Follow South China Morning Post - Other Sports, filter it, and define how you want to receive the news (via Email, RSS, Telegram, WhatsApp etc.) https://follow.it/scmp62 Sun, 26 Sep 2021 16:55:40 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ju_D8oCMqpiH4G1g1fOw4ZVjH6qdYdAk China’s Olympic silver medal winning mixed doubles table tennis team of Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen took gold in the final of the National Games on Friday.The pair missed out on gold in Tokyo where they were beaten by Japan’s Jun Mizutani and Mima Ito in the first medal match.Defeat to the Japanese ensured that China could not win a clean sweep for the first time since the Athens 2004 Olympic Games with both players shedding tears after their defeat.They cried again on Friday after beating…]]> Sat, 25 Sep 2021 10:34:30 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ju_D8oCMqpiH4G1g1fOw4ZVjH6qdYdAk https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ju_D8oCMqphVHjwN5MjUhsb1naedg1wr Chinese Olympic champion Wang Shun extended his National Games medal record with another gold in the pool in Xian on Friday night, his sixth of these games and 15th overall.Wang came home first in the men’s 200m individual medley, just as he had in Tokyo during the summer where he became the first Asian to win the event at the Olympics.He touched the wall in 1:56.33 to win gold by almost two seconds, though it was well off the Asian record 1:55.00 that secured him top spot on the podium at the…]]> Sat, 25 Sep 2021 05:44:43 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ju_D8oCMqphVHjwN5MjUhsb1naedg1wr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ju_D8oCMqpjxcpEt053rOylmFkX7M1Jw Hong Kong’s Olympic swimming star Siobhan Haughey helped her International Swimming League side Energy Standard to another match victory and served up a side dish of revenge from the Tokyo Games.Haughey, who won silver in the 100m freestyle in the Japanese capital this summer, took victory in Naples where she beat Olympic gold medallist Emma McKeon of the London Roar to the wall at the Piscina Felice Scandone.The Hongkonger finished in 51.42 seconds with the Australian Olympic champion just…]]> Sat, 25 Sep 2021 04:47:43 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ju_D8oCMqpjxcpEt053rOylmFkX7M1Jw https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ju_D8oCMqph3gkiiNQ_RNJs0ohxaO6Yr Rio 2016 Olympic gold medal winning race walker Liu Hong has decided to hang up her shoes after finishing fourth at the China National Games in Xian.The 34-year-old from Guangdong won Olympic bronze in Tokyo this summer but finished off the podium in the women’s 20km event before announcing that it was her last race for the time being.“I don’t have the goal and motivation to practice for the time being, but with the passage of time, my thinking may change. It’s hard to tell.”It was a hard…]]> Fri, 24 Sep 2021 09:48:58 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ju_D8oCMqph3gkiiNQ_RNJs0ohxaO6Yr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ju_D8oCMqpi4qhVcfFSKluzdsCmHakzH Asia’s fastest man Su Bingtian made a surprise appearance in the 4x200m final at the China National Games, where he only just missed out on a second gold medal running alongside “his student” Yan Haibin.Su is an associate professor at Jinan University in his native Guangdong province where the 18-year-old is a student, something the veteran track star made light of after his 100m final victory on Tuesday.“Actually, I came here to compete as a teacher. Yan Haibin, who raced against me today, is…]]> Fri, 24 Sep 2021 06:51:33 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ju_D8oCMqpi4qhVcfFSKluzdsCmHakzH https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ju_D8oCMqphA-k7O7fvkg8b1naedg1wr History-making Olympian Liu Yishing continued her dream year after winning the National Games women’s javelin final at the Xi’an Olympic Sports Centre Stadium on Thursday.The 27-year-old Shandong native gifted herself an early present ahead of her birthday on Friday when she scored 64.33 metres.Liu won an unprecedented gold medal at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games last month, becoming the first Asian athlete to win an Olympic gold medal in the women’s javelin and the second Chinese athlete ever to…]]> Thu, 23 Sep 2021 17:27:43 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ju_D8oCMqphA-k7O7fvkg8b1naedg1wr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ju_D8oCMqpj525l3d6da2Js0ohxaO6Yr Chinese Olympic silver medallist Xiao Ruoteng of Beijing went one better at the National Games after winning the men’s individual all-around final at the Shaanxi Olympic Sports Centre on Thursday.The 25-year-old Beijing team representative, who won all-around silver and