https://www.scmp.com/rss/509914/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com China’s youngest Olympic champion at the Toyko 2020 Games, Quan Hongchan, has earned herself another plaudit as she was named to the Forbes China 30 Under 30 list for 2021, which was published on Thursday. The 14-year-old is the youngest person on the overall list of 300, which includes 30 names for 10 separate industries, with Quan and her fellow Chinese Olympic gold medal winners named to the sport list. Teammate Chen Yuxi, 16, is the next youngest athlete with 17-year-old Zhang Jiaqi also on... https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3149171/olympic-champ-quan-hongchan-youngest-name-forbes-chinas-30-under-30?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3149171/olympic-champ-quan-hongchan-youngest-name-forbes-chinas-30-under-30?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 17 Sep 2021 09:26:38 +0000 China’s hopes of adding another medal to their Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games tally were given a boost as Great Britain’s 4x100m relay silver medal appears almost certain to be stripped as part of an ongoing drug scandal involving sprinter Chijinda “CJ” Ujah. On Tuesday the International Testing Agency confirmed that Ujah’s B-sample showed the same prohibited substances as his A-sample revealed last month following the closing of the Tokyo Games The ITA had announced on August 12 that Ujah, who was... https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3148777/tokyo-olympics-china-closer-4x100m-relay-bronze-britain-set-be-stripped?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3148777/tokyo-olympics-china-closer-4x100m-relay-bronze-britain-set-be-stripped?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 15 Sep 2021 02:50:14 +0000 Track star Su Bingtian had a remarkable Olympics in Tokyo, clocking a personal best in the semi-finals to become the first Chinese sprinter to reach the final of the men’s 100m. Su ran an Asian record 9.83 seconds in that semi-final to go into the showpiece as the second fastest finalist. The men’s 100m final, where Su finished sixth, was the most watched event of these Olympics on China’s state broadcaster CCTV and despite Su turning 33 later this month, he thinks there is more to... https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3145333/tokyo-olympics-asias-fastest-man-su-bingtian-aiming-go-faster?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3145333/tokyo-olympics-asias-fastest-man-su-bingtian-aiming-go-faster?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 17 Aug 2021 09:30:18 +0000 It seems much longer than a week ago that we were are all enjoying the battle between the US and China to see who would come top of the Tokyo 2020 medal table. The cold light of quarantine can have that effect but as we all sober up from our collective Olympic high, there is undoubtedly a question mark over how these Games will be remembered. Will it be the sport? Or the fact that the sport even took place? Covid-19 cast a long shadow over these Olympics, delaying them by 12 months so that Tokyo... https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/3145109/time-will-tell-how-we-remember-tokyo-2020-olympics-covid-19-cases?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/3145109/time-will-tell-how-we-remember-tokyo-2020-olympics-covid-19-cases?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 15 Aug 2021 09:00:18 +0000 Chinese sprinter Su Bingtian may not have won a medal in the men’s 100m final but he topped the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games television ratings back home. Data published by China Central Television (CCTV) put Su’s 100m sprint showpiece in first place of its top 10 most-watched events from the Tokyo Games. Su entered the final after posting a new Asian record time of 9.83 seconds in his semi-final but missed out on a medal in the final. The event had a 4.8 per cent share of the audience. The men’s... https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3145048/tokyo-olympics-su-bingtians-100m-sprint-final-tops-china-tv-ratings?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3145048/tokyo-olympics-su-bingtians-100m-sprint-final-tops-china-tv-ratings?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 14 Aug 2021 07:22:14 +0000 China could be in line for a late addition to its Tokyo 2020 medal haul after the Athletics Integrity Unit announced a provisional ban on British sprinter Chijindu Ujah over suspected doping. The body announced that there were adverse findings in the tests of 27-year-old Ujah, who ran the opening leg for Team GB’s 4x100-metre sprint quartet as it was narrowly beaten by Italy and claimed Olympic silver ahead of Canada last week. China’s team of Su Bingtian, Asia’s fastest man; Tang Xingqiang; Wu... https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3144880/tokyo-2020-china-going-boost-its-olympic-medal-tally-4x100m-bronze?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3144880/tokyo-2020-china-going-boost-its-olympic-medal-tally-4x100m-bronze?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 13 Aug 2021 02:49:10 +0000 China’s pursuit of another gold fell short in the men’s 4x100m relay but a national record-equalling 37.79 seconds run from their speedsters at the Olympic Stadium got them as close as they have been to a medal. Asia’s fastest man Su Bingtian, Tang Xingqiang, Wu Zhiqiang and Xie Zhenye finished in fourth after Canada pipped them to the line, the second Games in a row where they have just missed out on the podium. Three of the Tokyo quartet – Tang, Xie and Su – had finished fourth in Rio (along... https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3144175/tokyo-olympics-su-bingtians-china-sprinters-miss-out-4x100m-relay-medal?