Xinhua pictures of the year 2021: sport-Xinhua

Xinhua pictures of the year 2021: sport

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2022-01-06 20:32:10

Dong Bing of China competes in the women's normal hill individual during the FIS Continental Cup Ski Jumping 2021/2022, part of a 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games test event, in Chongli of Zhangjiakou City, north China's Hebei Province, on Dec. 5, 2021. (Xinhua/Mu Yu)

Su Bingtian of China reacts after the men's 100m semifinal at Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, Aug. 1, 2021. Su clocked a personal best of 9.83 seconds and became the first Chinese sprinter to qualify for the Olympic men's 100m final at the Tokyo Games. (Xinhua/Lui Siu Wai)

Lionel Messi weeps during his farewell news conference at the Camp Nou Stadium in Barcelona, Spain, Aug. 8, 2021. (Xinhua/Chen Yichen)

Alyssa Naeher (R), goalkeeper of team USA, looks on as players of team Canada listen to their national anthem on the podium during the awarding ceremony for women's football event at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Yokohama, Japan, Aug. 6, 2021. (Xinhua/Jia Haocheng)

Greek actress Xanthi Georgiou, playing the role of an ancient Greek High Priestess, lights the torch during the Olympic flame lighting ceremony for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games, in ancient Olympia, Greece, Oct. 18, 2021. (Xinhua/Zheng Huansong)

A man rides his horse during a horse race to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the founding of Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Yushu, northwest China's Qinghai Province, Aug. 6, 2021. (Xinhua/Wu Gang)

Tokyo 2020 Mascot robot Miraitowa is seen with empty seats around at the Musashino Forest Sport Plaza, Tokyo at the Tokyo Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, July 31, 2021. (Xinhua/Cao Can)

Hugo Barrette of Canada competes during the cycling track men's keirin match at Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, in Izu, Japan, Aug. 7, 2021. (Xinhua/He Changshan)

Ibrahim Elhusseiny Hamadtou of Egypt serves during the table tennis men's singles class 6 group E match at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, Aug. 27, 2021. Egyptian table tennis player Ibrahim Elhusseiny Hamadtou, who lost both his arms during a childhood train accident, found his way to play table tennis by holding the racket with his mouth and serving by flicking the ball up with his right foot. He won the runner-up in an Africa table tennis event and was qualified for both Rio 2016 Paralympic Games and Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. (Xinhua/Zhang Cheng)

Di Huanran dives off a waterfall at Jingpo Lake, Heilongjiang Province of China, Dec. 23, 2021. Di first tried his hand at outdoor diving at this waterfall in 1983. Now the 62-year-old man regards waterfall dive as his lifelong pursuit. (Xinhua/Xie Jianfei)

Fan Duoyao of China competes during the heat of men's singles luge at the Experience Beijing FIL Luge World Cup at the National Sliding Center in Yanqing, Beijing, Nov. 20, 2021. He's the first Chinese athlete qualified for the FIL Luge World Cup race. (Xinhua/Chen Yichen)

Children show cards to the referee after a charity football match between 11 professional players of the football Club Zeljeznicar from Sarajevo and 100 children in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), Oct. 10, 2021. (Xinhua/Nedim Grabovica)

Body builders chat as they exercise at the "Shed Gym" in Beijing, China on March 10, 2021. Situated in the residential area of the CRRC Beijing Locomotive Company, the "Shed Gym" transformed from a bicycle shed has attracted its neighbours for more then 30 years. It is maintained by local body builders and now opens freely for students and elders. (Xinhua/Peng Ziyang)

Bian Jing (L) of China helps Nino Tibilashvili of Georgia after their women's sabre individual Category A final match of wheelchair fencing at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games in Chiba, Japan, Aug. 25, 2021. (Xinhua/Xiong Qi)

China's Liu Cuiqing (top) and her guide Xu Donglin celebrate after winning the women's T11 class 200m final of athletics event at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, Sept. 4, 2021. (Xinhua/Xiong Qi)

Fireworks explode over the Olympic Stadium during the closing ceremony of Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, Aug. 8, 2021. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

