The top ten Chinese athletes selected by Xinhua News Agency are: Ding Liren, Wang Chuqin, Chinese women's basketball team, Wen Xiaoyan, Liu Qingyi, Zhang Zhizhen, Zhang Yufei, Dong Hongjuan, Qin Haiyang. , and Xie Zhenye.
1. Ding Liren
On April 30, the FIDE Chess World 2023 was held in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan. In the championship match, Chinese chess player Ding Liren defeated Russian chess player Nepomnyach in the final game of rapid play-offs, becoming the 17th world champion in chess history and the first champion in the Chinese chess world.
2. Wang Chuqin
At the Hangzhou 2023 Asian Games, Wang Chuqin became the first person to win the men's singles, men's doubles, mixed doubles and men's titles at the same Asian Games. A table tennis player with four gold medals. At the ChampionsAt the Durban World Table Tennis Championship in May, Wang Chuqin and Fan Zhendong helped the Chinese team regain the men's doubles championship and teamed up with Sun Yingsha to defend the mixed doubles championship.
3. Chinese women's basketball team
On July 2, in the final of the 2023 Asian Women's Basketball Cup, the Chinese team defeated the Japanese team 73 :71. , won the championship again after 12 years. Chinese player Han Xu was named the tournament's most valuable player. She and teammate Li Meng were jointly selected in the tournament's best team. On October 5, the Chinese team once again defeated the Japanese team and defended the Asian Games women's basketball championship.
4. Wen Xiaoyan
Wen Xiaoyan competed in the women's 100m T37 and the women's 200m T37 at the Hangzhou 2023 Asian Para Games. There were 4 eventsves in total. , including the T37/38 level women's long jump and the 4X100m mixed relay, all of which won gold medals in three of the individual events, which set new world records, and the relay event broke the Asian record.
5. Liu Qingyi
In the break dance final of the Hangzhou 2023 Asian Games, Liu Qingyi defeated Japanese star Yuasa Ami 2:1 and won the Asian Games She won the first women's gold medal in break dancing history and won a ticket to the Paris Olympics. Liu Qingyi also won two championships in this year's Olympic points competition at Kitakyushu Station in Japan and Montpellier Station in France.
6. Zhang Zhizhen
In 2023, Zhang Zhizhen will continue to make breakthroughs for Chinese men's tennis. During the quarter-finals of the men's singles of the Tennis Open of Madrid, he became the first mainland Chinese male tennis player in history to advance to the quarterfinals of the Masters. In September, Zhang Zhizhen won the men's singles gold medal at the Asian Games and qualified for the Paris Olympics. It was the first time in 29 years that Chinese men's tennis reached the top of Asia.
7. Zhang Yufei
In 2023, Zhang Yufei participated in the Fukuoka World Swimming Championships, the Chengdu Universiade and the Hangzhou Asian Games. He won 23 gold medals , 4 silver medals and 2 bronze medals at the Games and three FINA World Cup competitions. He was named the Most Valuable Player (MVP) at the Hangzhou Asian Games and ranked third in the annual World Cup points total. At the World Championships, she won the women's 100 meter butterfly event and won her first gold medal inindividual at the World Championships.
8. Dong Hongjuan
On April 26, Chinese mountaineer Dong Hongjuan successfully climbed the summit of Shishapangma Peak at an altitude of 8,027 meters. As confirmed by the international mountaineering and summit certification website, Dong Hongjuan became the first woman in the world to climb all 14 8,000-meter peaks.
9. Qin Haiyang
At the Fukuoka World Swimming Championships in July 2023, Qin Haiyang won the men's 50, 100 meters and 200 meters. He won three. breaststroke gold medals, becoming the first athlete in history to win three breaststroke gold medals at the same World Championships, and breaking the men's 200 meter breaststroke world record.
10. Xie Zhenye
At the Hangzhou 2023 Asian Games, Xie Zhenye won the men's 100m championship with a time of 9.97 seconds. Laterd, Xie Zhenye and his teammates won the gold medal in the men's 4x100m relay at the Hangzhou Asian Games. On the evening of October 4, he and his teammates won the bronze medal in the men's 4X100m relay at the Tokyo Olympics.
In the 2023 Chinese annual sports selection, the top ten Chinese athletes are Ding Liren, Wang Chuqin, Chinese women's basketball team, Wen Xiaoyan , Liu Qingyi, Zhang Zhizhen, Zhang Yufei, Dong Hongjuan, Qin Haiyang, Xie Zhenye.
