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Shanxi to send 5 athletes to Rio Olympics

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Updated: 2016-07-19

Shanxi to send 5 athletes to Rio Olympics

File photo of Hao Jialu (Left-1). [Photo/Xinhua]

Fencer Hao Jialu was the first to win a medal in fencing for Shanxi in the National Games three years ago. She won three team championships in the 2014 Incheon Asian Games, the 2015 World Fencing Championships and 2016 Fencing World Cup.

Hao will compete in the Women's Fencing Team Epee in Rio next month.

Shanxi to send 5 athletes to Rio Olympics

Swimming athlete Cao Yue shows her gold medal at the 2013 National Games. [Photo/Xinhua]

Swimming female player Cao Yue won the first swimming gold medal for the Shanxi team in history at the Asian Games in 2014. In the same year, she took the championship of the FINA Swimming World Cup.

Shanxi to send 5 athletes to Rio Olympics

File photo of Shanxi wrestling athlete Wang Lumin. [Photo/Xinhua]

Young wrestling athlete Wang Lumin, who will compete in the Olympic Games for the first time, also expects a good result in Rio.

China’s delegation includes 160 men and 256 women athletes competing in 210 events over 26 sports at the Rio Games, which open on August 5.

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