China

Chen Lu to perform at Winter Asiad opening ceremony

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2007-01-10 17:19

CHANGCHUN, Northeast China - China's first figure skating world champion Chen Lu will be giving a three-minute show at the opening ceremony of the 6th Asian Winter Games, organising committee said on Wednesday.

Chen Lu

The details of the show are kept confidential but the organisers guaranteed it will not let the world down.

The 30-year-old Chen, who became the first Chinese to win the world figure skating title in Birmingham, England in 1995, retired in 1998 after Nagano Olympics, where she won a bronze medal.

Chen went to the United States soon after the 1998 Nagano Olympics. She turned professional in New York and skated around the country.

She also worked as a coach between 2001 and 2004 in America.

The 6th Asian Winter Games will take place from January 28 to February 4 in Changchun, the capital city of northeast China's Jilin Province.