Facts about China's sports

Sport In China

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Yao Ming is a Chinese professional basketball player who plays for the Houston rockets in the NBA (National Basketball Association). Dikembe Mutombo (Congo), Tracy MC Grady (United States) and Luis Scola (Argentina), he is one of the best players in the world.

Liu Xiang won the gold medal at the Olympic Games 2004 in Athens, Greece men ´s 110 meter hurdles. He was the first Asian man an Olympic gold medal in track to win and his victory in Greece was in his country as a cultural leap forward because it ran contrary to the stereotypes of what a great athlete who. when the medalist ´s press conference after the men ´s-110-metres runner, Liu said: "My win has demonstrated that athletes with yellow skin can lead as fast as those with black and white skin". Born July 13, 1983 in Shangai, China.

The Chinese delegation competed at the summer Olympics in 2000 in Sydney, Australia (Australia) and won 28 gold medals in events like athletics, badminton, diving, gymnastics, judo, shooting, taekwondo, table tennis and weightlifting.

Kuoshu is the national Sport in the People's Republic of China.

Lang ping beach volleyball played at the summer Olympics in 1984 for China. In the 1980s, she was the world's best beach volleyball players. In 2004, she became the coach of the United States women's volleyball national team. "Lang ping is a person who was hugely successful at every stage of their career as a player and coach, and their services are unrivaled," United States CEO Doug Beal said. "she won every major event as a player for China in the course of her career and was clearly the dominant player in the world in the 1980s." "And she moved a seamlessly history 1996 and successfully more than almost any in the beach volleyball as a coach, China to a silver medal Olympic Atlanta coaching professionally in Italy for many years."

China took 246 athletes at the Olympic Games in 1992 in Barcelona (Spain). It competed 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 was Republic of China finished fourth in the medal table with 54 (16 gold), asked for the unified team (112), United States (108), and Germany (82).

The Chinese capital has the 11th Asian Games in 1990 hosted. Over 6122 athletes from more than 35 countries have participated, together with 1,000 buses. In 1990, it was the largest multi-Sport event in the third world.

Beijing has the World Championship 1990 FIVB Volleyball women ´s hosted. It is the capital of China.

The Asian country has many famous athletes in the last century had: Kuo-Tuang Jung (table tennis), Lu Li (gymnastics), Chen Yueling (athletics), Fu Mingxia (diving), Zheng Meizhu (beach volleyball), Gao min (diving), Haixia Zheng (basketball), Yang Xilan (beach volleyball), Zhuang Xiaoyan (judo), Hong Qian (swimming), Gu Jun (badminton), Chuang Tse-Tung (table tennis), Wang Huifeng (jousting), Hsie-Ting (table tennis), Wei-Qiang (softball) Yong Zhuang (swimming), he Ying (archery), GE Fei (badminton), Le Jingyi (swimming), Wang Junxia (track and field), Xu Yanmei (diving), chain-smoking Sun (judo), Li Duihong (shoot), Mon Huilan (gymnastics) and Qu Yunxia (athletics).

Zhu Jianhua was one of the most famous athletes in China and Asia. He was Olympic and former world record holder in the high jump.

The Chinese team won the women's Beach Volleyball World Championship against Cuba (3-1) in 1985. It was the 2d World Cup victory for the People's Republic of China.

China did not participate in 1980 USSR (today Russia) at the Olympic Games in Moscow.Many Chinese athletes in particular hurdles Tsu Lin, high Ni Chih-chin, long Hsia Chieh-ping, runner Sung Mei-hua, and volleyball players Yan Liang, Zhang Rongfang, Zhou Xiaolan and Zhu Ling - lost her Olympic chances.

Li Ning won three gymnastics gold medals at the Olympic Games in 1984 in Los Angeles, California (United States). Nadia Comaneci (Romania) and Vitali Schtscherba (Belarus), he was one of the best gymnast of the 20th century. Born September 8, 1963 in Liuzhou, Guangxi, China Li Ning.

Wang Junxia was from 1993 to 1996, one of the greatest runners in China and Asia. It was three world records 1993 (3,000 M and 10,000 M events). This year, she won a gold medal in the 10,000 metres at the World Championships in Stuggart (Germany). Summer 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, the world notified their skills Championships gold medal in the 5,000-meter race won at the Olympics.

The Asian country won the silver medal in the softball at the summer Olympics in 1996 in the United States.

Diver Fu Mingxia Gold 5 at three consecutive Olympic Games: Barcelona (1992), Atlanta (1996) and Sydney (2000). It is an idol in her birth city Wuhan, China.

Chuang Tse-Tung was one of the most famous players in the history of table tennis (also known as ping pong). In the 1960s she was ´s an idol in the people Republic of China.

China has in the Winter Olympics 8 times and has a total of 33 medals won. It has more Olympic medals, Iceland, Hungary, Australia and Poland together.

Michael Chang, who had won a Grand Slam, is planning to open an Academy for young players in China. He once said: "I have the desire, that is my experience of the play in tournaments of the world to contribute to the development of tennis in China".

China took 219 athletes at the Olympic Games in 1984, which were held in Los Angeles, California, United States. The Chinese delegation had athletes in 16 sports: archery (6), athletics (22), basketball (22), canoeing (4), cycling (7), fencing (17), gymnastics(14), handball (15), rings (10), rowing (9), shoot (17), swimming (35), tennis (1), beach volleyball (22), weightlifting (10) and sailing (4).

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