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Friday, 28 August 2015

Bahrain ten-year-old girl to become youngest athlete at world swimming championships

Youngest swimmer to make word champ debut

Bahrain ten-year-old Alzain Tareq swimmer to make world championships debut

Alzain Tareq is a ten-year-old girl from Bahrain is set to compete at swimming world championships. when Alzain Tareq steps on to the blocks for the women's 50m butterfly heats at Kazzan,Russia, she will become the youngest athlete making splash at world swimming championships. There are no age restrictions for the championships, she has qualified as the fastest female swimmer from her national trials.

she has been learn swimming since the age of four, supported by her father. Her father is a former professional swimmer Tareq Salem, who train twice a day, five days a week, either side of her school studies. Her qualifying time of 41.12s in the 50m butterfly compares to the world record of 24.43s by Sweden's Sarah Sjostrom. Tareq has boldly declared that she won't fear anything or anybody. she said" the most important thing for me is gain experience of competing at high-profile events, watch the technical skills of famous Olympic champions and maybe even add some of their skills to my armory".

Posted by Yuting Wei

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Tuesday, 25 August 2015

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.

POSTED BY SHENGHUI XU
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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.

Posted by Yuting Wei
ID number: 44606621