Beijing, August 2 (Xinhua) according to the China Taekwondo Association, on the 1st Beijing time, the World Taekwondo Federation Joint Conference was held in Bulgaria. At the meeting, the first members of the World Taekwondo Hall of Fame were officially announced. Chen Zhong, a Chinese taekwondo player and two taekwondo Olympic champions, was selected. At the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, taekwondo became the official Olympic event for the first time. At the age of 18, Chen Zhong won the first Olympic gold medal for China among the 67kg women’s superiors and the first in the history of taekwondo in the world. In the Athens Olympic Games four years later, Chen Zhong became the first Olympic defending champion of taekwondo with more comprehensive technical and tactical capabilities. Since then, Chen Zhong successively won the gold medal of the Doha Asian Games and the world championships in 2006 and 2007, becoming the first taekwondo player who integrated the three championships of the Olympic Games, Intercontinental games and the world championships. According to the introduction of China Taekwondo Association, Chen Zhong has always insisted on devoting himself to sports and devoted himself to the popularization and promotion of taekwondo among teenagers. Chen Zhong participated in the award ceremony through video connection on that day. In her speech, she said that after becoming a member of the Hall of Fame, she would keep in mind the taekwondo spirit and make more contributions to the development of World Taekwondo. (Finished)
Beijing, September 19 (Xinhua) according to media reports, Swiss king Federer, who announced that he would retire after the Laval Cup this week, has arrived in London to fully prepare for the last ATP event in his career. On the evening of 15th Beijing time, 41-year-old Federer announced his retirement on his personal social platform. The Laval Cup will be his last ATP (Professional Tennis Federation) event. Federer was born in Basel, Switzerland in 1981. In the men’s singles final of Wimbledon in 2003, the 22-year-old Federer won the first Grand Slam singles championship in his career. After Australian Open won the championship in 2004, Federer ascended the world’s first throne, which lasted for four years. According to statistics, Federer’s 20 Grand Slam champions include 8 Wimbledon, 6 Australian Open, 5 beautiful grenadine and 1 French Open, which is the first to win 20 Grand Slam champions, and the only man who won the championship at least five times in three Grand Slam. He was the first in the world of men’s singles for a total of 310 weeks. After Wimbledon in 2012, Federer faced the Grand Slam famine for nearly five years, which made countless people think that he had stepped down from the altar and no longer had the edge of that year. But when he was close to 36 years old, he snatched the champion of Australian Open from Nadal, and won two Grand Slam trophy in the season and found himself again. However, in recent years, Federer has been suffering from injuries. In 2020, after losing to Djokovic in the semi-finals of the Australian Open, Federer underwent knee surgery and was absent for a long time. He originally planned to return to the grassland season in June 202020, but affected by the epidemic, Federer’s return plan was not implemented, and he announced in advance that the 2020 season was over, after that, his knee underwent a second operation. After the return of the 2021 season, Federer’s status is far from the peak. In the season Wimbledon men’s singles 1/4 final, Federer, as the No. 6 seed of the competition, was eliminated by No. 14 seed Huer Kagi, and his career stopped for the fourth time in Wimbledon men’s singles 8. Then, Federer also announced his withdrawal from the Tokyo Olympics due to injuries. In August, Federer announced that he would undergo knee surgery again, which was only five months after his last recovery. On July this year, Federer ATP ranking points were cleared. (Finished)
BEIJING, Oct. 24 (Xinhua) — according to ATP’s official website, the latest ATP ranking was announced. With the top eight points earned in Naples, Chinese player Zhang Zhizhen’s world ranking was increased by 12, ranking 97th, he became the first male player in mainland China to break into the top 100, and he also got the qualification for the Australian Open next year. Entering the top 100 is a qualitative leap for players. Zhang Zhizhen once said, “it is a big step for us to men’s mesh, hoping to catch up with the results of the women’s network.” Since October, Zhang Zhizhen has successively participated in competitions such as the ATP500 Astana station, the ATP250 Florence station and the Neapolitan station. He has broken through the qualifier for three consecutive stops, and the world ranking has steadily improved. Moreover, at the end of this season and the first half of next year, Zhang Zhizhen has the opportunity to further stabilize and improve the ranking. (Finished)
