World swimming championships: China's Sun Yang

Chinese famous swimmer

Sun Yang is widey known as the most successful Chinese swimmer and the country's most famous athlete in history with world Asian, Olymic and National Records tied to his name. He began swimming at a young age, and first real breakout was at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, when he was just 16 years old. He was the first Chinese man to win an Olympic gold medal in swimming. Sun even anchored the bronze-medal winning 800m freestyle relay, which was one of China's first relay medals in swimming. 

China's Sun Yang with his 400m freestyle gold medal

Australia outs Sun after violation. Swimming Australian made the decision to cut ties with sun, and tighten up regulations regarding foreign athletes that are training in Australia's excellence training centers. Under Cotterell's tutelage Yang won gold in both the 400m and 1500m freestyle at the London Olympics in 2012, smashing the world 1500m record in the process. Sun also won the 400m freestyle world title with the aid of a banned Australian coach, Brian King. He dominated the 400m final to win by more than a second in 3min42.5sec, the fastest time of the year. 

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Chairman Yao (1)

Chairman Yao (1)

Yao Ming is one of the greatest players in Chinese basketball history, even not one of, in my mind, he is the best.

When I reached basketball in 11 years old, I was in love with this sport deeply. But at first, I was playing basketball just for fun, never watched basketball game until one day. That is a big day, for Miami Heat, in 2006. That was the first NBA final champion of Miami Heat. My father was watching live of the sixth game of finals on TV. He was so excited that captured my attention. He is a fan of Shark O’Neal, by the way. I came into his room and watched game 6 with great curiosity with my father. From then on, I became a real basketball fan.

Certainly, the Final MVP of 2006, D-Wade is the first NBA star I have known. But the one I liked first is a Chinese big man which played for Houston Rockets, Yao Ming. 
  

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Chinese sports legend : Li Xiaopeng (gymnast)

Chinese Top Gymnast : Li Xiaopeng 

Li Xiaopeng is one of the world's greatest gymnast, who specializes in parallel bars and vault. He currently holds 16 world titles, more than any other gymnasts in China. he has been named the newest Ambassador for the Laureus Sport for Good Foundation. Li Xiaopeng has been won total  four Olympic gold medals and eight World Championships titles in his career. 

Li Xiaopeng in Olympic 2008

Li Xiaopeng was outstanding in the parallel bars and the vault, so much so that the International Gymnastics Federation named two moves after him- the "Li Xiaopeng hop" in the vaut and "Li Xiaopeng arm hang" on parallel bars. Also he achieved his greatest successes on the parallel bars, winning two Olympic gold medals in Sydney in 2000 and Beijing in 2008 and a bronze in Athens in 2004. He also won two world titles on parallel bars and three World Cups. One of his outstanding achievements was at the 2003 World Championships in Anaheim when he won three gold medals- parallel bars, vault and team.


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