After Han Xiaopeng clinched China's first ever Olympic gold on snow events in Turin four years ago, the Chinese aerials freestyle team nowadays tries to amplify a more prospective vision, heading towards Vancouver for the 2010 Winter Olympics.
The prospect might sound reasonable as both its men's and women's teams are spearheaded by either Olympic or world champion, and even reigning Olympic champion Han was only included into the Chinese men's squad in the last minutes.
In 2006, world champion Li Nina led the four-member women's aerials squad with great expectations to the Turin Winter Olympic Games, and she finished only next to Swiss Evelyne Leu in the final.
Then it was nobody Han who won the world spotlight, grabbing the sweetest victory for China in the men's event, unheraldedly.
After the historical win in Turin, Han proved himself by winning the world title in 2007. Since then, the 26-year-old struggled for a long period against injuries and eventually knocked out one of his teammates to make the Olympic squad.
In the men's field, Han is determined to defend his title at Cypress Mountain, teenager Jia Zongyang cherishes his hope at his Olympic debut with two World Cup victories within two month and a crown from last year's Winter Universiade, and the 19-year-old Qi Guangpu is also promising as he has collected three World Cup silver medals this season.
Although the Chinese youngsters are full of energy, the seasoned athletes such as American Jeret Peterson and Anton Kushnier from Belarus are likely to make more steady landings.
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