China News Service, Shenyang, September 1 (reporter Han Hong) at present, 32 athletes in Liaoning province have won 31 Olympic championships, ranking first in the country in the number of championships. On September 1st, Zhou Tiemin, a first-class inspector of Liaoning Sports Bureau, made the above statement at the series of press conferences on the theme of “Liaoning this decade. According to Zhou Tiemin, in the recent three Summer and Winter Olympic Games, Liaoning cultivated Guo Yue, Li Na, Sun Yujie, Zheng Yuyin, Ding Xia, Yan Ni, Cui Xiaotong, liu Yang, Xu Mengtao and other 9 Olympic champions. Liaoning’s “three big-ball sports” has attracted much attention. Liaoning won two National Games championships, two CBA finals and six finals in men’s basketball years; dalian City was identified as the first batch of key cities for national football development during the 14th Five-Year Plan in 2022; Chinese women’s volleyball team won the Olympic championship three times, and Liaoning athletes have made important contributions. During the cycle of Beijing Winter Olympics in 2022, winter sports in Liaoning province achieved rapid development, with the number of sports teams increasing from more than 100 to nearly 1,000, the project layout has achieved full coverage of all 7 major items and 15 sub-items from individual projects to the Winter Olympics. In the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, 17 athletes and 18 coaches from Liaoning participated in the competition, and finally won the best record in history of 1 gold and 1 silver. The number of participants, the number of entries and sports scores all reached a record high, make outstanding contributions to the Chinese delegation’s realization of “all-project participation” and “winning the best results. The latest data shows that the total scale of Liaoning sports industry in 2020 was 107.921 billion yuan, and the added value accounted for 1.45 percent of the province’s GDP in that year. (Finished)
Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, August 8 (reporter Xiao Shiyao, Wang Haoming) the Chinese Football Association issued an announcement on the 8th that the final of the football item Men’s Group B Group A of the Guangdong Provincial Games held on the 7th was widely questioned by public opinion, the Chinese Football Association has launched an investigation procedure, and the investigation team went to Guangzhou for investigation on the 8th. The announcement said: “On August 7, in the final of men’s Group A in football item of the 16th Guangdong Provincial Games in 2022, the Guangzhou team won the championship after defeating Qingyuan team 5:3. In this game, the performance of both athletes on the court was widely questioned by public opinion, which aroused the attention of all sectors of society. The Chinese Football Association attaches great importance to this and starts the investigation procedure. It will form an investigation team attended by the competition department, discipline inspection department and other departments, and will go to Guangzhou to investigate on August 8.” It is understood that the participating teams in this competition are of U15 age. The playback video of the competition shows that Qingyuan team got a 3:1 lead in the 18th minute of the second half, but since then, the Guangzhou team scored 4 goals in the 23rd to 36th minutes of the second half and won the championship with a 5:3 reversal. The announcement said: “The Chinese Football Association has always attached great importance to and paid close attention to all kinds of behaviors that seriously violate sports ethics and corrupt the industry atmosphere, such as gambling, counterfeiting and manipulating competitions, if the investigation finds conclusive evidence that the relevant units and personnel are suspected of manipulating the competition and violating the principle of fair competition, they will be dealt with seriously. I also hope that if all sectors of society find relevant conclusive evidence, they can actively report it to me, the public security department and the judicial department.” The Organizing Committee of the 16th Guangdong Provincial Games announced that the organizing committee attached great importance to relevant situations and decided to start the investigation mechanism, and the relevant departments of the organizing committee and the disciplinary committee would carry out the investigation. The announcement also said that the organizing committee has always adhered to the principle of fair competition, aiming at “clean gold medal, moral gold medal and style gold medal. If it is verified that the relevant units and personnel are suspected of manipulating the competition and violating the fair competition rules, the involved teams and delegations will be dealt with seriously in strict accordance with the relevant regulations of this provincial games, and will never be tolerated.