floor exercise and team bronze at the Tokyo Games, scored 87.532 overall (free exercise 14.800, pommel horse 15.066, rings 14.100, vault 14.933, parallel bars 14.900, horizontal bar 13.733) to edge out Zhang Boheng of Hunan (86…]]> Thu, 23 Sep 2021 15:17:28 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ju_D8oCMqpj525l3d6da2Js0ohxaO6Yr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ju_D8oCMqpi3Q56QjdpBqF1cWWor9YPv China’s marquee table tennis players continued to shine at the National Games on Thursday as the men’s, women’s and team tournaments heat up at the Yan’an University Gymnasium.World number one Fan Zhendong continued his form in the men’s singles, after a revenge-fuelled win over Ma Long on Wednesday, to beat Yan An of Beijing 4-1 in the quarter-final.The 24-year-old Guangdong native is a Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games team gold medallist and four-time world champion and is clear favourite for the…]]> Thu, 23 Sep 2021 11:03:26 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ju_D8oCMqpi3Q56QjdpBqF1cWWor9YPv https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ju_D8oCMqpjd6Lz-jRv9fyejEQ2Mq9rY US athletes taking part in the Beijing Winter Olympics next year must be vaccinated against Covid-19, according to guidelines released by the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee on Wednesday.The USOPC rules state that as of November 1, all employees, athletes, contractors and others accessing USOPC facilities must be vaccinated against the coronavirus.By December 1, the mandate will be extended to include all Team USA delegations members or hopefuls for future games.“The health and…]]> Thu, 23 Sep 2021 04:07:10 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ju_D8oCMqpjd6Lz-jRv9fyejEQ2Mq9rY https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ju_D8oCMqpjkFenoYRRhCCejEQ2Mq9rY Épée star Vivian Kong Man-wai could not repeat her National Games individual medal-winning feat from a day earlier as the Hong Kong women’s épée team bowed out of the quarter-finals in Tianjin on Wednesday.World number six Kong’s win over Tokyo 2020 Olympics champion Sun Yiwen in the bronze medal play-off on Tuesday ensured her team was seeded higher.But Kong and teammates Debbie Ho Tik-lam and Coco Lin Yik-hei could not avoid being matched up with China’s Olympic team, losing 32-44 to miss a…]]> Wed, 22 Sep 2021 10:38:37 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ju_D8oCMqpjkFenoYRRhCCejEQ2Mq9rY https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ju_D8oCMqphvcRtZDrJqsClmFkX7M1Jw World No 1 Fan Zhendong got some revenge on No 2 Ma Long for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games men’s singles final as he beat his international teammate to help Guangdong to a first China National Games men’s table tennis gold for 24 years.Defending Olympic champion Ma and top seed Fan met in Tokyo for the men’s singles final before winning gold as part of the men’s team that beat Germany.Fan opened the final with a 3-0 singles win over Beijing’s Wang Chuqin before Ma Long levelled the match score…]]> Wed, 22 Sep 2021 08:39:19 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ju_D8oCMqphvcRtZDrJqsClmFkX7M1Jw https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ju_D8oCMqpjyw1IeMfSA7uT5HJgy6HUf Hong Kong hurdler Vera Lui Lai-yiu narrowly missed out on a spot in the National Games women’s 100m hurdles final at the Xi’an Olympic Sports Stadium on Tuesday.The 26-year-old 2018 Asian Games bronze medallist ran 13.33 seconds in her heat, just four milliseconds off You Na of Hubei in second, while Jiangsu representative Wang Li won the heat in 13.19. She finished ninth, 0.02 seconds off qualifying in the top eight.Fellow Jiangsu hurdler Wang Dou, Chen Yinfeng of Yunnan, Lin Yuwei of Fujian…]]> Tue, 21 Sep 2021 15:45:03 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ju_D8oCMqpjyw1IeMfSA7uT5HJgy6HUf https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ju_D8oCMqpg-JCYkPCWVpaCY3L745TL_ Asia’s fastest man Su Bingtian continued his remarkable summer with gold in the 100-metre final at the China National Games in Xian.Su came home first in 9.95 seconds at the Xian Olympic Centre Stadium, well clear of the defending champion and China relay teammate Xie Zhenye, who finished in 10.10 seconds.The result was a reversal of the 2017 final where Xie, who also won the 200m four years ago, finished ahead of Su in a National Games record 10.04 seconds.Guangdong sprinter Su smashed that as…]]> Tue, 21 Sep 2021 15:15:30 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ju_D8oCMqpg-JCYkPCWVpaCY3L745TL_ https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ju_D8oCMqphookgzP-X8t5s0ohxaO6Yr Hong Kong’s star épée fencer Vivian Kong Man-wai clinched bronze at the National Games