Beijing, 28 Dec (Xinhua) -- The Sports Department of Xinhua News Agency named China's top ten athletes in 2021
1. Yang Qian (female, 21 years old, shooting)
Yang Qian celebrated at the Tokyo Olympic Shooting Women's 10m Air Rifle Award Ceremony. Photo by Ju Huanzong, Xinhua News Agency
Yang Qian won the first gold medal for the Chinese team in the women's 10m air rifle final at the Tokyo Olympic Games, and then her partner Yang Haoran won the gold medal in the 10m air rifle mixed team competition, becoming China's first "post-00s" Olympic double gold winner.
2. Su Bingtian (male, 32 years old, athletics)
Su Bingtian celebrates after the men's 100m semi-finals in athletics at the Tokyo Olympics. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Lu Xiaowei
Su Bingtian broke the Asian record in 9.83 seconds at the Tokyo Olympics, becoming the first Chinese to reach the men's 100m final of the Olympic Games and leading the Chinese men's 4X100m relay team to fourth place. At the National Games, Su Bingtian won the men's "Flying Man War" championship with a time of 9.95 seconds, which was also his tenth breakthrough in the 10-second mark.
3. Shi Tingmao (female, 30 years old, diving)
Shi Tingmao celebrated at the Tokyo Olympics diving women's three-meter board award ceremony. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Xu Chang
At the Tokyo Olympics, Shi Tingmao won two gold medals in the women's three-meter board single and doubles, and won double gold in the second consecutive Olympic Games, creating a grand slam victory record for the swimming world championships, diving World Cup and Olympic champion since participating in the World Series in 2011.
4. Ma Long (male, 33 years old, table tennis)
Malone celebrates scoring in the men's singles final for table tennis at the Tokyo Olympics. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Wang Yuguo
Malone won the men's table tennis championship at the Tokyo Olympics, becoming the first person to defend his title in the history of olympic table tennis in men's singles and becoming the player with the most world championship titles in the history of table tennis (26 titles).
5. Gong Lijiao (female, 32 years old, athletics)
Gong Lijiao celebrates in the women's shot put final in athletics at the Tokyo Olympics. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Wang Lili
At the Tokyo Olympics, Gong Lijiao won the women's shot put championship with a score of 20 meters 58 meters, winning the first gold medal in the field event in The history of the Chinese Olympic Games. In September, Gong Lijiao achieved four consecutive championships in the women's shot put event at the National Games.
6. Gu Ailing (female, 18 years old, freestyle skiing)
Gu Ailing showed off the two gold and one bronze medals won after the 2021 X Games Winter Games. Xinhua News Agency
In March, Gu Ailing won 2 gold and 1 bronze at the Freestyle Ski World Championships. In December, she returned from injury to win the Grand Vault World Cup in The Steamboat Station in the United States, and created a history of women's players completing a two-week front flip plus a four-week turn in a freestyle ski competition.
7. Lv Xiaojun (male, 37 years old, weightlifting)
Lu Xiaojun celebrates at the Tokyo Olympics weightlifting men's 81 kg award ceremony. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Yang Lei
Lu Xiaojun, who participated in the Olympic Games for the third time, won the gold medal in the men's 81 kg weightlifting category at the Tokyo Olympic Games, which was also his second Olympic gold medal, and became the oldest Olympic champion in the history of weightlifting and the weightlifter with the most Olympic medals in China.
8. Zhang Yufei (female, 23 years old, swimming)
Zhang Yufei showed off the two gold and two silver medals won in the swimming event at the Tokyo Olympics. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Xu Chang
At the Tokyo Olympics, Zhang Yufei won gold in the women's 200m butterfly with a record-breaking performance. She then won another gold medal in the women's 4X200m freestyle relay event, breaking the world record and winning a silver medal in the women's 100m butterfly and 4X100m medley relay. At the National Games, Zhang Yufei won 4 gold and 1 silver.
9. Wang Shun (male, 27 years old, swimming)
Wang Shun celebrates after winning the championship in the men's 200m individual medley final at the Tokyo Olympics. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Du Yu
At the Tokyo Olympics, Wang Shun won gold in the men's 200m medley. At the National Games, he registered for all six events to win gold, and achieved three consecutive championships in the 200m and 400m individual medleys, bringing the total number of gold medals to 15.
10. Chen Yufei (female, 23 years old, badminton)
Chen Yufei displays the national flag on her sportswear after winning the women's singles final at the Tokyo Olympics. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Xue Yubin
In the tokyo olympic badminton women's singles final, Chen Yufei defeated Dai Ziying in three sets to win the fifth Olympic women's singles gold medal for guoyu. At the National Games, Chen Yufei once again showed great strength and defended the women's singles champion.
Editors: Shu Wen, Huang Xuguo, Yu Sihui, Wang Haoyu