1. Ding Liren
On April 30, 2023, at the 2023 FIDE World Chess Championship held in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan, Chinese chess player Ding Liren defeated the Russian chess player Nepomnyach in the final match of the rapid playoffs became the 17th world champion in chess history and the first world chess champion from China.
2. Wang Chuqin
At the Asian Games in Hangzhou, Wang Chuqin became the first table tennis player to win four gold medals in men's singles, men's doubles, mixed doubles and men's team. the same Asian Games. At the Durban World Table Tennis Championships in May 2023, Wang Chuqin and Fan Zhendong helped the Chinese team regain the men's doubles championship and teamed up with Sun Yingsha to defend the mixed doubles championship.
3. Chinese women's basketball team
On July 2, 2023, in the final of the 2023 Asian Women's Basketball Cup, the Chinese team defeated the Japanese team 73:71, 12 years later. Win again. Chinese player Han Xu was named the tournament's most valuable player. She and teammate Li Meng were jointly selected in the tournament's best team. On October 5, the Chinese team once again defeated the Japanese team and defended the Asian Games women's basketball championship.es.
4. Wen Xiaoyan
Wen Xiaoyan competed in the women's 100m T37, women's 200m T37 and women's 200m T37 at the Hangzhou Asian Para Games. There were 4 events in total, long jump T37/38 and the 4X100m mixed relay, all of which won gold medals. Three of the individual events set new world records, and the relay event broke the Asian record.
5. Liu Qingyi
In the break dance final of the Hangzhou Asian Games, Liu Qingyi defeated Japanese star Ami Yuasa 2:1 and won the first women's break dance gold medal. Asian Games event and received a ticket to the Paris Olympic Games. Liu Qingyi also won two championships in the 2023 Olympic points competition at Kitakyushu Station in Japan and Montpellier Station in France.
6. Zhang Zhizhen
In 2023, Zhang Zhizhen will continue to make breakthroughs for chinese men's tennisois. In the men's singles quarterfinals at the Madrid Tennis Open, he defeated Fritz, the tournament's eighth seed, and became the first mainland Chinese male tennis player in history to advance to the quarterfinals. final of the Masters. He reached the top 32 in both Grand Slam tournaments, won the Grand Slam main draw in five sets for the first time, and beat the top five top players in the world for the first time.
In September 2023, Zhang Zhizhen won the men's singles gold medal at the Asian Games and also qualified for the Paris Olympics. It was the first time in 29 years that Chinese men's tennis reached the top of Asia again.
7. Zhang Yufei
In 2023, Zhang Yufei participated in the Fukuoka World Swimming Championships, Chengdu Universiade, Hangzhou Asian Games and FINA World Cup (Berlin, Athens, Budapest ). hascompeted in a total of 59 events and won 23 gold, 4 silver and 2 bronze medals. He was named the Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the Hangzhou Asian Games and ranked third in the annual World Cup points total. At the World Championships, she won the women's 100 meter butterfly event and won her first individual gold medal at the World Championships.
8. Dong Hongjuan
On April 26, 2023, Chinese mountaineer Dong Hongjuan successfully climbed the summit of Shishapangma Peak at an altitude of 8,027 meters. As confirmed by the international mountaineering and summit certification website, Dong Hongjuan became the first woman in the world to climb all 14 8,000-meter peaks.
9. Qin Haiyang
At the Fukuoka World Swimming Championships in July 2023, Qin Haiyang won three gold medals in the men's 50, 100 meters and 200 meters breaststroke, making history. the first athleteto winning gold medals in three breaststroke events at the same World Championships and breaking the men's world record in the 200 meter breaststroke. He also won 5 gold medals at the Chengdu Universiade, was named the Most Valuable Player (MVP) at the Hangzhou Asian Games, and was crowned the annual Swimming World Cup champion.
10. Xie Zhenye
At the Hangzhou Asian Games, Xie Zhenye won the men's 100m championship with a time of 9.97 seconds. Later, Xie Zhenye and his teammates won the gold medal in the men's 4x100m relay at the Hangzhou Asian Games. On the evening of October 4, 2023, he and his teammates also won the bronze medal in the men's 4X100 meter relay at the Tokyo Olympics. This additional bronze medal is the first medal won by the Chinese men's 4X100 meters relay team at the Olympic Games.