Victories by Zhang Jike in the men’s singles and Guo Yue and Liu Xiaoxia in the women’s doubles brought the recent edition of the World Table Tennis Championships in Rotterdam, Holland to a close. Once again, China made a clean sweep of all medals that were on offer at the biennial event organized by the [...]
Entries from May 26th, 2011
Is China’s Continued Dominance At Table Tennis Their Fault?
May 26th, 2011 · No Comments · Table Tennis
Tags:Adham Sharara·China Table Tennis Association·Guo Yue·ITTF·Liu Xiaoxia·World Table Tennis Championships·Zhang Jike
At 2011 X Games Asia, China’s Best Talents Were Missing (pt2/2)
May 13th, 2011 · No Comments · Extreme Sports, Government, Sports Regime
This is the 2nd part of the post on 2011 Kia X Games Asia. Read the 1st part here. “It is what it is. I’m going back to play for a while, just to take it in.” Shen Jian squeezed a smile at me and then walked back onto the stage. Only less than 10 [...]
Tags:Chinese Extreme Sports Association·ESPN·Harvey Davis·KIA X Games Asia·Shen Jian·Wei Xing
At 2011 X Games Asia, China’s Best Talents Were Missing (pt1/2)
May 11th, 2011 · No Comments · Extreme Sports, Government
A bit longer than I thought, hence I’m posting it in two parts. Read the 2nd part here. At the beginning of April, a month ahead of ESPN’s 2011 X Games Asia in Shanghai, Shen Jian (申剑), arguebly China’s best BMX rider, was worried about his eligibility for the Games. Born in 1988 along the [...]
Tags:BMX·Chinese Extreme Sports Association·ESPN·KIA X Games Asia·Li Haoran·Shen Jian·Wen Qiang
