PARIS, Aug. 1 (Xinhua) -- Chinese pair Wang Xinyu and Zhang Zhizhen made history after coming from behind to beat Demi Schuurs and Wesley Koolhof of the Netherlands to reach the Paris Olympics tennis mixed doubles final on Thursday. The Netherlands pair collected the first set 6-2 in 37 m...
About 11,000 torchbearers have been selected to carry the torch through France. See the route of the torch relay here. Paris 2024 OlympicsThe opening ceremony of the Paris Games will take place on 26 July 2024. For the first time in Olympic history will not be held in a stadium but ...
"I'm so happy that I could make history for Chinese tennis because I have always wanted to be one of the athletes who can win a medal for our country. And right now, I am one of them. But I know the fight is not over. It's not the end of tennis. The tournament is very long...
Made from locally recycled plastic, these seats are sustainability (可持续性) champions in their own right.The Paris 2024 Summer Olympics made history in terms of sustainability, as 11,000 stadium seats made entirely of recycled plastic are used during the water sports. The plastic used for the...
total of 16 medals across eight golds, four silvers, and four bronzes, secured by 14 athletes. Notably, 38.5% of the medalists were from the post-2000 generation, marking Guangdong's best performance in Olympic history and leading all provinces and cities in both gold and total medal counts...
This was the first gold medal won in Winter Games in Chinese history. In the 2014 Winter Olympics, Chin a won three gold medals,four silver medals and two bronze medals.The 24th Olympic Winter Games were held in Beijing and Zhangjiakou in 2022. Beijing became the first city in the world ...
"There's no other rivalry in the history of tennis that's had 60 matches between the two players. I think that itself makes it very, very unique and very special," Djokovic remarked. He spoke of their epic battles and the mutual respect, even if he wouldn't call it brotherhood. "I ...
Marchand also triumphed in the 200m individual medley and the 400m individual medley events, becoming the fourth swimmer in Olympic history to win four individual golds in a single Olympics. "I've fulfilled a lot of dreams since I've been here," Marchand said. "Doing this double [the 200...
Boycotts by different countries happened throughout history. The 1980 Olympic games in Moscow/ UdSSR (today Russia) were boycotted by 66 countries including the USA, Canada, West Germany and Japan due to the invasion of Afghanistan by the Soviet Union in 1979. ...
The 24-year-old was the bookmakers' favorite to win the final after storming to gold at last year's world championships with the fifth-fastest time in history. Jamaican legend and two-time 100m Olympic champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce missed the final after unexpectedly withdrawing from her se...