Athletics
Olympic champ Quan youngest name on Forbes China’s 30 under 30
All 30 names on the sports section are Olympic gold medal winners including swimming star Zhang Yufei and diving team.
China closer to Tokyo relay bronze; Britain set to be stripped of silver
Medal would be first for China in the Olympic event, as case against British sprinter CJ Ujah goes to Court of Arbitration for Sport after B-sample shows banned substances.
Asia’s fastest man Su Bingtian aiming to go faster
China sprint star, who made history with 100m final appearance in Tokyo, says he is ‘not done yet’
Su Bingtian’s 100m Olympic sprint final tops China TV ratings
Chinese sprint star did not win a medal at Tokyo Games but comes out in front in CCTV’s television ratings ahead of table tennis champions.
Is China going to boost its Olympic medal tally with 4x100m bronze?
Chinese quartet could be in line for the bronze medal as Team GB, who finished with silver, sees one of its runners provisionally banned.
China’s sprinters equal national record but miss out on medal
Su Bingtian and company’s 37.79 not enough to better Rio 2016 fourth-place finish as Italy romp to gold.
More athletics gold for China as Liu Shiying grabs javelin win
‘It means a lot to me and my country,’ says Liu after throwing a season’s best of 66.34 metres and giving China its second gold medal of the athletics programme.
Belarus coaches kicked out of Olympics in sprinter case
The two Belarus team coaches were involved in trying to send sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya back to their country.
Chinese women Olympic athletes’ success challenges China’s beauty standards
A Chinese journalist is under fire for a series of questions directed at a gold medal-winning shot-putter that seemed to criticise her femininity.
China’s Zheng Ninali still in heptathlon hunt
The 23-year-old Commonwealth Games silver medallist is 214 points off leader Anouk Vetter of the Netherlands after four events.
Belarus Olympic sprinter says punishment awaited her back home
Krystsina Tsimanouskaya flew out of Japan and was expected to take refuge in Poland after saying she feared for her life.
Profile | Who is China’s history-making heptathlete Zheng Ninali?
The 22-year-old makes history with PB in heptathlon 100m hurdles, three years after bagging Commonwealth Games silver for Canada.
Double-double for Thompson-Herah as she storms to 200m glory
The Jamaican claims her second gold of the Tokyo Games.
Mu claims 800m gold for USA as China’s Wang makes history
Mu sets a new national record as teenager takes the 800m gold.
China’s Su misses out on 100m medal, but still makes history
Su Bingtian finishes sixth, with Italy’s Marcell Jacobs taking gold in 9.80 seconds, after Chinese sprinter became first to qualify for Olympics showpiece.
Gong secures China’s first athletics gold with career-best shot put
Chinese world No 1 fails to hit 20m mark with first three throws before hitting lifetime best - ‘This gold medal is not only for myself,’ she says.
Stranded Olympians from South Sudan find refuge, kindness in Japan
For the past 20 months, the South Sudanese track-and-field team have been training in Japan. The five athletes arrived before the Games were delayed by the pandemic - expecting to leave after only half a year.
China diving ‘queen’ Guo Jingjing off to Tokyo as Olympic judge
Hong Kong resident from Hebei province due in Japan with city’s delegation.
Marathon runner Christy Yiu delays baby plans to focus on Paris
The 33-year-old Hongkonger plans to have a second baby after the 2024 Paris Games as she focuses on qualifying for her second Olympics after being denied proper shot at Tokyo.
Why mum-to-be Lindsay Flach took part in US track and field Olympic trials
Flach drew flak for competing, which doctors say is due to the fear of risks from sports – though exercising while pregnant is beneficial for most women, they add.