• Source: Hong Kong at the 2022 Winter Olympics

      • Hong Kong, a special administrative region (SAR) of the People's Republic of China, competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, from 4 to 20 February 2022. The delegation competed under the formal name Hong Kong, China (Chinese: 中國香港). This was the SAR's sixth appearance at a Winter Olympic Games, since its first appearance in 2002.
      Hong Kong's team consists of three athletes (two men and one woman) competing in two sports (alpine skiing and short track speed skating). This is the largest ever team Hong Kong has sent to the Winter Olympics.
      Sidney Chu was the country's flagbearer during the opening ceremony. Meanwhile a volunteer was the flagbearer during the closing ceremony.


      Background


      Hong Kong began competing in the Summer Olympic Games in 1952, and have participated in every Summer Olympics since, excluding the boycotted 1980 Moscow Games. Hong Kong was a British colony until the 1997 transfer of sovereignty from the United Kingdom to the People's Republic of China. The SAR retained the right to send separate teams to the Olympics and other international sporting events that it had enjoyed under British rule. Hong Kong made its Winter Olympic Games debut in 2002 at Salt Lake City. Hong Kong has never won a Winter Olympics medal. The Hong Kong delegation to Beijing consisted of three athletes, alpine skier Adrian Yung and Audrey King, and short track speed skater Sidney Chu. Sidney Chu was the country's flagbearer during the opening ceremony. Meanwhile a volunteer was the flagbearer during the closing ceremony.


      Competitors


      The following is the list of the number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.


      Alpine skiing



      By meeting the basic qualification standards Hong Kong qualified one male and one female alpine skier.
      Audrey King who had previously represented Hong Kong during the 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games and Adrian Yung both met the minimum standard requirements.


      Short track speed skating



      Hong Kong has qualified one male short track speed skater.
      As Sui Xin who originally obtained the quota place has not obtained a HKSAR passport, Sidney Chu will represent Hong Kong during the 500m short track speed skating event in his place.
      Sidney Chu was 22 years old at the time of the Beijing Olympics. On 11 February, the heats of the men's 500 meters race were held, Chu was assigned to heat eight. He finished his heat in third place with a time of 44.857 seconds and was eliminated as only the top two in each heat were allowed to proceed to the quarterfinals. He was ranked 24th for this event.


      See also


      Tropical nations at the Winter Olympics


      References

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