China has first national luge team

Ten male and ten female lugers were selected to join China's first national luge team in Beijing's Yanqing county, where the Bobsleigh and luge contests will be held during the 2022 Winter Olympics.

The selected athletes and 10 substitutes were chosen from among 119 athletes from Inner Mongolia, Beijing, Xinjiang, Hebei, Jilin, Heilongjiang, and Shaanxi.

Beijing won the bid to hold the 2022 Winter Olympics after beating Kazakhstan's Almaty.

Ten male and ten female lugers are selected to join China's first national luge team in Beijing's Yanqing county. [Photo by Jia Deyong]