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3144175/tokyo-olympics-su-bingtians-china-sprinters-miss-out-4x100m-relay-medal?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 06 Aug 2021 14:47:10 +0000 China’s Liu Shiying is the Olympic champion in javelin after a first attempt distance of 66.34 metres secured her top spot on the podium at the Olympic Stadium on Friday night. A season’s best effort for the 27-year-old was enough to win the Olympic gold to add to her Asian Games gold and her silver medal from the 2019 World Championships. It was China’s second track and field gold of the Games and inches China ever closer to the coveted top spot on the overall medal table with two days of... https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3144163/tokyo-olympics-more-athletics-gold-china-liu-shiying-secures-javelin?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3144163/tokyo-olympics-more-athletics-gold-china-liu-shiying-secures-javelin?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 06 Aug 2021 13:15:24 +0000 Two Belarusian coaches have been stripped of their Tokyo Olympics accreditations over an alleged attempt to force a sprinter to fly home, an incident that drew international condemnation. The International Olympic Committee on Friday said it had removed the accreditations of Artur Shimak and Yury Maisevich and they had left the Olympic Village. The body said this week that it was investigating the pair over their role in the case of Krystsina Tsimanouskaya, who sought protection at a Tokyo... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3144035/belarus-coaches-kicked-out-tokyo-olympics-sprinter-krystsina?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3144035/belarus-coaches-kicked-out-tokyo-olympics-sprinter-krystsina?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 06 Aug 2021 02:36:11 +0000 CCTV came under fire in China this week after a reporter asked the Tokyo 2020 Olympic gold-medal-winning shot-putter Gong Lijiao when she will “return to being a woman” amid a series of questions about her femininity. The reporter, Lu You, also said on camera she thought Gong was a “manly girl” and compared her to a tomboy. She proceeded to ask Gong, “What plans do you have next as a girl?” She also asked whether Gong planned to find a boyfriend. When Lu asked Gong what would happen “if you arm... https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/china-personalities/article/3143918/tokyo-olympics-cctv-under-fire-after?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/china-personalities/article/3143918/tokyo-olympics-cctv-under-fire-after?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 05 Aug 2021 09:00:10 +0000 Zheng Ninali made history for China in the heptathlon with the former Canada athlete becoming the country’s first naturalised Olympian. The 23-year-old, who was known as Nina Schultz when she competed for the country of her birth, sits 10th after four events on day one with three more to come on the second day. She will be buoyed by a fourth-place finish in 24.56 seconds in her 200m heat to close out the evening session at the Olympic Stadium. Zheng qualified for the Tokyo Games based on her... https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3143829/tokyo-olympics-chinas-zheng-ninali-still-heptathlon-hunt-historic-debut?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3143829/tokyo-olympics-chinas-zheng-ninali-still-heptathlon-hunt-historic-debut?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 04 Aug 2021 12:31:20 +0000 A Belarusian Olympic sprinter who had a public feud with officials from her team at the Tokyo Games said Tuesday that they “made it clear” she would face punishment if she returned home to an autocratic government that has relentlessly stifled any criticism. Krystsina Tsimanouskaya, who was pulled from the Olympics over the weekend by her team against her will, left Narita airport near Tokyo on Wednesday for Poland, which has offered her asylum. Tsimanouskaya, a 24-year-old sprinter, has been... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3143767/tokyo-olympics-belarus-sprinter-krystsina-tsimanouskaya-says?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3143767/tokyo-olympics-belarus-sprinter-krystsina-tsimanouskaya-says?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 04 Aug 2021 07:30:32 +0000 Heptathlete Zheng Ninali has made history at the Tokyo Olympic Stadium where she became China’s first naturalised Olympian and fulfilled her grandmother’s Olympic dream. The 22-year-old was previously known as Nina Schultz and competed for Canada, including winning a silver at the Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in 2018 where she finished second to Britain’s Olympic champion Katerina Johnson-Thompson. Tokyo Olympics: Will China beat Japan (and the US) at their own Games? Born in New... https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3143732/tokyo-olympics-zheng-ninali-makes-history-chinas-first-naturalised?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3143732/tokyo-olympics-zheng-ninali-makes-history-chinas-first-naturalised?