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Chinese Paralympic skier Cai Jiayun is known for two things: a wide, boyish grin and a quick temper. He won China's first gold at the 2026 Winter Paralympics.
Team China has "achieved excellence" both on and off the field in Milan, Italy, over the past two weeks, said Tong Lixin, deputy head of the Chinese delegation at Milano-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics.
Even the nation's biggest medal haul at an overseas Winter Games wasn't enough to mitigate Team China's huge disappointment on the ice in Milan.
China concluded its Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics chapter with five gold, four silver and six bronze medals, its best ever Winter Olympics performance overseas, surpassing the 5-2-4 record it created in Vancouver in 2010.
While many sporting couples have had the experience of competing at the same Olympic Games, only a few have been blessed to have both parties win medals, and fewer still have seen both finish on top of the podium in the same sport at the same Games.
