First group of Latvian Olympic athletes depart for Beijing-Xinhua

First group of Latvian Olympic athletes depart for Beijing

Source: Xinhua

Editor: huaxia

2022-01-26 23:10:01

RIGA, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- The first group of 20 Latvian athletes departed for Beijing on Wednesday for the 2022 Olympic Winter Games.

Heading to Beijing is Latvia's entire luge team of 10 athletes and five coaches, six cross-country skiers and four support staff, three skeleton sliders and five coaches, and one short track speed skater and his assistant.

Another group of Latvian Olympians, due to leave for Beijing on January 31, includes Alpine skiers and an athlete to compete in the Nordic combined competition. The Latvian ice hockey team is scheduled to fly to Beijing on February 2.

The Latvian delegation includes 57 athletes and 43 coaches, as well as officials and support personnel, competing in the disciplines of speed skating, biathlon, bobsleigh, skeleton, luge, figure skating, short track speed skating, cross-country skiing, Alpine skiing, Nordic combined and ice hockey.