While China frequently ranks in the top three at the Summer Olympic Games, the country has not been so dominant at the Winter tournament, only once finishing in the top 10 - in Vancouver in 2010 - and placing a lowly 16th at last year's edition in PyeongChang with just a single gold medal.

However, with plans for the country to compete in all the 2022 Games' 109 disciplines - an uNPRecedented achievement if completed - Lewis notes that the country will be in the hunt to win gold in several events.

"In freestyle skiing, China are top favorites, and they are also extremely strong in several of the snowboard events. There's no question that China are favorites in quite a few of the acrobatic events, and they're making rapid progress in most of the other disciplines, which is tremendous."

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