News Source: Japan Today
| about 1 month ago
Two-time double Olympic breaststroke champion Kosuke Kitajima will make his first race appearance since the Beijing Olympics in a time trial event in Tokyo next month, swimming sources said Wednesday. Kitajima has entered the 50, 100 and 200 meters...
News Source: Turks and Caicos Free Press
| about 1 month ago
China – Olympic champion Liu Zige trimmed 1.6 seconds off the world record in the women's 200-meter butterfly at China's National Games on Wednesday. Liu was timed in 2 minutes, 1.81 seconds, domestic news agency Xinhua reported. She eclipsed the...
News Source: Miami Herald
| about 1 month ago
Liu Zige of China set a new world record in the women's 200-meter butterfly, taking 1.6 seconds off the previous mark. Liu finished in 2 minutes, 1.81 seconds at China's National Games on Wednesday, domestic news agency Xinhua reported. That eclipsed...
News Source: Xinhuanet.com
| about 1 month ago
Chinese tennis aces did not fell prey to any upset at the 11th Chinese National Games, with former Olympic champion Sun Tiantian and China's former male number one Sun Peng both advancing in the doubles events on Tuesday. After teaming up...
News Source: Xinhuanet.com
| about 1 month ago
Though Liu Xiang was the first Chinese athlete to win a Olympic track gold and one of the nation's biggest star, the six-day athletic events at the 11th National Games will not only focus on the 110-meter hurdle hero. Xing Huina of the host...
News Source: Xinhuanet.com
| about 1 month ago
World champion Zhang Lin's dream of winning a six gold medals was crushed as he failed to qualify for the men's 100m freestyle semifinal at the Chinese National Games here on Tuesday. Zhang, who won the men's 800m champion with a world record...