,000 meters, 49-year-old German veteran Claudia Pechstein, the eighth time she has stood on the field of the Winter Olympics, and became the first female athlete in history to achieve this achievement.
On February 4, Beijing, the second official training of the alpine skiing men's downhill at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, France's Johan Clarey, in the end, the 41-year-old French veteran won the silver medal in the men's downhill event of alpine skiing.
Beijing, February 11, 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics Men's Curling Round Robin Round 3, England vs. The United States, 39-year-old American veteran John Shuster on the field.
Beijing, February 12, 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics Men's Hockey Group A, Germany vs China, 37-year-old Chinese player Ye Jinguang is the oldest member of the Chinese Winter Olympic team.
Lindsey Jacobellis, 36, of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics Snowboard Sledges Pursuit Mixed Team Final at Zhangjiakou, Hebei Province, Feb. 12.
At the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics Snowboard Slew Track Mixed Team Awards Ceremony, gold medallist Lindsay Jacobelis and 40-year-old Nick Baumgartner, known as America's "oldest" duo, on Feb. 12.
February 14, Beijing, 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics Men's Curling Round 8, Denmark vs Norway, Norwegian curlers Torger Nergaard and Markus Hoeiberg. This is the sixth time Norwegian player Torg Nergau (left), 47, has participated in the Winter Olympics.
On February 11, Zhangjiakou, Hebei Province, the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics snowboarding men's U-shaped track skills final, born in 1986, legendary Shaun White ended his long career with the last dance, tears when he said goodbye to his beloved stadium.
Zhangjiakou, Hebei Province, February 5, 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics Ski Jumping Women's Individual Standard Stage Race. Czech athlete Anezka Indrackova, born in 2006, is competing.
On February 15, Beijing, su Yiming wore a national flag to celebrate winning the championship in the final of the men's big jump at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. The 17-year-old Su Yiming became China's youngest Winter Olympic champion to date.
On February 5, Zhangjiakou, Hebei Province, the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics ski jumping women's individual standard platform test jump wheel, 17-year-old Chinese teenager Peng Qingyue played.
February 8, Beijing, 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics freestyle ski women's big jump final, Gu Ailing won the gold medal, she was born in 2003.
February 7, Beijing, 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics figure skating team women's singles free skating, zhu Yi on the field, she was born in 2002.
Born in 2004, the men's 500m speed skating final at the Beijing Winter Olympics on February 12, 2004, was born in the United States.
February 6, Beijing, 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics figure skating team men's singles free skating, born in 2003 by Japan's Yujin Kenyama.
On February 14, Russian figure skater Camilla Kamila Valieva, who trained formally at the Beijing Winter Olympics, was born in 2006.
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