A two-time Olympic champion

 A two-time Olympic champion

Lin Dan who has a nicknamed "Super Dan" is a professional badminton player from China. He is a two-time Olympic champion, five-time world champion, and five-time All England champion. In his early years, Lin was encouraged to learn to play the piano by his parents, but chose to play badminton at the age of five.

Lin had a good start to 2004, earning the BWF's number one world ranking for the first time in February. He helped China win the qualifying round of Thomas Cup and then captured the Swiss Open.He won his first ever All England Open title by beating Peter Gade in the final.

Lin retained his number one world ranking during 2005, winning his second German and Hong Kong Open titles, as well as the Japan Open, China Masters, and World Cup tournaments. He also helped China recapture the Sudirman Cup when it shut-out both defending champion South Korea in the semifinals and Indonesia in the final.

Lin won the Eddie Choong Player of the Year award for two consecutive years in 2006 and 2007. He also secured the BWF Best Male Player of the Year in 2008. Lin was voted Most Valuable Player (MVP) during the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China. On January 16, 2011, he was voted as the 2010 best male athlete in CCTV Sports Personality of the Year for his clean sweep in major badminton titles.

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Li Na ---------------a legend story of china tennis

                     Li Na ----------the proud of china tennis

Li Na is the most successful tennis player of China and almost all the chinese is proud of her.

Outspoken and likeable, the 'late-blooming' Chinese tennis superstar is one of the world's top 10 players. At 29, Li claimed an unprecedented victory at the 2011 French Open, and became the first Asian player to win a Grand Slam singles title.

On January 25, 2014, Li beat Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia (7-6 (7/3), 6-0) to win her first Australian Open Women's Wingles title at Melbourne Park, marking her second Grand Slam title.

Li Na is the only one to reach the Australian open single championship who is  an Asian.

Li said, due to intense training, she couldn't complete the biography exclusively by herself, but she did personally write some parts. Li hopes the book enable the public to know the real Li, and not just the tennis player. 

Li's biography recounts all the unforgettable experiences of her tennis career, including her highs, her lows and her heretofore unspoken feelings of bitterness.

Li also recalls her mixed feelings about her parents, the tender love story of how she met her husband Jiang, and her relationships with coaches and the media.

                     

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Another strong table tennis player : Fan Zhendong.

This season’s Chinese Super League ended its preliminary stage and the top players who played well individually are Fan Zhendong, Ma Long and Xu Xin. With his impressive winning streak this season, Fan Zhendong gets to be the strongest contender for this season. Meanwhile, the Grand Slam champion Zhang Jike is in his lowest rank. 

The Chinese Super League is about to enter the second stage of the competition and the individual rankings are already finalised. Who can be this year’s MVP? 

With an undefeated record for the first 15 rounds in the preliminary stage of the league, Fan Zhendong gets the top spot in the individual rankings. As soon as the stage was over, he recorded an impressive 31-win-1-loss record. 

With this, he gets to be a strong contender for this season’s Most Valuable Player. Fan Zhendong’s team, Bayi is also in the playoffs. So if they get to win the title, his chances will definitely increase as well. Prior awardees were Zhang Jike and Ma Long. 

Second on the rankings is Ma Long of the Ningbo Haitian Team. He completed the preliminary stage with 29 wins and 2 losses. Those two losses were from Fan Zhendong. The third player in the list is Xu Xin with 27 wins and 5 losses. Unfortunately for him, such result didn’t lead the Shanghai Team into the playoffs. 

The fourth player is Liang Jingkun of the Shandong Weiqiao Team. He was able to post 23 wins and 9 losses. Weiqiao also sealed a spot in the playoffs. Fifth player is Hao Shuai of the Shandong Team. 

As for the Grand Slam champion, Zhang Jike, he sits in the 17th place with 7 wins and 3 losses. This is probably the lowest he has been in the rankings. The reason behind this is his long absence due to injury and his dispute with his team. Fortunately, things got much better recently and he is expected to contribute well in the playoffs for the Shandong Luneng Team.

