https://www.scmp.com/rss/519329/feed The latest news on Shi Zhiyong, Chinese weightlifter and Olympian, including competition news and updates. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com A weightlifter’s video of Chinese children as young as six being trained to be future champions has lifted the lid on the rural power behind the country’s Olympic domination of the sport. American lifter Hillary Tran journeyed to northern China last month to learn first-hand how the next generation of stars were being recruited and moulded by a nation that won seven of the 10 gold medals available at the Tokyo Games three years ago. The 31-year-old’s Instagram posts of the process went viral,... https://www.scmp.com/sport/article/3270849/chinas-olympic-weightlifting-gold-medal-farming-revealed-us-lifter-instagram?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/article/3270849/chinas-olympic-weightlifting-gold-medal-farming-revealed-us-lifter-instagram?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 18 Jul 2024 00:00:19 +0000 The Asian Games opening ceremony was billed as a technological masterclass, the pinnac of which was a giant CGI torch-bearer running on the Qiantang River and lighting a ceremonial cauldron at the Hangzhou Olympic Sport Centre Stadium. It has been revealed that the figure, known as Xiao Huomiao – meaning ‘little flame’ in Mandarin – was actually a middle school student from Guangzhou, Guangdong province. Gao Yu, a student at Guangzhou Yuyan Middle School in the city’s Huangpu district, was... https://www.scmp.com/sport/article/3235717/asian-games-2023-cgi-torch-bearer-opening-ceremony-modelled-after-chinese-middle-school-boy?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/article/3235717/asian-games-2023-cgi-torch-bearer-opening-ceremony-modelled-after-chinese-middle-school-boy?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 25 Sep 2023 08:06:42 +0000 After dominating the weightlifting events at the Tokyo Games last summer, China wants to revamp the sport’s image and make the world championships later this year an event to be remembered. The country’s athletes won a record-equalling seven gold medals at the Olympics in Japan, with Shi Zhiyong breaking his own world record to win the men’s 73kg event, while Hou Zhihui set three new Games marks in winning the 49kg class. But the sport has been taken off the programme for the LA Games in 2028, a... https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3162770/chinas-weightlifting-boss-wants-launch-revamp-sports-image-world?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3162770/chinas-weightlifting-boss-wants-launch-revamp-sports-image-world?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 10 Jan 2022 08:15:12 +0000 Two-time Olympic gold medallist shooter Yang Qian and several Tokyo Games teammates have posted motivational messages to the country’s athletes on YouTube ahead of the Asian Games this year. The 21-year-old, who won the first gold medal of the Tokyo Games in the women’s 10-metre air rifle, before also securing 10-metre mixed team air rifle gold, urged fans and fellow athletes to keep focused for the event in Hangzhou, which is scheduled to take place from September 10 to 25. “Don’t underestimate... https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3162479/chinese-shooting-star-yang-qian-and-fellow-tokyo-2020-olympic-champions?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3162479/chinese-shooting-star-yang-qian-and-fellow-tokyo-2020-olympic-champions?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 07 Jan 2022 04:30:34 +0000