Lin Gaoyuan (1st L, front) of China, Lily Zhang (2nd L, front) of the United States compete with Wang Manyu (2nd R, front) of China and Kanak Jha (1st R, front) of the United States during a joint training session of two pairs formed of both American and Chinese players entering the mixed doubles competition at the 2021 World Table Tennis Championships in Houston, the United States, on Nov. 22, 2021. (Xinhua/Wu Xiaoling)

Athletes clash with each other during the men's 1500m final at ISU World Cup Short Track 2021/2022 in Beijing, capital of China, Oct. 23, 2021. (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong)

Picture taken with a drone on Oct. 28, 2021 shows an aerial view of National Speed Skating Oval in Beijing, capital of China. (Xinhua/Zhang Chenlin)

Kahlil Felder (L) of Shanxi Loongs breaks through during a match against Guangzhou Loong Lions at the 2021-2022 season of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) league in Zhuji, east China's Zhejiang Province, Oct. 19, 2021. (Xinhua/Liu Xu)

Chinese mainland Olympians take selfies on a yacht at Hong Kong's Victoria Harbor during their visit to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), China, Dec. 4, 2021. (Xinhua/Jia Haocheng)

Lu Dong of China competes during the women's 50m backstroke S5 final of swimming event at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, Aug. 30, 2021. She took the gold with a new world record. (Xinhua/Cai Yang)

Lau Mo Sheung Grace of China's Hong Kong practices before the women's kata ranking round of karate at Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, Aug. 5, 2021. (Xinhua/Cao Can)

Team China celebrate after the women's 4x100m final at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, Aug. 6, 2021. (Xinhua/Li Gang)

Wang Siyu of China gets injured during the women's basketball preliminary match of Group C between China and Australia at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Saitama, Japan, July 30, 2021. (Xinhua/Meng Yongmin)

Oksana Chusovitina of Uzbekistan reacts after the women's artistic gymnastics qualification at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, July 25, 2021. (Xinhua/Cao Can)

Ryan Crouser of the United States displays a message after winning the men's shot put final at Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, in Tokyo, Japan, Aug. 5, 2021. (Xinhua/Li Yibo)

Simone Biles of the United States is seen before the artistic gymnastics women's balance beam final at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, Aug. 3, 2021. (Xinhua/Cheng Min)

Wu Zhiqiang (3rd L) and Su Bingtian (4th L) of China compete during the men's 4x100m relay final at Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, in Tokyo, Japan, Aug. 6, 2021. (Xinhua/Jia Yuchen)

The Olympic flame for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics is on display at the Olympic Tower in Beijing, capital of China, Oct. 20, 2021. The Olympic flame, ignited for the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games in Ancient Olympia in western Greece, arrived in Beijing in the morning on Oct. 20. A welcoming ceremony was held at the Olympic Tower, an iconic landmark from the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. (Xinhua/Wang Yong)

Tara Davis of the United States competes during the women's long jump final at Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, in Tokyo, Japan, Aug. 3, 2021. (Xinhua/Li Ming)

Children of Hequ Machang Primary School play tug-of-war as their teacher Daobudan (C) cheer for them during their summer vocation in Maqu County, Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Gansu Province on July 14, 2021. (Xinhua/Chen Bin)

The cauldron is lit by Japanese athlete Osaka Naomi during the opening ceremony of the 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo, Japan, July 23, 2021. (Xinhua/Xia Yifang)

Guan Chenchen (bottom, R) of China celebrates with teammate Tang Xijing (bottom, C) after winning the artistic gymnastics women's balance beam final at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, Aug. 3, 2021. (Xinhua/Zheng Huansong)

An 11-month-old baby girl named Wang Yuji practises skiing at Thaiwoo Ski Resort in Chongli District of Zhangjiakou City, north China's Hebei Province, Nov. 18, 2021. A video of Wang Yuji sliding down the hill on a snowboard went viral on the internet. (Xinhua/Zhang Fan)

Gong Lijiao of China celebrates during the women's shot put final at Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, in Tokyo, Japan, Aug. 1, 2021. (Xinhua/Wang Lili)

Julio Ruben Mayora Pernia of Venezuela somersaults during the men's 73kg weightlifting event of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, July 28, 2021. (Xinhua/Yang Lei)

Competitors ride during the seventh stage of the 20th Tour of Qinghai Lake cycling race in northwest China, July 17, 2021. (Xinhua/Zhang Long)

