China's new breed of Olympians has emerged from the shadow of the nation's senior sports celebrities to impress the world at the Olympics.
Table tennis world No. 1 Ma Long overcame a late stumble to beat sixth-ranked Japanese Jun Mizutani 4-2 and made the men' s singles final here on Thursday at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games.
Xiang Yanmei shrugged off a neck injury to win women's 69kg category while Lyu Xiaojun was forced to settle for silver in men's 77kg due to body weight disadvantage.
The Chinese women basketball team suffered an 89-68 defeat over Spain, shadowing its prospect of advancing with one win against two losses at the Rio Olympics on Wednesday.
Xiang Yanmei of China won the women's 69kg weightlifting gold with a total of 261kg at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.
Britain's Jack Laugher and Chris Mears ended China's gold medal monopoly over diving events at the Rio Olympics by winning the men's synchronized 3m springboard final on Wednesday, the country's first-ever Olympic gold medal in diving.
Even he will be 31 in 2020, Japan's Kohei Uchimura does not want to miss the Tokyo Olympic Games.
China's Ding Ning beat teammate Li Xiaoxia 4-3 to win women's table tennis singles gold medal at Rio De Janeiro in Brazil on August 10, 2016. Li won silver metal of the match.
Defending champion Li Xiaoxia went one step closer to make history as the third seed here made short work of Ai Fukuhara on Wednesday morning to book a place in the Rio Olympic table tennis women' s singles final.
Olympic rowing races have been postponed again due to adverse conditions on Wednesday.
China's Alex Hua Tian won 8th place in the Olympic equestrian event on August 9 in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil and made a breakthrough in this event for the country. Don Geniro, Hua's horse, has moved up to 8th after taking down one fence in a strong first round of show jumping.
Hungary's Katinka Hosszu won her third gold medal of the Rio Olympics on Tuesday, cruising to victory in the women's 200m individual medley.
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