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 04 Aug 2021 02:40:13 +0000 Jamaica’s Elaine Thompson-Herah created history on Tuesday night as she became the first woman to do the “double-double” defending both titles as she added 200-metres gold to the 100m gold she won three days ago at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo. Thompson-Herah retained the 200m crown she won in Rio five years ago with a blistering run of 21.53 seconds in the final, a new Jamaican record. She steamed home ahead of Namibia’s Christine Mboma, who produced a barnstorming run to take silver in 21.81,... https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/3143696/tokyo-olympics-double-double-elaine-thompson-herah-she-storms?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/3143696/tokyo-olympics-double-double-elaine-thompson-herah-she-storms?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 03 Aug 2021 12:59:14 +0000 USA’s Athing Mu took the 800-metres gold in a national record time of one minute, 55.21 seconds at the Olympic Stadium on Tuesday to confirm her status as the world’s best over the distance at just 19 years old and end the country’s long wait for another 800m triumph. Mu, a former Youth Olympics silver medallist, led from the starter’s gun until she crossed the line after pulling well clear down the home straight. Double-double for Elaine Thompson-Herah as she storms to 200m gold “I wasn’t... https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/3143693/tokyo-olympics-chinas-wang-chunyu-800m-athing-mu-claims-800m-gold?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/3143693/tokyo-olympics-chinas-wang-chunyu-800m-athing-mu-claims-800m-gold?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 03 Aug 2021 12:42:58 +0000 Su Bingtian finished sixth in the men’s 100m final as Italy’s Marcell Jacobs took Olympic gold in 9.80 seconds on Sunday night. The Chinese sprinter’s poor start cost him a chance of a medal in what was a competitive race. Fred Kerley of the USA finished second and Andre De Grasse of Canada took bronze. Silence deafening as Western teams avoid Xinjiang cotton row in Tokyo Su draped himself in the Chinese flag after his historic race, in which he finished in 9.98 seconds. The field was reduced by... https://www.scmp.com/sport/article/3143405/tokyo-olympics-chinas-su-bingtian-sixth-mens-100m-final-still-makes-history?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/article/3143405/tokyo-olympics-chinas-su-bingtian-sixth-mens-100m-final-still-makes-history?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 01 Aug 2021 13:06:06 +0000 Follow our live coverage of day nine of the Tokyo Olympics here China’s Gong Lijiao has secured China’s first medal in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games athletics with victory in the women’s shot put, dedicating her win to the Chinese Communist Party on its centenary. Gong threw 20.58 metres to beat out Raven Saunders of the USA in silver and Kiwi veteran Valerie Adams in bronze. The Chinese world No 1 has led the field this year but, after failing to hit the 20m mark with her first three throws in... https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3143370/tokyo-olympics-gong-lijiao-secures-chinas-first-athletics-gold-career?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3143370/tokyo-olympics-gong-lijiao-secures-chinas-first-athletics-gold-career?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 01 Aug 2021 04:43:44 +0000 For the past 20 months, the South Sudanese track-and-field team have been training in Maebashi, a city two hours north of Tokyo, for the Olympics. The five athletes arrived before the Games were delayed by the pandemic, expecting to stay for only half a year. Now, the area known for its historic silk industry has become a second home for the athletes as they seek the first-ever Olympic medal for the Republic of South Sudan, which gained independence in 2011 only to be caught up in a civil war... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3141382/tokyo-olympics-stranded-team-south-sudan-find-refuge-kindness?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3141382/tokyo-olympics-stranded-team-south-sudan-find-refuge-kindness?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 16 Jul 2021 23:00:18 +0000 A Chinese diving champion with four Olympic gold medals and two silvers is to appear in this year’s games in Tokyo – as a judge. Guo Jingjing, originally from Hebei province, is considered one of China’s greatest Olympians, competing in four consecutive summer games between 1996, when she was 14, and 2008 when the world’s biggest sporting event was hosted by her own country.  Sometimes referred to as China’s “princess” or “queen” of diving, she retired from her sport a decade ago after a 22-year... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3141434/retired-china-diving-queen-guo-jingjing-tokyo-olympic-judge?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3141434/retired-china-diving-queen-guo-jingjing-tokyo-olympic-judge?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 16 Jul 2021 10:45:32 +0000 Marathon runner Christy Yiu Kit-ching has decided to delay plans of having a second baby with the 2024 Paris Olympics now the focus after an unsuccessful qualification Tokyo Games campaign. The 33-year-old twice broke the Hong Kong record in her only two competition appearances during the two-year campaign that had been seriously affected by the pandemic. She was less than two minutes behind the required benchmark of reaching the 2020 Olympics. “It was very sad to have had only two races during... