BEIJING, March 25 (Xinhua) -- Here are the latest Chinese sports headlines from the past week:
1. Debutant Li Shifeng crowned at All England Badminton Open
Li Shifeng reacts during the victory ceremony after the men's singles final match against Shi Yuqi of China at All England Open Badminton Championships 2023 in Birmingham, Britain, March 19, 2023. (Xinhua/Li Ying)
China's Li Shifeng clinched the men's singles title in his first appearance at the All England Badminton Open after beating teammate Shi Yuqi 26-24, 21-5 in the final on Sunday.
"I definitely wanted to clinch the title, but I care more about trying my best and enjoying the game," Li said.
Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong added another gold for China in mixed doubles with a 21-16, 16-21, 21-12 win over South Korean pair Seo Seung-jae and Chae Yu-jung.
China's Olympic champion Chen Yufei fell to South Korea's second seed An Se-young 21-17, 10-21, 21-19 in women's singles final to take a silver.
2. World No. 1s Sun, Fan crowned as China sweeps five titles at WTT Singapore Smash
Sun Yingsha of China reacts during the women's singles final match against her teammate Qian Tianyi at the World Table Tennis (WTT) Singapore Smash in Singapore, March 19, 2023. (Photo by Then Chih Wey/Xinhua)
Top-ranked Sun Yingsha beat compatriot Qian Tianyi 4-1 to win the women's singles title at WTT Singapore Smash on Sunday after she paired Wang Manyu and Wang Chunqin to claim women's doubles and mixed doubles gold medals.
"I'm very happy to win three titles in one tournament," said Sun. "When I played at a later stage, I felt good in terms of concentration and fitness, and hopefully, I will continue to work hard in the upcoming matches."
World No. 1 Fan Zhendong overcame his 34-year-old teammate Ma Long 4-1 to take the men's singles title after his men's doubles victory with Wang Chuqin.
3. Records shattered at Chinese national spring swimming championships
Qin Haiyang of Shanghai competes in the men's 50m breaststroke final at the Chinese swimming spring championships in Qingdao, China on March 24, 2023. (Xinhua/Luo Yuan)
Qin Haiyang broke the men's 50m breaststroke Asian record with a result of 26.63 seconds in the event's preliminary and won the final later at the Chinese national spring swimming championships on Friday.
A day before, Wang Changhao broke the men's 50m butterfly national record twice in one day and set the new mark at 23.25 seconds to win the event.
The comeback of two-time Olympic champion Ye Shiwen and 36-year-old Wu Peng was also eye-catching, especially for Wu, who had been 10 years away from competitive swimming.
4. He Jie renews Chinese men's marathon national record
He Jie of China crosses the finish line during the men's competition at the 2023 Wuxi Marathon in Wuxi, east China's Jiangsu Province, March 19, 2023. (Xinhua/Yang Lei)
China's He Jie clocked two hours, seven minutes and 30 seconds to finish second in the men's race at the 2023 Wuxi Marathon on Sunday, improving the Chinese men's marathon national record by 46 seconds. Enock Onchari of Kenya crossed the line first 11 seconds faster.
China's Yang Shaohui finished third in 2:07:49 as he also beat the previous national record set by Ren Longyun back in 2007.
In the women's race, Chinese runner Bai Li clocked 2:26:33 to wrap up her convincing victory.
5. Chinese shooters dominate ISSF Bhopal World Cup
Huang Yuting(L) and Sheng Lihao of China react during the award ceremony of 10m air rifle mixed team at the ISSF rifle and pistol World Cup in Bhopal, India, March 23, 2023. (Photo courtesy of ISSF)
Chinese shooters have taken five of the six gold medals on offer as of Friday at the ISSF rifle and pistol World Cup in Bhopal, India.
18-year-old Sheng Lihao and 16-year-old Huang Yuting claimed individual titles in men's and women's 10m air rifle events after teamed up to win the mixed team gold. Li Xue won women's 10m air rifle over European champion of Germany and took a bronze with Hu Pengqi in the mixed team competition, where Qian Wei and Liu Jinyao came victorious.
6. Zheng Qinwen into Miami Open third round
Zheng Qinwen of China returns the ball during the round of 64 match against Irina-Camelia Begu of Romania at the Miami Open, March 23, 2023. (Photo courtesy of WTA)
23rd seed Zheng Qinwen opened her 2023 Miami Open campaign with a 2-6, 6-1, 6-1 win over Romania's Irina-Camelia Begu on Thursday and advanced to round of 32. Wang Xiyu fell to Czech world No. 17 Karolina Pliskova and Zhu Lin lost to another Czech player Karolina Muchova in round of 64 at the WTA 1000 tournament.
Wu Yibing was defeated by Diego Schwartzman of Argentina 7-6 (1), 6-1 in round of 64 of men's competition while wildcard Shang Juncheng failed to pass the first round.■