after beating reigning Olympic champion Sun Yiwen 15-14 in the women’s individual event in Tianjin on Tuesday.World number six-ranked Kong piled the pressure on Sun, ranked four places above her, in a razor-thin bronze play-off contest to clinch the city’s sixth medal of the Games.The 27-year-old Kong lost to in-form Lin Sheng 11-15 in the semi-final. Fujian representative Lin – a 2019 team world champion –…]]> Tue, 21 Sep 2021 13:54:57 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ju_D8oCMqphookgzP-X8t5s0ohxaO6Yr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ju_D8oCMqpgzzdUN0haQB11cWWor9YPv Hong Kong’s men’s foil team won a bronze medal at the National Games on Monday after defeating Jiangsu 45-36 in a tense third-place play-off.It represents the fifth medal that Hong Kong has won so far at the Games, often referred to as the “mini Olympics” in the mainland, where top athletes from all over China are competing.Hong Kong were the pre-event favourites of the competition, headed by Olympic individual champion Edgar Cheung Ka-long. But the city’s Tokyo hero was forced to pull out at…]]> Mon, 20 Sep 2021 11:02:16 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ju_D8oCMqpgzzdUN0haQB11cWWor9YPv https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ju_D8oCMqpimxGv5V1ueBl1cWWor9YPv Tom Brady loves to troll the Atlanta Falcons, especially since his legendary comeback from a 28-3 deficit to win Super Bowl 51.In a celebratory video of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ season-opening win over Dallas posted on social media, Brady had a subtle reminder of his dominance in that game with the clock in the left corner reading 3:28.Brady knew what time it was on Sunday, too, extending his career record against the Falcons to 9-0 by throwing five touchdowns in a 48-25 win at Raymond James…]]> Mon, 20 Sep 2021 04:08:13 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ju_D8oCMqpimxGv5V1ueBl1cWWor9YPv https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ju_D8oCMqpiKjsJubUmLV8b1naedg1wr Just weeks after upsetting Taiwan’s world No 1 Tai Tzu-ying at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, Chinese shuttler Chen Yufei has won the China National Games but the world No 2 is not done there.“The day after tomorrow we are going to Europe.” Chen said on Friday after retaining her National Games women’s singles title in Xian.Chen is part of China’s Sudirman Cup squad, with the mixed team world championship taking place in Finland from September 26. It was moved to Vantaa from China in June.China…]]> Sat, 18 Sep 2021 08:52:36 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ju_D8oCMqpiKjsJubUmLV8b1naedg1wr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ju_D8oCMqpjYKBYl5hM1Lps0ohxaO6Yr Japanese superstars Naomi Osaka and Shohei Ohtani have been named to Time magazine’s list of “the 100 most influential people of 2021” among six athletes to make the cut in the annual list.Osaka has been praised for speaking about mental health as well as activism for other causes, including Black Lives Matter. The 23-year-old makes her third appearance in a row while MLB’s two-way All-Star Ohtani is making his first appearance.The 27-year-old reportedly becomes only the second baseball player…]]> Sat, 18 Sep 2021 07:07:25 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ju_D8oCMqpjYKBYl5hM1Lps0ohxaO6Yr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ju_D8oCMqpjYKBYl5hM1LuzdsCmHakzH The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics announced its official motto – “Together for a Shared Future” – at a ceremony on Friday.Organisers revealed the slogan at the Capital Museum as they counted down 140 days to the opening of the 24th Winter Olympics on February 4.“The slogan is a call to all people across the world to march together under the Olympic flag,” the official Twitter account said of the slogan which was picked from 79 submitted from Chinese universities.Those were whittled down to 11…]]> Sat, 18 Sep 2021 05:14:23 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ju_D8oCMqpjYKBYl5hM1LuzdsCmHakzH https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ju_D8oCMqphQMSI2PdIl_11cWWor9YPv Singapore swimming sensation Joseph Schooling could be set for a lengthy absence from the pool after it was announced by the country’s ministry of defence that the 26-year-old’s national service deferment will not be extended.Schooling, who shocked the world when he claimed the gold medal in the 100-metre butterfly at the Rio 2016 Olympics, had hoped his deferment of national service, which is compulsory for all Singaporeans, would be extended beyond August this year.But those hopes were dashed…]]> Thu, 16 Sep 2021 11:16:05 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ju_D8oCMqphQMSI2PdIl_11cWWor9YPv