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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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Rafel Nadal -------------------one of the "big four" of men tennis

       Rafel Nadal's  young professional

Rafel Nadal is a Spanish tennis player who is the one start to play tennis when he was 3.

At the age of 8, Nadal won an under-12 regional tennis championship, giving Uncle Toni the incentive to step up his training. Toni noticed at the time that Rafael played his forehand shots with two hands, so he encouraged him to play left-handed, thinking it could give Rafael an edge on the court.When Nadal was just 12 years old, he won the Spanish and European tennis titles in his age group. He turned professional at age 15.

At the age of 16, Nadal made it to the semifinals of the Boys' Singles tournament at Wimbledon. At 17, he became the youngest male to reach the third round at Wimbledon since Boris Becker.

At the age of 19, in 2005, Nadal won the French Open the first time he competed in the tournament, and his world ranking shot to No. 3. Nadal won 11 singles titles that year, eight of which were on clay, and he was soon dubbed the "King of Clay."

With his powerful topspin-heavy shots, speed and mental toughness, Nadal reigned as one of the "Big Four" of men's tennis (along with Federer, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray),Nadal has been ranked no.1 of the world  and have a lot of fans all over the world.

The key to the success for Nadal mix up his talent, hardwork and attitude.

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Another legend in badminton careers

Another legend in badminton careers

In his early years, Lee favoured basketball, however his mother soon banned him from the game due to the searing heat of the outdoor basketball court. Lee began to learn badminton at the age of 11, when his father, who liked to play the game, brought him to the badminton hall. Attracting the attention of a local coach, the coach asked Lee's father if he could take him as a student. After receiving his father's consent, the coach began to train Lee after school.Discovered by Misbun Sidek, he was drafted into the national squad when he was seventeen years old.

On 3 November 2006, Lee was involved in a car accident. On his way to Bukit Jalil after dinner, he was hit from behind by a vehicle which had lost control after a tire blow out. He was then sent to the Sunway Medical Centre and treated with six stitches for his head injury.

Lee received RM300,000 on 21 August 2008, as a reward for his silver medal effort in the 2008 Olympic Games. Also, he received RM3,000 a month as a lifetime pension beginning in August 2008. For the same achievement, he was conferred with a Darjah Setia Pangkuan Negeri (DSPN), which carried the title Dato' by Governor of Penang, Tun Abdul Rahman Abbas on 30 August 2008.

He was appointed as UNICEF Malaysia's National Ambassador in February 2009.

On 6 June 2009, Lee received the Darjah Bakti (DB) award, from Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin, in conjunction with the Birthday of Seri Paduka Baginda Yang di-Pertuan Agong, for his achievements in the 2008 Olympics. He was in a relationship with Wong Mew Choo, his teammate. In 2009, Lee and Wong announced they are no longer together during the 2009 World Championships in Hyderabad, India. However, Lee announced his reconciliation with Mew Choo after winning a silver medal in 2012 Summer Olympics. They were married on 9 November 2012, and had two children, Kingston and Terrance, which were born in April 2013 and July 2015 respectively.

On 16 March 2011, Lee received Permodalan Nasional Berhad shares worth RM100,000 from Najib Tun Razak soon after his triumph in the All England Open. He was appointed as KDU University College ambassador on 31 July 2011.

Lee's autobiography Dare to be a Champion was officially published on 18 January 2012.

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Zhang Jike' next goal.

Zhang Jike prepared for Rio Olympics.

Being the Grand Slam champion, Zhang Jike is one of the main players of the men’s table tennis. After his defeat in this year’s World Championships, a lot may have thought if he is still motivated for the Rio Olympics. Well, in an interview, he said he still is. In fact, his next goal is to do better in the World Team Championships next year so that he can have a better chance for the Olympic Games. 

After losing in the World Championships, Zhang Jike said that he is still motivated for the Rio Olympics. 
After winning the world competitions since 2011, Zhang Jike became the strongest table tennis player in the men’s division. Being able to complete his Grand Slam in a continuous manner was such a feat. 
Therefore, he was considered as a superhuman. However, with his defeat in this year’s World Championships, he became just any regular player once again. It just shows that he cannot win all the titles even if he wants to. 

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