BEIJING, June 24 (Xinhua) — Here are the most recent Chinese sports activities headlines from the previous week:
1. China takes two particular person golds at Asian Fencing Championships
Chen Qingyuan and Mo Ziwei claimed the ladies’s and males’s foil particular person gold medals for host China because the Asian Fencing Championships returned to Wuxi after 2016.
Chinese fencers additionally took three silver and 6 bronze medals from the premier competitors in Asia, rating third on the medal tally, which was led by Japan with 4 golds.
Without any titles in group occasions, China has to speculate extra efforts on this planet championships in Milan, Italy to earn group berths for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.
2. China’s shuttlers win two golds at Indonesian Open
China clinched titles within the ladies’s singles and combined doubles on the Indonesian Open badminton match on June 18.
Olympic champion Chen Yufei overcame Spain’s Carolina Marin within the ladies’s singles last 21-18, 21-19 to take her first title on the BWF Tour this yr.
Her compatriots Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong, the top-ranked pair on this planet, defeated the Japanese duo of Yuta Watanabe and Arisa Higashino 21-14, 21-11 within the combined doubles last.
3. China concludes second cease of FIVB Women’s Volleyball Nations League with 2 wins, 2 losses
Chinese ladies’s volleyball group concluded the second cease of the FIVB Women’s Volleyball Nations League (VNL) in Hong Kong with a slim defeat to Italy on June 19.
Taking two wins over Canada and Bulgaria, China suffered its first defeat within the 2023 Women’s VNL to Poland earlier than conceding a full-set defeat to Italy.
With an general 6-2 report, China now sits fourth on the match’s desk.
On the lads’s facet, China suffered its sixth defeat in a row to Italy on June 22, sitting on the underside of the desk with just one win.
4. Chinese males’s soccer group beats Palestine in worldwide pleasant
Wu Lei and Jiang Guangtai scored to guide the Chinese males’s soccer group to a 2-0 victory over Palestine in a global pleasant at residence on June 20.
In the thirty fourth minute, Wu broke the stalemate with a simple tap-in earlier than Jiang netted his first worldwide purpose within the 66th minute.
However, China’s under-17 facet ended its AFC U17 Asian Cup marketing campaign on June 22 with one draw and two defeats within the group stage.
5. Dragon boat races held throughout China to rejoice Duanwu Festival
Multiple dragon boat races had been held throughout China on June 22 to rejoice Duanwu Festival, or the Dragon Boat Festival, which falls on the fifth day of the fifth month within the Chinese lunar calendar.
The 2023 International Canoe Federation (ICF) Dragon Boat World Cup was held within the mountainous county of Zigui, positioned behind China’s Three Gorges Dam. A complete of 18 gold medals had been awarded, 9 every for 8-paddler and 10-paddler boats.
Races had been additionally held in Guizhou, Guangdong, Hainan, Henan, Anhui, Hubei, Shaanxi, Fujian, Jiangsu, Macao and plenty of different components of China.