Beijing, October 22 (Xinhua) — The World Diving Stadium in 2022 is destined to deeply brand the name of a 20-year-old Chinese general-Wang Zongyuan. On the evening of 21st Beijing time, Wang Zongyuan once again showed his absolute control over the men’s 3-meter board in the World Cup with the Olympic Games and the world championships and called the “three world diving competitions, win the championship with a high score of 562.2 to win the championship in the world competition. As early as before the opening of the World Cup in Berlin, FINA said on its official website that the two “China derby” events in this competition are most worthy of attention, among them, Cao Yuan, the Olympic three-gold winner, fought against the men’s 3-meter board of “The Treble” Wang Zongyuan in the single world championship. At the Budapest World Championships held three months ago, this new generation of Chinese diving force became the final winner in the direct dialogue with its predecessors. And Wang Zongyuan is also regarded as a rising star of men’s diving by virtue of the perfect play in Tokyo Olympic Games and World Championships. Now in the World Cup in Berlin, the trend of the men’s 3 m board final that night is exactly the same as that of the world championship. With its impeccable difficulty and stability, Wang Zongyuan firmly occupied the leading position from the beginning of the competition, and finally won the championship with 48.35 points ahead of Cao Yuan. In fact, since Wang Zongyuan appeared as a newcomer in the list of diving dream team going to Tokyo Olympic Games. This young general, who had already become famous in the domestic arena, when the team can shoulder the heavy responsibility of the traditional strength of the men’s 3-meter board has become the focus of attention from the outside world. Under the heavy attention, Wang Zongyuan seamlessly connected to international events, and there was no fear of newcomers standing in the spotlight. The Tokyo Olympic Games gained one gold and one silver, and the world championships won three championships to achieve “the first person in history”. Wang Zongyuan’s progress is like a springboard with great toughness. The high jump comes from the accumulation and polishing in the past few years. FINA does not hide the expectation of this Chinese new star at all. They think that “although Wang Zongyuan is only 20 years old, he has become one of the best diving athletes, and his career has just begun.” The Olympic champion and world championship champion, and now the World Cup champion title is added. Wang Zongyuan, who has just started his career, has already achieved many diving athletes to devote his entire career, achievements and honors that cannot be touched, but for him, everything has just begun. On the 22nd Beijing time, Wang Zongyuan will join hands with Cao Yuan to play the men’s double 3 m board final. If he can successfully win the championship, he will unlock the grand slam achievements of the Olympic Games, World Championships and World Cup. It only took him one year and two months to achieve all these achievements. Three world competitions were held on the highest podium. In the era when there were many new diving players in the world, Wang Zongyuan took advantage of the trend and set off his own trend. Looking back at the emerging 2021, crossing the legendary 2022, his preparation for the second Olympic cycle has entered the second half. When the Tokyo Olympics was postponed, he once expressed his hope that “no regrets should be left and the best answer should be given to himself”. However, at the Tokyo water sports center, the teenager’s “never forget” could not wait for the echo of his expectation. The Paris Olympic Games two years later will be Wang Zongyuan’s second Olympic champion of the men’s 3 m board. Now there is a tiger in his heart, and the best answer in his heart is “to be continued”. (Finished)
On September 25, Xiao Zixi (left)/Wang Yi, an adult player of ice dance, was in the competition. Xinhua News Agency reporter Wu Zhuang photo On that day, the enlightenment of the standard competition of Beijing figure skating and queue skating league in 2022 was held at the Enlightenment ice and snow sports center. This competition attracted more than 400 players from 23 clubs and schools in the city to sign up for the competition, and the number of participating teams and participants reached a new high. On September 25, Xu Xiaodi, a female player in the youth group, was in the competition. Xinhua News Agency reporter Wu Zhuang photo On September 25, Zhang Ruiyang, a female player in the youth group, was in the competition. Xinhua News Agency reporter Wu Zhuang photo On September 25, the young men’s group player Niu Tian was in the competition. Xinhua News Agency reporter Wu Zhuang photo On September 25, children’s group A women’s group player Fu Xiaoxi was in the competition. Xinhua News Agency reporter Wu Zhuang photo On September 25, the children’s group players trained during the competition. Xinhua News Agency reporter Wu Zhuang photo On September 25, Wang Ran, a young female player in Group B, was in the competition. Xinhua News Agency reporter Wu Zhuang photo On September 25, Wang Zixuan (left)/Fei wenrun, an adult player in the ice dance group, was in the competition. Xinhua News Agency reporter Wu Zhuang photo
