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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 with Yang...
Tags: China, Liu Zige, world record, Zhang Lin, world championships, Kosuke Kitajima, gold medals
Zhang Lin’s record-breaking exploits in the men’s 800m freestyle at the world swimming championships was top news in China yesterday as he drew comparisons to icons Yao Ming and Liu Xiang. Predictions by his coach that Zhang Lin will win China’s second-ever...
Tags: Yao Ming, Zhang Lin, China, Erik Zhang
Olympic great Michael Phelps celebrates his world record in the men's 200 metre butterfly Wednesday in Rome. (Clive Rose/Getty Images) American Michael Phelps recovered from a shocking defeat by breaking his own world record in the men's 200-metre butterfly...
Tags: world records, Federica Pellegrini, Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte, Topless Phelps, world championships, 100m butterfly, metre freestyle, Zhang Lin
Will it be the Manaudou who, with plenty of that lovely French word “insouciance” won gold at the last Olympics in Athens and then matured into the finest female swimmer in the sport at last year’s world championships in Melbourne? Or will it be the reluctant,...
Tags: Libby Trickett, Grant Hackett, Jessicah Schipper, Christine Magnuson, Australia, China, 100m butterfly, 100m fly, South Korea, Zhang Lin
East China, April 4 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese quartet rewrote the national record of men's 4X100 meters medley relay in three minutes 37.92 seconds at the Olympic trials events here on Friday. "We've been planning to do this...We are feeling a lot
Tags: East China, national records, Xinhua, olympic trials, Zhang Lin, Zhang Yadong
Feb. 1 (Xinhua) -- German's Paul Biedermann grabbed the title of men's 200 meters freestyle at the China Open on Friday. The swimmer coasted into the top, clocking 1:48.51 and edging Poland's Pawel Korzeniowski and Chinese national team member
Tags: china open, Zhang Lin, meter freestyler, Xinhua, Helge Meeuw, Germany, Paul Biedermann, 4x100m medley, medley relay, China