BEIJING, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) — Here are the newest Chinese sports activities headlines from the previous week:
1. China finishes runner-up at AFC U23 Asian Cup
China completed runner-up on the AFC U23 Asian Cup following a 4-0 defeat to Japan within the closing in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on January 24, delivering the nation’s best-ever efficiency on the AFC U23 Asian Cup.
China had made historical past within the semifinal by beating Vietnam 3-0 to achieve the U23 Asian Cup closing for the primary time. Before the ultimate, that they had gone unbeaten with an ideal report within the match and had not conceded a single objective.
2. China unveils squad for Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics
China’s Winter Sports Administrative Center unveiled on January 23 a 124-athlete squad for the approaching Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games, including to a four-member squad for ski mountaineering introduced earlier this month by the Mountaineering Administrative Center.
The roster incorporates a stellar lineup of China’s high athletes, together with reigning Olympic champions Su Yiming, Gu Ailing, Xu Mengtao, Gao Tingyu, Fan Kexin and Sui Wenjing/Han Cong.
3. Wang Xinyu makes fourth spherical for first time in Australian Open
China’s Wang Xinyu upset thirteenth seed Linda Noskova on January 24 in a match disrupted by extreme warmth in Melbourne as she powered into the Australian Open’s final 16 for the primary time in her profession.
Wang continued her aggressive kind within the match to report a 7-5, 6-4 win in a single hour and 27 minutes of enjoying time, which means China will likely be represented within the final 16.
In the ladies’s draw, Yuan Yue produced a resilient effort however was finally outclassed by Iga Swiatek within the first spherical whereas Zhang Shuai additionally suffered an early exit. Bai Zhuoxuan was taken out by world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka within the second spherical.
In the lads’s draw, Shang Juncheng slumped to a straight-sets defeat towards Botic van de Zandschulp within the second spherical. Bu Yunchaokete and Zhang Zhizhen exited within the first spherical whereas Wu Yibing and Shang Juncheng bowed out of the second spherical.
4. Sui/Han end runners-up at ISU Figure Skating Four Continents Championships
China’s Olympic champions Sui Wenjing and Han Cong got here second within the pairs occasion at ISU Figure Skating Four Continents Championships right here on January 24.
American pair Alisa Efimova and Misha Mitrofanov took the gold with a complete rating of 205.34 factors after incomes 133.49 in free skating.
The Chinese duo collected a complete of 200.99 after scoring 124.97 in free skating. They led the brief program on 76.02 factors on Thursday.
The veterans introduced their aggressive return final yr and can take part within the upcoming Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics.
5. China claims males’s and girls’s doubles titles at India Open
China received gold medals in each males’s and girls’s doubles at badminton’s India Open on January 18.
Liang Weikeng and Wang Chang took the lads’s doubles title, rallying to beat Japan’s Hiroki Midorikawa and Kyohei Yamashita 17-21, 25-23, 21-16. It was their second India Open championship, having beforehand received in 2023.
The girls’s doubles title went to China’s Liu Shengshu and Tan Ning, who defeated Japan’s Yuki Fukushima and Mayu Matsumoto 21-11, 21-18 for his or her second title of the season.