China would send young
athletes to participate in ISU World Junior Speed Skating
Championships 2008 running in Changchun, Northeast China from Feb.
22 to 24, a Chinese official said Wednesday.
According to Xing Shuo,
official of General Administration of Sport, ISU World Junior Speed
Skating Championships 2008 is the first international speed skating
tournament in China this year.
Ninety-nine athletes from 19
countries and regions, including China, Japan, Russia, Germany,
Italy, Canada and the United States, will take part in the
championships.
The championships feature
women's all-around, men's all-around, women's quartets, men's
quartets and team pursuit.
The 19-strong Chinese junior
speed skating team includes Fu Chunyan, the bronze medal winner of
women's all-around in ISU World Junior Speed Skating Championships
2007, and Song Xingyu, the champion of men's 5000 meters, 10000
meters as well as men's all-around in China's 11th Winter Games,
which was held in January.
(Xinhua News Agency February
20, 2008)