Goalkeeper Zhou Yunjie of Team 1979 sprays water to cool himself before an ice hockey match in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 30, 2021. Main players of Team 1979 of Beijing are retired ice hockey players from Beijing Shichahai Sports School in the 1970s. Encouraged by the successful bid for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games, 9 of the ice hockey veterans began training again in Wukesong ice rink in 2015 and named their team 1979, the year when their team in Shichahai Sports School was dismissed. Now Team 1979 has grown up to more than 40 members with an average age of 60 years. They have training matches every Wednesday and Saturday. (Xinhua/Wu Zhuang)

A screen shows the audiences watching the live of a fencing men's sabre team match held at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Chiba, Japan, on July 28, 2021. (Xinhua/Li Ming)

Led by flag bearers Zhu Ting and Zhao Shuai, the Olympic delegation of China parade into the Olympic Stadium during the opening ceremony of Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, July 23, 2021. (Xinhua/Zheng Huansong)

Zakir Safiullin (R) of Kazakhstan competes during the boxing men's light (57-63kg) quarterfinal against Harry Garside of Australia at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, Aug. 3, 2021. (Xinhua/Ou Dongqu)

Figure skaters perform during the Ice Dance Rhythm Dance at the Experience Beijing figure skating test event in Beijing, China on April 6, 2021. (Xinhua/Lan Hongguang)

Viktoria Listunova of ROC competes in the floor exercise of the artistic gymnastics women's team final at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, July 27, 2021. (Xinhua/Wang Lili)

Quan Hongchan of China competes during the women's 10m platform final of diving at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, Aug. 5, 2021. The14-year-old Chinese diver Quan Hongchan snatched the women's 10m platform gold at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games with the highest score in history. (Xinhua/Ding Xu)

Students take part in a training session at Zhanjiang City Sports School, south China's Guangdong Province, Sept. 2, 2021. The 14-year-old Chinese diver Quan Hongchan, who started diving at the age of seven at Zhanjiang City Sports School, snatched the women's 10m platform gold at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games with the highest score in history. More and more students from Zhanjiang City Sports School continue their training and studying here to become professional divers. (Xinhua/Zhou Ziyang)

Wang Shun of China celebrates after winning the men's 200m individual medley final of swimming at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, July 30, 2021. (Xinhua/Du Yu)

Su Bingtian (R) of China and Marcell Lamont Jacobs of Italy sprint to the finishing line during the men's 100m semifinal at Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, in Tokyo, Japan, Aug. 1, 2021. (Xinhua/Jia Yuchen)

Li Wenwen of China reacts after winning the Weightlifting Women's +87kg Final at Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan on Aug. 2, 2021. (Xinhua/Yang Lei)

Team Germany compete for a 4-man heat of Bobsleigh during a test event for Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games at the National Sliding Center in Yanqing zone, Beijing, capital of China, Oct. 26, 2021. Yanqing, a northern suburb of Beijing and one of the three competition zones of Beijing 2022, played host to bobsleigh and skeleton test between Oct. 5 and 27. (Xinhua/He Changshan)

Children show their paintings and participation certificates of the "Colourful Imagination of Ice and Snow, Best Wishes for the Winter Olympics-International Youth Painting Invitational Exhibition" at the headquaters of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in Paris, France, Dec. 15, 2021. (Xinhua/Gao Jing)

Yang Junxuan, Tang Muhan, Zhang Yufei and Li Bingjie of China celebrate after winning the women's 4x200m freestyle relay final of swimming at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, July 29, 2021. (Xinhua/Xu Chang)

Skaters compete in the women's mass start competition at the Experience Beijing Speed Skating China Open in Beijing, China on Oct. 10, 2021. (Xinhua/Zhang Chenlin)

Gold medalist Yang Qian of China gestures during the awarding ceremony for the women's 10m air rifle event at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, July 24, 2021. (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong)

Rayssa Leal of Brazil competes during the women's street final of skateboarding at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, July 26, 2021. (Xinhua/Li Ga)

Gabriel Medina of Brazil crashes on a wave during the bronze medal heat of the men's surfing match of at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Tsurigasaki beach in Ichinomiya, Japan, July 27, 2021. (Xinhua/Du Yu)

