China's flagbearer Ning Zhongyan looking to win gold on home ice at Harbin 2025 Asian Winter Games

HARBIN, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- Speed skater Ning Zhongyan, one of the Chinese delegation's flagbearers for the opening ceremony of the 2025 Harbin Asian Winter Games, voiced on Thursday his hope to win a gold medal in his hometown of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province.

"I feel very honored and proud to be the flagbearer," Ning said with a smile. "My teammate Gao Tingyu was the flagbearer at the Beijing Winter O