Don’t forget the wind tunnel testing from AVIC that helped the athletes improve their form and reduce drag.
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Don’t forget the wind tunnel testing from AVIC that helped the athletes improve their form and reduce drag.
broadsword
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Weili Zhang def. Amanda Lemos via unanimous decision (50-43, 50-44, 49-45).
Defending champions Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan of China took a straight-game victory over Apriyani Rahayu and Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti of Indonesia in the Badminton World Championships women's doubles final here on Sunday, becoming the first women's pair to win four golds in the tournament's history..
I was surprised Chinese world no 1 mixed doubles pair lost to koreans. Haven't followed badminton that much since LCW and LD retired, Koreans improved alot.Defending champions Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan of China took a straight-game victory over Apriyani Rahayu and Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti of Indonesia in the Badminton World Championships women's doubles final here on Sunday, becoming the first women's pair to win four golds in the tournament's history..
Also China men's basketball team isnt doing well in FIBA world cup. I'm not sure if Yao Ming is doing a good job as president.
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The 2023 World Weightlifting Championships are just starting in Saudi Arabia and it's looking to be an exciting competition.
Aaand, this breaks India's only world record (which was earned by a very Asian non Indian looking lady named Chanu). Chanu is injured but had to weigh in for Olympic qualification so she did not lift but watched Jiang take her world record from back stage. Last time Hou Zhihui beat the Indian (overall; she's only good at the clean and jerk and could never actually win against China in the total), India started rumors Hou was busted for drug use, which was of course, another Indian lie they made to comfort the Indian fans. Let's see what they got this time.
Shi Zhiyong is coming back from injury and lifting as a C group athlete (his reported total is very low but he can go as high as he wants to; he snatched 140kg in the training hall which is 30kg off his high but still good enough for A group).
The most exciting thing to watch will be the 89kg comp where Tian Tao (world record clean and jerk) and Li Dayin (world record snatch, total) will lift against each other. Italian Antonino Pizzolato will compete but shouldn't be a threat. Bulgarian threat Karlos Nassar (AKA, the oldest looking teen in the world) is out with a horrifying full separation of the achilles injury so... that's that. Venezuela has a nice athlete but I doubt he'll be much of a fight for China.
102kg comp will have Li Huanhua (AKA GigaChad) lifting in his debut in the category against Olympic Champion Messo Hassona (AKA Happy Face) from Qatar.
On the lady's side, rising star and 64kg 2022 champ Pei Xinyi comes down to the 59kg to take on reigning champion, Yenny Alvarez from Colombia. Kuo Hsingchun from Chinese Taipei used to dominate this category until she was dethroned last year by Alvarez and then beaten again in the IWF Grand Prix by Pei. Kuo looks to be in shit form this year so a PRC vs ROC rivalry is not expected.
Liao Guifang (71kg) and Li Wenwen (Unlimited) are looking to extend their reign and steamroll the competition again.
Full Schedule here:
Live Scoreboard:
Aaand, this breaks India's only world record (which was earned by a very Asian non Indian looking lady named Chanu). Chanu is injured but had to weigh in for Olympic qualification so she did not lift but watched Jiang take her world record from back stage. Last time Hou Zhihui beat the Indian (overall; she's only good at the clean and jerk and could never actually win against China in the total), India started rumors Hou was busted for drug use, which was of course, another Indian lie they made to comfort the Indian fans. Let's see what they got this time.
Shi Zhiyong is coming back from injury and lifting as a C group athlete (his reported total is very low but he can go as high as he wants to; he snatched 140kg in the training hall which is 30kg off his high but still good enough for A group).
The most exciting thing to watch will be the 89kg comp where Tian Tao (world record clean and jerk) and Li Dayin (world record snatch, total) will lift against each other. Italian Antonino Pizzolato will compete but shouldn't be a threat. Bulgarian threat Karlos Nassar (AKA, the oldest looking teen in the world) is out with a horrifying full separation of the achilles injury so... that's that. Venezuela has a nice athlete but I doubt he'll be much of a fight for China.
102kg comp will have Li Huanhua (AKA GigaChad) lifting in his debut in the category against Olympic Champion Messo Hassona (AKA Happy Face) from Qatar.
On the lady's side, rising star and 64kg 2022 champ Pei Xinyi comes down to the 59kg to take on reigning champion, Yenny Alvarez from Colombia. Kuo Hsingchun from Chinese Taipei used to dominate this category until she was dethroned last year by Alvarez and then beaten again in the IWF Grand Prix by Pei. Kuo looks to be in shit form this year so a PRC vs ROC rivalry is not expected.
Liao Guifang (71kg) and Li Wenwen (Unlimited) are looking to extend their reign and steamroll the competition again.
Full Schedule here:
Live Scoreboard:
this is one the paradoxes of sports. Asians have the stereotype of being small and weak. and yet historically China has the most golds at the world weightlifting championships. looks like theres a lot more to it than brute strength. a lot of technique involved.
Sad day for Chinese basketball.
They even recruited an NBA player, Kyle Anderson, who is part ethnic Chinese for the national team. Are there any more part ethnic Chinese players in the NBA?
