China to send 405 athletes to Paris Games

　　Members of the Chinese delegation to the Paris Olympics attend a meeting to establish the delegation in Beijing on Saturday. Photo: Xinhua

　　The Chinese Olympic Committee announced on Saturday that it will send 405 athletes, including 42 Olympic champions, at an average age of 25 to the Paris Olympic Games, which will open on July 26.

　　The delegation is made up of 136 men and 269 women athletes, with 37-year-old women's race walker Liu Hong the oldest competitor and 11-year-old women's skateboarder Zheng Haohao the youngest.

　　Even with 10 events reduced from the official program at Tokyo 2020, Paris 2024 will mark the biggest representation of Team China at an overseas edition of the Games, with its athletes having qualified in 236 medal events across 30 sports, out of a total number of 329 events on the sports program in Paris. (CCTV/Xinhua)