Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, Dec. 20 (Xinhua) -- Chinese athletes are striving to be the first in 2023 for the Paris Olympics
Xinhua News Agency reporter.
The excitement of the Hangzhou Asian Games seems to be just yesterday, and the pace of the Paris Olympics is quietly approaching. Looking back at the upcoming 2023, the Chinese sports delegation has gained a lot at the Asian Games, topping the Asian Games gold medal list for the 11th time in a row with the best result in history. At the individual World Championships, the "swimming army" shines, track and field can be expected, and badminton, taekwondo, rock climbing and other events have also won multiple Olympic qualifications. Looking forward to the Paris Olympics, Chinese athletes are ready to go.
The Asian Games training has yielded fruitful results.
The Hangzhou Asian Games is a "big test" to prepare for the Olympic Games. The Chinese delegation won 201 gold, 111 silver and 71 bronze medals, a total of 383 medals, achieving the best results in the history of the Asian Games, and also broke the world record 3 times, the Asian record 18 times, and the Asian Games record 74 times.
In the blue pool, the Chinese team showed the style of the king. The Chinese swimming team won the best record of the Asian Games with 28 golds, 21 silvers and 9 bronzes, the veteran "old and strong", the backbone of the beam, the newcomer emerged, a reasonable age structure and deep strength of the blessing, the Chinese swimming team has the strength to break wrists with the United States, Australia and other traditional strong teams in the Paris Olympics. The "Dream Team" Chinese diving team reproduced the "perfect one" and won all the gold medals. In the women's diving 10-meter platform final, Quan Hongchan made a perfect jump to create the history of the Asian Games and won 7 perfect scores from 7 judges.
The national table tennis team, which is at its peak all year round, won 6 of the 7 golds, but also felt the competitive pressure from Japan and South Korea. The Japanese women's team, which is composed of all the "post-00s", performed eye-catchingly, and staged a peak showdown with the Chinese women's team in the team finals;The South Korean team has been deeply involved in doubles events in recent years, Tian Zhixi and Shin Yubin won the women's doubles gold medal, and Japan and South Korea will have a certain impact on the gold medal at the Paris Olympics.
The Chinese team has a glorious history in the Olympic arenas of badminton, gymnastics and weightlifting. In this trip to Hangzhou, Zhang Boheng became the first player to break through 89 points in the men's gymnastics individual all-around event under the new rulesThe performance of the national feather men's team was eye-catching, the men's team won the championship with a strong reversal, and the men's singles final will be divided;Liu Huanhua won the men's weightlifting 109 kg class and won the gold again, which can be called a "miracle", but the strong impact from the North Korean women's team has sounded the alarm for the Chinese weightlifting team to prepare for Paris.
The Chinese shooting team won 10 golds, 5 silvers and 2 bronzes in 15 shooting Olympic events, breaking 3 world records.
The Chinese team successfully defended the Asian Games championship in the women's basketball and women's volleyball team, achieving the expected goal, and the men's volleyball team defeated Japan to advance to the finals and won a "surprise" silver medal, but the men's basketball team lost to the non-main team in the semifinals to the Philippine team and the women's football team lost to the Japanese second-tier team in the semifinals.
It should be recognized that some of the gold medals won by the Chinese delegation in the Asian Games are slightly insufficient if they are placed in the Olympic Games, such as track and field, tennis, equestrian and other events. Fencing, taekwondo, boxing and other sports that have shown a momentum of "stopping the decline and rebounding" still need to be further improved in order to enhance their competitiveness in the Olympic arena.
The map of Asian sport has changed, with India winning 28 gold medals in a number of events, becoming the only delegation to reach triple figures in medals other than China, Japan and South Korea, and the Asian semi-finals will be in Paris.
The stars shine in Paris.
The wonderful moments left by Chinese sports in 2023 are not just the Asian Games.
At the World Championships in Fukuoka in July, the world swimming world witnessed a full-scale outbreak in China. The Chinese diving team won 12 of the 13 gold medals, almost a perfect ending. Although it was not optimistic before the game, the Chinese swimming team also ended with 5 golds, 3 silvers and 8 bronzes, ranking third in the swimming gold medal list, breaking 1 world record and 8 Asian records, and qualifying for the Paris Olympics in 4 relay events.
