Xinhua Headlines: From Beijing to Milan, Olympics fuel China's winter sports
by sportswriters Yue Wenwan, Ding Wenxian and Wang Junbao
BEIJING, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- As the Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics opened Friday night, 15-year-old Chen Keyu, a rising star on China's national ice hockey team, sat glued to her screen in Shenzhen, tracking every shift of the hockey competitions in Italy.
Six years ago, as China prepared to host the 2022 Winter Olympics, indoor rinks and ski sl