Recently, the Sports Department of Xinhua News Agency selected the top ten athletes in China in 2023, and Zhang Yufei, Qin Haiyang, and Xie Zhenye, members of the "Taibao Blue Team", were jointly selected.
In 2023, the international sports world will be surging, various sports events will emerge one after another, and the Chinese sports world will be full of flowers. Chinese athletes have fought bravely in major sports events, created one miracle after another, and a large number of outstanding athletes have emerged. Zhang Yufei, Qin Haiyang, and Xie Zhenye, members of the "Taibao Blue Team", stood out with their excellent performance and won the top ten of the year.
Zhang Yufei, the queen of butterflies
In 2023, Zhang Yufei participated in the Fukuoka Swimming World Championships, Chengdu World Congress, Hangzhou Asian Games, and the three FINA World Cup stops (Berlin, Athens, Budapest) and other competitions, with a total of 58 competitions, winning 23 golds, 4 silvers and 2 bronzes, ranking third among women in the World Cup annual total points. Zhang Yufei won 6 gold medals at the Asian Games in Hangzhou and was named the Most Valuable Athlete (MVP) of the Asian Games. At the World Championships, she won the women's 100m butterfly event and won her first gold medal at the World Championships.
Frog King Qin Haiyang
At the 2023 World Swimming Championships in Fukuoka, Japan, Qin Haiyang won three gold medals in the men's meter and 200m breaststroke, becoming the first athlete in history to win three gold medals in the breaststroke at the same World Championships and breaking the men's 200m breaststroke world record. He also won 5 gold medals at the Chengdu Universiade, 5 golds and 1 silver at the Hangzhou Asian Games, and was named the Most Valuable Athlete (MVP) of the Asian Games, and was crowned the annual World Cup champion at the Swimming World Cup. With his outstanding performance throughout the year, Qin Haiyang won the title of FINA Best Male Swimmer in October.
Flying man Xie Zhenye
At the Hangzhou Asian Games, Xie Zhenye won the men's 100m championship with a time of 9.97 seconds. With another "breaking ten" performance, the confidence of the Chinese men's sprint was boosted. Subsequently, Xie Zhenye and his teammates won the gold medal in the men's 4x100m relay at the Hangzhou Asian Games. On the evening of October 4, he also won the bronze medal in the men's 4x100m relay at the Tokyo Olympics with his teammates. The bronze medal was the first medal won by the Chinese men's 4x100m relay team at the Olympic Games.
2023 is destined to be a bumper year for the CPIC Blue Team. In June this year, CPIC joined hands with the Chinese national women's volleyball team, swimmers Zhang Yufei and Qin Haiyang, and track and field athlete Xie Zhenye to form the "CPIC Blue Team" to go to the arena together, winning gold and silver in major events, gathering blue power and shining at the peak moment. Behind the members of the Blue Team who have broken through themselves again and again and created miracles, CPIC is silently guarding and witnessing their growth every step.
All the past is a prologue, and the new year will sail again. Behind the heavy honor, the members of the CPIC Blue Team are still unrelenting, training hard to accumulate strength for the next event. CPIC wishes them more success in the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, and at the same time, CPIC will, as always, provide the most comprehensive protection for the members of the "CPIC Blue Team" with professional services, and escort their love and dreams.