China expects to repeat freestyle glory at Vancouver Winter Games_English_Xinhua

China expects to repeat freestyle glory at Vancouver Winter Games_English_Xinhua: "Having collected its first Olympic gold medal in snow sports through freestyle jumper Han Xiaopeng at the Turino Games, China is expecting to repeat the success at the Vancouver Olympics in 2010.

'We have collected a gold and a silver in freestyle aerials at Turino and we hope to have better performance in Vancouver,' said Ren Hongguo, deputy president of the Chinese Skiing Association.

'Han Xiaopeng's gold medal in the men's aerials was a great breakthrough. We were also very happy to see Han and Li (Nina) dominate the aerials titles at the World Championships for the first time in history early this year,' Ren added. 'So I think we can be optimistic of our chance in Vancouver.'

However, Ren stressed that the aerials was really an unpredictable sport event.

'We can't take anything for granted, we can't guarantee anything,' Ren said. 'It's an outdoor sport, and anything could happen.'

'It's a good news for us that there are more and more Chinese jumpers that have the ability to make the top class. We will try our best to have as many jumpers as possible make the final (at the Winter Olympics). If we can do that, we will have a much better chance for the gold medals.'

Ren was here to observe the freestyle FIS World"