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3140016/marathon-runner-christy-yiu-delays-baby-plans-she-targets-2024?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3140016/marathon-runner-christy-yiu-delays-baby-plans-she-targets-2024?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 06 Jul 2021 09:06:42 +0000 Our Tokyo Trail series looks at key issues surrounding the 2020 Olympics, which are scheduled for late July. When track and field athlete Lindsay Flach from the United States took part in trials for the heptathlon last week, the 31-year-old didn’t think she could qualify for the Tokyo Olympics. But she was determined to prove she could compete in the seven events that make up one of the Games’ most gruelling competitions – while she was 18 weeks pregnant. Flach – who had days earlier revealed on... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/health-environment/article/3139652/tokyo-olympics-pregnant-lindsay-flach-joined-us-track?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/health-environment/article/3139652/tokyo-olympics-pregnant-lindsay-flach-joined-us-track?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 04 Jul 2021 03:00:17 +0000 The mother-figure taking care of the IOC Refugee Olympic Team wants more countries to open their arms to displaced people – taking a subtle swipe at the policies of Australia, which may be forced to welcome refugee athletes if Brisbane is successful in its bid to host the 2032 Games. Last month, International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach introduced a 29-strong refugee team for the Tokyo Olympics, two days before revealing that Queensland capital Brisbane was the preferred host for the... https://www.scmp.com/tokyo-2020-olympic-games/article/3139658/refugee-olympic-team-leader-tegla-loroupe-urges-australia?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tokyo-2020-olympic-games/article/3139658/refugee-olympic-team-leader-tegla-loroupe-urges-australia?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 03 Jul 2021 02:00:16 +0000 Naturalised Chinese athlete Nina Schultz has qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Games, World Athletics has confirmed, allowing her to fulfil her grandmother’s Olympic dream. The Commonwealth Games silver medallist, who is China’s first naturalised athlete in track and field, makes the 24-strong list for the heptathlon on account of her world ranking. She came in at 20th on the list. Only 11 athletes met the entry standard of 6,420 points and the 13 others in the Olympic field were selected based on... https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3139593/tokyo-2020-chinas-nina-schultz-fulfil-grandmothers-olympic-dream?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3139593/tokyo-2020-chinas-nina-schultz-fulfil-grandmothers-olympic-dream?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 02 Jul 2021 08:02:17 +0000 Yohan Blake is quite literally the second-fastest man on the planet with his 100-metre and 200m personal bests just milliseconds behind former Jamaica teammate Usain Bolt. There was a time when the two-time Olympic gold medallist was considered to be even more promising than his countryman, as Blake is still the holder the Jamaican junior national 100m record and is the youngest-ever 100m world champion. In 2008, Bolt told fans to “watch out for Yohan Blake” because he “works like a beast and is... https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/3139315/yohan-blake-biography-top-speed-jamaican-national-records-and?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/3139315/yohan-blake-biography-top-speed-jamaican-national-records-and?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 30 Jun 2021 08:45:13 +0000 Alistair Brownlee conceded on Sunday that his hopes of becoming a three-time Olympic champion are over after he was disqualified from the World Triathlon Series event in Leeds for unsportsmanlike conduct during the swim leg. The 33-year-old Brownlee, who won Olympic gold medals in 2012 and 2016, now appears certain to miss the Tokyo Games after being penalised for “ducking” rival Chase McQueen as they swam. The triathlon involves swimming, cycling and running. “I only knew I was disqualified on... https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/3136298/tokyo-2020-alistair-brownlee-out-olympics-after-being?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/3136298/tokyo-2020-alistair-brownlee-out-olympics-after-being?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 07 Jun 2021 03:30:56 +0000 Four-time Olympic champion Mo Farah’s hopes of ending his track career at the Tokyo Games suffered a huge blow as he fell short of the qualifying mark for the 10,000 metres in Birmingham on Saturday. The 38-year-old finished eighth, behind fellow Briton Marc Scott, in the European Cup, which doubled as the British Olympic trial. Farah’s time in his first race at this distance for four years was 22 seconds short of the required standard of 27 minutes, 28 seconds to qualify for the Games, which... https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/3136227/tokyo-2020-10k-champion-mo-farah-fails-make-olympic-qualifying?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/3136227/tokyo-2020-10k-champion-mo-farah-fails-make-olympic-qualifying?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 06 Jun 2021 04:33:26 +0000