Here's the latest Chinese sports headlines over the past week:
1. IOC reallocates Tokyo 2020 men's 4x100m relay bronze to China
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has awarded the Tokyo 2020 men's 4x100m relay bronze to China after previous silver medalist Britain was disqualified.
The IOC Executive Board announced the reallocation after its meeting in Lausanne, Switzerland on Thursday.
According to the IOC, the following six options for receiving their medals are proposed to each athlete: the next Olympic Games (for reallocations from PyeongChang 2018 onwards), the Youth Olympic Games, the IOC headquarters or Olympic Museum, at a National Olympic Committee function, at an International Federation event or function, or at a private ceremony.
2. Chinese Olympic champions hope to defend titles at 2026 Winter Games
China's athletes who were crowned at the 2022 Beijing Olympic Winter Games have vowed to defend their titles at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo.
Both Winter Games speed skating 500m champion Gao Tingyu and short track speed skating 1,000m champion Ren Ziwei expressed their hopes to retain their titles in 2026 after a symposium in Heilongjiang, a traditional winter sports powerhouse whose athletes contributed four gold and two bronze medals to China at Beijing 2022.
"If I can stand on the track of the 2026 Winter Olympics, I still hope to win the championship," Gao said.
3. Reassembled Chinese women's volleyball team starts from VNL without Zhu
A reassembled Chinese national women's volleyball team intends to recover from a disappointing Tokyo 2020 Olympics through Volleyball Nations League (VNL) without top star Zhu Ting.
It will be a challenge for new coach Cai Bin, who replaced legendary coach Lang Ping after Tokyo 2022, with the recently released roster missing spikers Zhu Ting and Zhang Changning, both citing injuries for the absence.
4. Hangzhou 2022 Asian Para Games postponed
The Hangzhou 2022 Asian Para Games, originally scheduled to take place on October 9-15, has been postponed, the Asian Paralympic Committee (APC) and the Hangzhou Asian Para Games Organizing Committee (HAPGOC) announced on Tuesday.
The APC said in a statement that the emblem, slogan and year of the Games will remain unchanged and a further announcement on this postponement is expected in the near future.
5. Djokovic expressed gratitude to Chinese fans for love and support
After taking his 1000th career win in Italian Open, world No.1 Novak Djokovic thanked Chinese fans for their love and support on his twitter-like Weibo account. ■
