Xu Wenlong is a Chinese

People's Republic of China

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 cross country skier who has competed since 2007. At the 2010 Winter Olympics

2010 Winter Olympics

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 in Vancouver

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, he finished 19th in the team sprint and 68th in the individual sprint event.

He won the men's 10 km qualifying event at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec

Liberec

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, Czech Republic

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Xu's best World Cup finish was 23rd in a 15 km event at Changchun

Changchun

Changchun is the capital and largest city of Jilin province, located in the northeast of the People's Republic of China, in the center of the Songliao Plain. It is administered as a sub-provincial city with a population of 7,677,089 at the 2010 census under its jurisdiction, including counties and...

in 2007. His best overall finish second in a 50 km race, also in Changchun, in early 2009.