Beijing, July 14 (Agency) China will send 431 athletes, including 24 Olympic champions, to the upcoming Tokyo Olympic Games. The figures were confirmed as the Chinese delegation was unveiled in Beijing on Wednesday. The delegation, including 298 female athletes and 133 male athletes, will compete in 225 events at the Games, which is scheduled to open on July 23 in Tokyo. Among the 24 Olympic champions in the delegation, 19 claimed golds at the 2016 Rio Olympics while 293 athletes will make their Olympic debut.
“This is the largest ever Olympic delegation China has sent overseas,” said Gao Zhidan, deputy director of China’s State General Administration of Sport, adding that the delegation has a total of 777 members, including 30 foreign coaches and almost all members have taken COVID-19 vaccines.