BEIJING, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) — Here are the newest Chinese sports activities headlines from the previous week:
1. China reaches knockout stage for first time in AFC U23 Asian Cup
China reached the knockout stage of the AFC U23 Asian Cup for the primary time after drawing 0-0 with Thailand in its last Group D match right here on January 14.
China completed second within the group with one win and two attracts. It began the marketing campaign with a 0-0 draw in opposition to Iraq earlier than beating Australia 1-0. Australia topped the group after coming from behind to beat Iraq 2-1.
China will face Uzbekistan within the quarterfinals on Saturday evening in Jeddah in western Saudi Arabia.
2. Chinese Go grasp Nie passes away at 73
Chinese Go grasp Nie Weiping died on the age of 73 in Beijing on Wednesday evening, the Chinese Weiqi (Go) Association introduced on Thursday.
Born on August 17, 1952, Nie rose to fame within the Go world after main China to victories on the China-Japan Go Challenge Series within the Eighties, beating a number of prime Japanese gamers.
In 1988, he was honored as “Go Master” by then-State Physical Culture and Sports Commission of China, the predecessor group of China’s State General Administration of Sport. He was additionally the honorary president of the Chinese Weiqi Association.
3. China’s Li claims aerials World Cup victories in Lake Placid
China’s Li Xinpeng and Kaila Kuhn of the United States each secured their first World Cup wins of the season on January 12 on the freestyle snowboarding aerials occasion in Lake Placid.
In the lads’s last, Li delivered a near-flawless efficiency within the second finals spherical, executing a Back Full-double Full-Double Full with a problem ranking of 5.100 to earn 137.19 factors and clinch the gold.
Despite ending second right here, China’s reigning Olympic champion Xu Mengtao secured the ladies’s Crystal Globe as the general season champion. The males’s total title went to China’s Sun Jiaxu, with compatriots Li Tianma and Qi Guangpu rounding out the highest three.
4. Qin Zhijian appointed China’s chief desk tennis coach
The Chinese Table Tennis Association on January 11 introduced its nationwide group teaching lineup for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic cycle, appointing Qin Zhijian as chief coach and Xiao Zhan as deputy chief coach.
Qin, a present CTTA vice chairman, beforehand served as head coach of China’s males’s group through the 2020 Tokyo Olympic cycle. Under his management, China gained the lads’s singles and group gold medals on the Tokyo Games, the lads’s singles and doubles titles on the 2019 world championships in Budapest, the lads’s singles crown on the 2021 worlds in Houston, and the lads’s group title on the 2022 World Team Championships in Chengdu.
5. ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships to be staged in Beijing
The 2026 ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships will likely be held from January 22 to 25 on the National Indoor Stadium in Beijing, which marks the final ISU determine skating occasion scheduled forward of the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics.
More than 100 skaters will collect on the National Indoor Stadium, together with elite skaters South Korea’s Cha Jun-hwan, Mexican Donovan Carrillo and Australian pair Holly Harris/Jason Chan.
Beijing Winter Olympic champion Sui Wenjing/Han Cong of China will participate within the pairs occasion along with their teammates Zhang Jiaxuan/Huang Yihang.