Beijing, October 21 (Xinhua) according to the Winter Sports Management Center of the State General Administration of Sports, the short track speed skating national team went out on the 21st to start a new preparation journey for the Milan cycle. In this expedition, the short track speed skating national team will go to Canada, the United States and Kazakhstan to participate in the first four stops of the World Cup and the Four Continents Championships. The following is the list of athletes: Male Athletes: Lin Xiaoxiao, Li Wenlong, Zhong Yuchen, Li kongchao, Li Kun, Song Jiahua Food, Liu Guanyi (substitute), Wang Qizhi (substitute) Female athletes: Zhang Chutong, Gong Li, Wang Yi, Xu Aili, Jia Huiling, Xin-ran Wang, Cai Shenyi (substitute)
With the in-depth investigation of the bribery case of Tokyo Olympic Games, the bribery and corruption problems involving the Olympic Games have once again aroused high attention-the Olympic Games corruption haze is difficult to go it has been more than a year since the closing of the Tokyo Olympic Games, however, this Olympic Games continues to attract attention in another way-recently, there have been new developments in the investigation of the bribery case of Takahashi, a former member of the executive committee of Tokyo Olympic organizing committee, ADK, a Japanese advertising giant, is suspected of becoming an outsourcing enterprise of Tokyo Olympic organizing committee with the help of Takahashi and making illegal profits. At the same time, Japanese prosecutors also summoned Mori Yoshiro, the former chairman of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee. The bribery case of Tokyo Olympic Games is just a microcosm of frequent corruption scandals in international sports in recent years. In fact, corruption events involving the Olympic Games are not an example. Although the International Olympic Committee and relevant sports organizations have set up specialized agencies and issued a series of prevention and control measures, the corruption haze surrounding the Olympic Games has been struggling. The bribery case of Tokyo Olympic Games continues to ferment “this is very regrettable, I can only apologize (to everyone)”. This is the former chairman of the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee (disbanded), Yamako Hashimoto, who made a statement on the bribery case of the Tokyo Olympic Games under investigation when interviewed by Japanese media a few days ago. The preparatory process for the Tokyo Olympic Games can be described as ups and downs. As early as 2019, the former president of the Japanese Olympic Committee Takeda Henghe was forced to resign because he was suspected of bribing members of the International Olympic Committee in the bid. This round of investigation on bribery case of Tokyo Olympic Games focuses on Takahashi, a former member of the executive committee of Tokyo Olympic organizing committee. In July this year, several Japanese media reported at the same time that Takahashi was caught in a corruption scandal. After investigation by Tokyo prosecutors, Takahashi was arrested by Tokyo local procuratorial organs on August this year for allegedly collecting bribes of up to 51 million yen from Japanese men’s clothing giant AOKI. With the continuous deepening of the investigation, more and more celebrities in Japanese politics and business circles are involved in this corruption cases investigation. So far, in addition to AOKI, the companies suspected of corruption cases of the Tokyo Olympic Games include Japanese publishing house giant jiao chuan (KADOKAWA), two advertising companies ADK and Daiko (Daiko), and COMMONS2, a well-known Japanese consulting company “. As the investigation went on, many people, including AOKI’s former chairman, AOKI’s chairman, AOKI’s chairman, jiao chuan Liyan, and the senior representative of “COMMONS2”, were arrested. It is not excluded that more well-known Japanese companies and former Tokyo Olympic organizing committee executives will be involved. The Corruption incident related to the Olympics is not an example while the bribery case of Tokyo Olympic Games continues to ferment, the British “times” has also released heavy news recently, through the International Boxing Association, jin Hao, a former senior official of Taekwondo Association, exposed the “Olympic corruption scandal”. According to the report, Jin Hao revealed that the International Taekwondo Association had used bribery to ensure that Taekwondo projects entered the Olympic Games. He also accused the International Olympic Committee of supporting specific candidates to be elected president of the International Boxing Federation by accepting bribes. In this regard, the International Olympic Committee issued a special statement questioning Jin Hao’s statement and confirmed that the MINGHAN officials of nationality had never contacted the IOC ethics committee or the anti-corruption supervision hotline about his accusation. In addition, the International Taekwondo Association and the International Boxing Federation also gave a harsh response to this. The authenticity of the explosion and the trend of the incident need further observation. However, corruption charges or scandals involving the Olympic Games do not stop there. As early as 1995, Salt Lake City in the United States broke out the bribery scandal that shocked the world. At that time, Salt Lake City just won the 19th Winter hosting of the Olympic Games in 2002. However, the American media later revealed that the Salt Lake City Olympic bid committee had bribery. The investigation after the incident showed that Salt Lake City had bribed up to 1 million dollars to several IOC members and their families before the bid. In 2004, in a year-long interview, BBC pointed out that many members of the International Olympic Committee participated in the illegal transaction of