Qin Haiyang is the brightest swimming star in 2023. He won three gold medals in the men's and 200m breaststroke in one fell swoop, achieving an unprecedented "triple crown" in the breaststroke at the World Championships. The 24-year-old won nine gold medals in three races at the World Cup in October, and was deservedly named FINA Swimmer of the Year.
Throughout the Paris Olympic cycle, there is no shortage of newcomers in the country, winning the Sudirman Cup World Badminton Mixed Team Championships for the 13th time this year, and also taking home the Asian Championships trophy. On the Paris Olympics standings, the famous players Chen Yufei, Chen Qingchen, Jia Yifan, Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong, who participated in the last Olympic Games, have basically locked in their qualifications.
The Chinese track and field team won two bronze medals at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest, and although the momentum of winning gold in eight consecutive World Championships was blocked, the replacement of the old and new teams progressed in an orderly manner. Young athletes such as Zhao Jie, Zhong Tao and Xie Zhiyu have played remarkably, and celebrities such as Gong Lijiao and Feng Bin are still competitive, which also makes people see the hope of China's track and field rising again in the temporary trough of results.
In terms of emerging sports, 3x3 basketball players staged a "wandering earth" in order to qualify for the Olympics. In order to earn Olympic points, they have been featured on the pitch all over the world. In the end, the Chinese women's team ranked in the world.
1. The men's team entered Paris with the world ranking third.
In the "three balls" project, which has attracted much attention from the Chinese people, the Chinese women's basketball team ushered in the "first generation" defeated its opponent in Sydney in one fell swoop after losing to Japan in two consecutive Asian Cup finals, and won the championship again after 12 years. The girls will sit on their home turf during the Chinese New Year and challenge for Olympic qualification.
The Chinese women's volleyball team suffered a major setback in the Olympic qualifying round, and finally failed to directly obtain the Olympic quota. Whether the women's volleyball girls can finally appear in the Paris Olympics will have to wait until after the World League preliminaries in June next year to decide according to the points.
Solid winter training is steady and far-reaching.
is about to bid farewell to the wonderful 2023, and Chinese athletes are still more than 7 months away from stepping on the Paris Olympic Games. Under the cold winter, each team has launched winter training in various forms, and the preparation has entered the most critical sprint period.
Outdoors in Beijing, where the temperature is less than zero degrees Celsius after heavy snowfall, the members of the National Rifle Pistol Shooting Team wear military uniforms and stand upright during military training. Standing in a military posture in a cold and freezing environment not only exercises the quality of will, but also enhances the ability of the shooting team members to cope with the interference of external environmental factors in the competition. Strengthening physical fitness is an important part of winter training, and the national rifle pistol shooting team hopes that the team members can bring the courage to endure hardships and overcome difficulties in military training to the subsequent high-intensity training and continuously strengthen physical fitness.
The national swimming team's winter training and training are combined, and the last competition in 2023 - the National Swimming Championships is an important platform for them to test the effect of winter training.
Some teams are struggling to qualify for the Olympics this winter. After the winter training, the Chinese fencing team started the 2023-2024 season in December, fighting hard for every precious Olympic point. According to the reporter's understanding from the Department of Competitive Sports of the General Administration of Sports of the People's Republic of China, the Chinese team has qualified for the Olympics in 137 of the 27 major events.
Gao Zhidan, director of the General Administration of Sports of the People's Republic of China, said that the preparations for the Paris Olympics have entered a state of imminent battle. "It is necessary to organize this year's winter training work with the highest standards and strictest requirements, continue to strengthen patriotism and collectivism education, further improve the comprehensive quality of Chinese athletes, and fully demonstrate China's development achievements and the good image of Chinese youth in the new era. During the winter training period, it is necessary to comprehensively analyze the situation of preparing for the competition, fully grasp the situation of the main opponents, and form and strengthen their own technical and tactical style characteristics. ”
Looking back at the Tokyo Olympics, the Chinese sports delegation won 38 golds, 32 silvers and 18 bronzes, a total of 88 medals, ranking second only to the United States in the number of gold medals and medals, handing over a brilliant report card.
It is foreseeable that the Chinese team will face a situation in Paris that will be more crowded with enemies than in Tokyo. The arena is also like a boat sailing against the current, chasing dreams in Paris, and the Chinese ** troupe is looking forward to casting brilliance again. (Reporter Wang Haoyu, Xu Dongyuan, Sun Zhe, Wang Chunyan).