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Website design By BotEap.comYao Ming is a Chinese professional basketball player who plays for the Houston Rockets of the NBA (National Basketball Association). Like Dikembe Mutombo (Democratic Republic of Congo), Tracy Mc Grady (USA) and Luis Scola (Argentina), he is one of the best players in the world.

Website design By BotEap.comLiu Xiang won the gold medal in the men’s 110m hurdles at the 2004 Athens Olympics. He was the first Asian man to win an Olympic gold medal in athletics, and his victory in Greece was hailed at home as a jump cultural because it went against the stereotypes of what makes a great hurdler. after the men’s 110m hurdles conference, Liu said, “My victory has shown that athletes with yellow skin can run as fast as those with black and white skin.” He was born on July 13, 1983 in Shanghai, China.

Website design By BotEap.comThe Chinese delegation participated in the 2000 Olympic Games held in Sydney, Australia, and won 28 gold medals in events including athletics, badminton, diving, gymnastics, judo, shooting, taekwondo, table tennis and weightlifting.

Website design By BotEap.comKuoshu is the national sport of the People’s Republic of China.

Website design By BotEap.comLang Ping played volleyball at the 1984 Summer Olympics for China. In the 1980s, she was the best volleyball player in the world. In 2004, she became the head coach of the US women’s national volleyball team. “Lang Ping is a person who has been extraordinarily successful in every phase of her career as a player and coach, and her achievements are unmatched,” US CEO Doug Beal said. “She won every major event as a Chinese player during her career and was clearly the dominant player in the world in the 1980s.” And she transitioned more seamlessly than almost anyone in volleyball history into the coaching role of herself, leading China to a silver medal at the Atlanta Olympics in 1996 and successfully coaching professionally in Italy for many years.” .

Website design By BotEap.comChina sent 246 athletes to the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona (Spain). He participated in gymnastics, athletics, boxing, cycling, fencing, diving, judo, shooting, swimming, table tennis, archery, badminton, sailing, weightlifting, wrestling, modern pentathlon, basketball and volleyball. The People’s Republic of China finished 4th in the medal standings with 54 (16 gold), behind the Unified Team (112), the United States (108) and Germany (82).

Website design By BotEap.comThe Chinese metropolis hosted the XI Asian Games in 1990. More than 6,122 athletes from more than 35 countries participated, along with 1,000 coaches. It was the largest multi-sport event in the Third World in 1990.

Website design By BotEap.comBeijing has hosted the 1990 FIVB Volleyball Women’s World Championship. It is the capital city of China.

Website design By BotEap.comThe Asian country has had many famous sportswomen in the past century: Kuo-tuang Jung (table tennis), Lu Li (gymnastics), Chen Yueling (athletics), Fu Mingxia (diving), Zheng Meizhu (volleyball), Gao Min ( diving), Haixia Zheng (basketball), Yang Xilan (volleyball), Zhuang Xiaoyan (judo), Hong Qian (swimming), Gu Jun (badminton), Chuang Tse-tung (table tennis), Wang Huifeng (fencing), Hsie -ting (table tennis), Wei Qiang (softball), Yong Zhuang (swimming), He Ying (archery), Ge Fei (badminton), Le Jingyi (swimming), Wang Junxia (athletics), Xu Yanmei (diving ), Sun Fuming (judo), Li Duihong (shooting), Mo Huilan (gymnastics) and Qu Yunxia (athletics).

Website design By BotEap.comZhu Jianhua was one of the most famous athletes in China and Asia. He was an Olympic bronze medalist and former world record holder in the high jump.

Website design By BotEap.comThe Chinese team won the women’s volleyball World Cup by defeating Cuba (3-1) in 1985. It was the second victory of the World Cup for the People’s Republic of China.

Website design By BotEap.comChina did not participate in the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow, USSR (now Russia). Many Chinese athletes, notably hurdler Tsu Lin, high jumper Ni Chih-chin, long jumper Hsia Chieh-ping, runner Sung Mei-hua, and volleyball players. Liang Yan, Zhang Rongfang, Zhou Xiaolan and Zhu Linglost their Olympic chances.

Website design By BotEap.comLi Ning won three gold medals in gymnastics at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles, California (USA). Like Nadia Comaneci (Romania) and Vitaly Scherbo (Belarus), he was one of the best gymnasts of the 20th century. Li Ning was born on September 8, 1963 in Liuzhou, Guangxi, China.

Website design By BotEap.comFrom 1993 to 1996, Wang Junxia was one of the best runners in China and Asia. She set three world records in 1993 (3,000 meter and 10,000 meter events). This year she won a gold medal in the 10,000 m at the World Championships in Stuggart (Germany). At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta (Georgia, USA), she notified the world of her championship capabilities by winning the gold medal in the 5,000 meter dash.

Website design By BotEap.comThe Asian country won the silver medal in softball at the 1996 Olympics in the United States.

Website design By BotEap.comDiver Fu Mingxia won 5 gold medals in three consecutive Olympic Games: Barcelona (1992), Atlanta (1996) and Sydney (2000). She is an idol in her hometown of Wuhan, China.

Website design By BotEap.comChuang Tse-tung was one of the best known players in the history of table tennis (also known as ping pong). In the 1960s, he was an idol in the People’s Republic of China.

Website design By BotEap.comChina has competed in the Winter Olympics 8 times and has won a total of 33 medals. It has more Olympic medals than Iceland, Hungary, Australia and Poland combined.

Website design By BotEap.comMichael Chang, who won a Grand Slam, plans to open an academy for young players in China. He once said, “I have one wish, which is to contribute my accumulated experience of playing in world tournaments to the development of tennis in China.”

Website design By BotEap.comChina sent 219 athletes to the 1984 Olympic Games, which were held in Los Angeles, California, USA. The Chinese delegation had athletes competing in 16 sports: archery (6), track and field (22), basketball (22) , canoeing (4), cycling (7), fencing (17), gymnastics (14), handball (15), wrestling (10), rowing (9), shooting (17), swimming (35), tennis (1) , volleyball (22), weightlifting (10) and sailing (4).