Rafael Nadal of Spain competes during the men's singles quarterfinal against Diego Schwartzman of Argentina at the French Open tennis tournament at Roland Garros in Paris, France, June 9, 2021. (Photo by Aurelien Morissard/Xinhua)

Photo taken on Dec. 17, 2021 shows a view of Yunding Ski Resort in Chongli of Zhangjiakou City, north China's Hebei Province. The staff of Yunding Ski Resort in Zhangjiakou competition zone are busy preparing the tracks for the upcoming Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games. (Xinhua/Yang Shiyao)

Wang Yilyu (L)/Huang Dongping of China celebrate after winning the badminton mixed doubles final match against their teammates Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, July 30, 2021. (Xinhua/Chen Yichen)

Zhang Yufei of China enters water during the women's 200m butterfly final at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, July 29, 2021. Zhang Yufei claimed the title of the event. (Xinhua/Xu Chang)

Photo taken on July 23, 2021 shows the Olympic Motto at the opening ceremony of Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan. (Xinhua/Xia Yifang)

Athletes pose for a photo with the Olympic rings after the women's heptathlon at Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, in Tokyo, Japan, Aug. 5, 2021. (Xinhua/Zhang Chuanqi)

Lang Ping (C, top), head coach of China, looks on as players of China bow for gratitude after the women's volleyball preliminary match between China and Argentina at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, Aug. 2, 2021. (Xinhua/Ding Ting)

Photo taken on Dec. 28, 2021 shows a view of Big Air Shougang, the venue for Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing, capital of China. Big Air Shougang located in the Beijing competition zone is set to host freestyle skiing and snowboard big air events. (Xinhua/Tao Xiyi)

Liu Shiying of China celebrates after winning the women's javelin throw final at Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, in Tokyo, Japan, Aug. 6, 2021. (Xinhua/Lan Hongguang)

Chief referee Yan Jun (2nd L) and two assistant referees make judgement during the 36th round match between Xinjiang Flying Tigers and Zhejiang Lions at the 2020-2021 season of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) league in Zhuji, east China's Zhejiang Province, Jan. 29, 2021. (Xinhua/Pan Yulong)

Players of Italy celebrate with fans in Rome, Italy, July 12, 2021. Italy won the final against England at the UEFA EURO 2020 in London on July 11. Italy beat England 3-2 in a penalty shootout after a 1-1 draw. (Photo by Alberto Lingria/Xinhua)

Liu Yang of China competes during the artistic gymnastics rings final at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, Aug. 2, 2021. (Xinhua/Zheng Huansong)

Niang Xianjia, a 13-year-old Tibetan student of a local boarding primary school, practices baseball in Xinghai County, northwest China's Qinghai Province, China on March 6, 2021. (Xinhua/Zhang Hongxiang)

Citizens look at the earth formed by a fleet of drones during the opening ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games on a street in Tokyo, Japan, July 23, 2021. (Xinhua/Du Yu)

A lightening strikes over the Tokyo Bay as Cherif Younousse (1st L)/Ahmed Tijan of Qatar train before their men's beach volleyball preliminary match against Enrico Rossi/Adrian Ignacio Carambula Raurich of Italy at Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, July 28, 2021. (Xinhua/Li Ga)

This photo taken by an underwater camera shows Zhang Yufei (L) of China competing during the women's 200m butterfly final at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, July 29, 2021. Zhang Yufei claimed the title of the event. (Xinhua/Ding Xu)

Li Fabin of China competes during the men's 61kg weightlifting event of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, July 25, 2021. (Xinhua/Yang Lei)

Citizens skate at the Yuyuantan Park in Beijing, captial of China, Jan. 30, 2021. (Xinhua/Li Ming)

Keegan Palmer (R) of Australia clashes into a cameraman during the men's park heat of skateboarding at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, Aug. 5, 2021. (Xinhua/Li Ga)

Devin Booker (bottom) of the United States falls down during the men's basketball semifinal between the United States and Australia at Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Saitama, Japan, Aug. 5, 2021. (Xinhua/Pan Yulong)

Skaters of the Netherlands compete in the women's 1500m competition at the Experience Beijing Speed Skating China Open in Beijing, China on Oct. 10, 2021. (Xinhua/Zhang Chenlin)