Only eight years after skater Yang Yang (A) won the country’s first Winter gold at Salt Lake City，a sweep of the women’s short track speed skating and a first figure skating title helped China to joint seventh place in the medals table.

　　“Gold Standard” read the banner headline on the front page China Daily，while the People’s Daily led its sports page with “Vancouver historical breakthrough”．

　　“We have made an important breakthrough at these Games，” Xiao Tian，deputy chef de mission of China’s largest ever Winter Games delegation，told the Xinhua news agency.

　　“Actually the five­gold finish was within my expectation before we set off for the Games，but I couldn’t say that at that time because I would not want to put any pressure on the athletes.Now I can speak out.”

　　Xiao was quick to return to the earlier subject of conversation to pessimistic (悲观) type，however，when discussing the future，emphasizing

　　the huge task the Winter Sports administration faced to close the gap on their Summer counterparts，who toppled the table at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

　　“Despite the good results at these Games，we still have a long way to go in the development

　　of China’s winter sports，” he said.

　　“It’s impossible for us to reach the same level as we have done in Summer sports，but we

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