Rio 2016 Olympic
HOLDING tears in her eyes, a sad Li Yajun was determined to get rid of the bad memories in Rio and trained harder for the next Olympic Games four years later.
Li, one of the gold medal favorite in ...
August 8, 2016, Monday
CHINESE lifter Long Qingquan claimed his second Olympic gold medal when he won the men's 56kg weightlifting event with a world record total of 307kg.
The 25-year-old Long, the 2008 Olympic gold medalist, ...
August 8, 2016, Monday
CHINA'S Sun Yang qualified fastest for the men's 200m freestyle final at the Rio Olympics, easily winning his semifinal on Sunday.
The 24-year-old clocked 1 minute 44.63 seconds, 0.82sec ahead of Japan's ...
August 8, 2016, Monday
MACK Horton put Australia back on the top step of the Olympic podium in an individual swimming event Saturday, dethroning 2012 champion Sun Yang in the men's 400m freestyle in Rio.
Horton clocked 3min ...
August 7, 2016, Sunday
HUNGARY'S Katinka Hosszu shattered the 400m individual medley world record Saturday to seize Olympic gold in Rio.
The "Iron Lady" lived up to her billing, seizing control from the start and closing in ...
August 7, 2016, Sunday
GUANABARA Bay could be stripped of hosting Rio 2016 Olympic sailing events if action isn' t taken to clean the venue's polluted waters, an International Sailing Federation (ISAF) official has warned. ...
April 26, 2015, Sunday