2011: The best and the worst of Chinese sports
December 27, 2011, Tuesday
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NO. 1
Li Na made history in January by becoming the first Asian and Chinese tennis player to make it to a grand slam singles final at the Australian Open. In June, she won the first-ever grand slam singles title for China and Asia, beating defending champion Francesca Schiavone of Italy 6-4, 7-6 (0) in the French Open final in Paris.
No. 2
Four-time Winter Olympic champion Wang Meng was expelled from the Chinese national short track speedskating team in August after a drunken brawl with team manager during a camp in Qingdao in July.
No. 3
The "Gentle Giant" Yao Ming announced his retirement as a professional basketball player in July in Shanghai. The 2.26-meter Shanghai native, who played eight seasons in the NBA after Houston Rockets chose him as the top overall pick in the 2002 draft, had been plagued with a series of injuries. The 31-year-old averaged 19 points and 9.2 rebounds and has been named to the NBA All-star team eight times.
No. 4
Chinese swimmer Sun Yang won the men's 1,500m freestyle gold medal in a world record time at the 14th FINA World Championships in Shanghai in July. Sun clocked a winning time of 14:34.14, beating the previous world record of 14:34.56 set by Australian Grant Hackett on July 29, 2001. Chinese divers also dominated the pool by sweeping all the 10 diving gold medals on offer at the championships.
No. 5
Shenzhen hosted the largest-ever World University Games in August, attracting some 12,000 student athletes, coaches and officials from 152 countries and regions.
No. 6
The Chinese government published the 2010 National Physical Fitness Evaluation Report in September. The two-and-a-half-year evaluation process indicated that 88.9 percent of Chinese residents meet the fitness standards while the overweight rate continued to rise.
No. 7
China won the men's team gold medal at the 2011 Gymnastics World Championships in Tokyo for the fifth time in a row in October.
No. 8
Beijing Olympic weightlifting champion Liao Hui was suspended by the International Weightlifting Federation till September 30, 2014 for alleged violation of doping rules. The 24-year-old, winner of the men's 69-kilogram category at the Beijing Olympics, was on the suspended list released by the IWF on its official website.
No. 9
Guangdong Southern Tigers lifted the seventh CBA trophy for the fourth consecutive year with an 4-2 aggregate win over Xinjiang Flying Tigers in the best-of seven series of the Chinese Basketball Association league.
With the National Basketball Association in America failing to reach labor agreement, dozens of former NBA players and coaches joined the CBA, leading to the hotly-contested CBA season ever since the launch of league in 1995.
No. 10
Corruption trials of Chinese soccer officials started earlier this month, with dozens of former players, referees, club owners and officials from the Chinese Football Association hauled to court in Liaoning Province.
Li Na made history in January by becoming the first Asian and Chinese tennis player to make it to a grand slam singles final at the Australian Open. In June, she won the first-ever grand slam singles title for China and Asia, beating defending champion Francesca Schiavone of Italy 6-4, 7-6 (0) in the French Open final in Paris.
No. 2
Four-time Winter Olympic champion Wang Meng was expelled from the Chinese national short track speedskating team in August after a drunken brawl with team manager during a camp in Qingdao in July.
No. 3
The "Gentle Giant" Yao Ming announced his retirement as a professional basketball player in July in Shanghai. The 2.26-meter Shanghai native, who played eight seasons in the NBA after Houston Rockets chose him as the top overall pick in the 2002 draft, had been plagued with a series of injuries. The 31-year-old averaged 19 points and 9.2 rebounds and has been named to the NBA All-star team eight times.
No. 4
Chinese swimmer Sun Yang won the men's 1,500m freestyle gold medal in a world record time at the 14th FINA World Championships in Shanghai in July. Sun clocked a winning time of 14:34.14, beating the previous world record of 14:34.56 set by Australian Grant Hackett on July 29, 2001. Chinese divers also dominated the pool by sweeping all the 10 diving gold medals on offer at the championships.
No. 5
Shenzhen hosted the largest-ever World University Games in August, attracting some 12,000 student athletes, coaches and officials from 152 countries and regions.
No. 6
The Chinese government published the 2010 National Physical Fitness Evaluation Report in September. The two-and-a-half-year evaluation process indicated that 88.9 percent of Chinese residents meet the fitness standards while the overweight rate continued to rise.
No. 7
China won the men's team gold medal at the 2011 Gymnastics World Championships in Tokyo for the fifth time in a row in October.
No. 8
Beijing Olympic weightlifting champion Liao Hui was suspended by the International Weightlifting Federation till September 30, 2014 for alleged violation of doping rules. The 24-year-old, winner of the men's 69-kilogram category at the Beijing Olympics, was on the suspended list released by the IWF on its official website.
No. 9
Guangdong Southern Tigers lifted the seventh CBA trophy for the fourth consecutive year with an 4-2 aggregate win over Xinjiang Flying Tigers in the best-of seven series of the Chinese Basketball Association league.
With the National Basketball Association in America failing to reach labor agreement, dozens of former NBA players and coaches joined the CBA, leading to the hotly-contested CBA season ever since the launch of league in 1995.
No. 10
Corruption trials of Chinese soccer officials started earlier this month, with dozens of former players, referees, club owners and officials from the Chinese Football Association hauled to court in Liaoning Province.
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