bidding for the 2012 London Olympics. Slavkov, a member of the International Olympic Committee of Bulgaria, was subsequently suspended by the International Olympic Committee. In 2017, Sergio Cabral, the former governor of Rio de Janeiro, admitted that he had participated in bribery during the Rio Olympic bid, with a bribe amount of up to 2 million US dollars, the number of IOC members suspected of accepting bribes is as high as 9…… There is still a long way to go to eliminate “Olympic corruption” in the face of the continuous Olympic corruption scandal, the reputation of the International Olympic Committee has been greatly affected, A series of measures have also been formulated and introduced to avoid the occurrence of similar incidents. However, facing the huge commercial interests contained in the modern Olympic Games, it is bound to be a long-term and arduous struggle to completely eliminate corruption. As early as the scandal of bribery election in Salt Lake City Winter Olympics was exposed, Samaranch, then president of the International Olympic Committee, introduced a series of reform measures-setting up an investigation team and holding an interim committee to deal with the members involved, and amend the charter to set up “ethics committee” and so on. After Roger was elected as the eighth president of the International Olympic Committee in July 2001, he also took the fight against corruption as one of the important tasks of the International Olympic Committee. In September, 2013, after Thomas Bach became the ninth president of the International Olympic Committee, he led the launch of the Olympic 2020 agenda. The governance of corruption is one of the important reform contents. However, in the face of a series of high-pressure punches, corruption incidents involving the Olympic Games still occur from time to time, highlighting that the International Olympic Committee and relevant sports organizations still have loopholes in preventing corruption. Shankou Xiangshan, a former director of Japan’s Olympic organizing committee and professor of Tsukuba University, said in response to the bribery case of Tokyo Olympic Games: “People who are beneficial to sponsoring enterprises become directors, which shows that the audit system of Tokyo Olympic organizing committee is not perfect. The government and the Japanese Olympic Committee should find out the reasons as soon as possible and take specific measures to strengthen the examination to prevent similar incidents from happening again.” As for how to further strengthen anti-corruption work in the international sports arena including the Olympic Games, the chief ethics and compliance officer of the International Olympic Committee, parquilet Girard zapelli, said in an interview earlier: “Our goal is to find ways to solve the problem of sports corruption more effectively, including the preparation of large-scale international sports events and the practice examples of managing conflicts of interest of sports organizations, as well as the relevant standards and laws to solve the bribery problem in the sports field.” (Li Yuanhao)
China News Service, October 30, Xinxiang, Henan (Ji Licheng hang) on the evening of the 30th, in the WTT World Cup final of the Xinxiang, Henan “ending”, Guozhen Wang Chu Qin and Sun Yingsha won the men’s and women’s singles championship. Before the final four, the women’s generals of the national championship have locked the women’s singles champion in advance. In the final that night, Sun Yingsha, who ranked first in the world, staged a “derby battle” with his teammate Chen Meng, and the National concubine male general Wang Chuqin played against Japanese famous General Zhang benzhihe. In the women’s singles final that took the lead, Chen Meng started all the way and won the first game at 11:4. Yi Bian fought again, Sun Yingsha became in a better state, hitting a 9:2 offensive climax, and 11:4 pulled back a game. In the third and fourth rounds, Sun Yingsha seized the critical moment and accelerated the offensive tempo to win two rounds. Under the disadvantage of Big Score 1:3, Chen Meng resisted the pressure and pulled back a game. Later, the two fought against each other, and after the score was 10:10 square, Chen Meng played another game. The game entered the final. Chen Meng made many mistakes at the beginning of the game. Sun Yingsha took advantage of building a stable play. He won the game at 12:10 and won the championship at 4:3. After winning the WTT Macau championship, Sun Yingsha once again held the trophy and stood on the highest podium. She said bluntly after the game, “this game, the competitive level and mental state, I and sister Meng (Chen Meng) have played their best!” In the men’s singles final, Japanese player Zhang benzhihe first won the first game. Later, Wang Chuqin quickly adjusted and pulled three games with 11:8, 11:9 and 11:8 respectively. From the game to the fifth game, the two men drew the score twice, and finally Zhang Benzhi and pulled back a game. The score of the second National People’s Congress reached 3:2 and dragged the game into the key game. In the first half of the game, the two people bit each other to draw the score. Then Wang Chuqin continued to make efforts and won the key game at 11:7, win the championship with a big score of 4:2. In the past month, Wang Chuqin successively won three championships in the Chengdu World Table Tennis Championships, WTT Macau championship and Xinxiang WTT World Cup finals. Wang Chuqin said after the game, “during this period, there are too many people to thank and too many words to say.” (Finished)
