Yearender: Top 10 Chinese athletes/teams of 2023

Photo taken on July 2, 2023 shows players of China celebrating after winning the final match against Japan at the 2023 FIBA Women's Asia Cup in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Hu Jingchen/Xinhua)

BEIJING, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- As the sporting calendar draws to a close, Xinhua News Agency has selected the top 10 Chinese athletes/teams for 2023:

World Chess Champion, China's Ding Liren, competes against Maxime Vachier-Lagrave of France during the round 1 match at Grand Chess Tour 2023 in Bucharest, capital of Romania, May 6, 2023. (Photos by Cristian Cristel/Xinhua)

1. Ding Liren (male, chess)

Ding defeated Ian Nepomniachtchi of Russia at the 2023 FIDE World Championship, becoming the first Chinese male player to win the world chess championship.

Wang Chuqin hits a return during the men's singles gold medal match at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Oct. 2, 2023. (Xinhua/Wang Peng)

2. Wang Chuqin (male, table tennis)

At the Hangzhou Asian Games, Wang became the first-ever men's paddler to win four gold medals at a single Asiad. The 23-year-old also reclaimed the men's doubles title with Fan Zhendong for China and retained the mixed doubles crown with Sun Yingsha at the Durban worlds.

China players pose with the trophy after winning the 2023 FIBA Women's Asia Cup in Sydney, Australia, July 2, 2023. (Photo by Hu Jingchen/Xinhua)

3. China women's basketball team

China's women's basketball team dethroned Japan to win a classic final at the FIBA Women's Basketball Asia Cup in July. They defeated Japan again to defend their Asian Games title in October, the seventh time for them to be crowned in Asiad history.

Wen Xiaoyan celebrates after winning the women's 200m T37 final at the 19th Asian Para Games in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Oct. 25, 2023. (Handout via Xinhua)

4. Wen Xiaoyan (female, para athletics)

Wen won gold medals in all four events that she competed in at the Hangzhou Asian Para Games -- the women's 100m T37, 200m T37, long jump T37/38 and 4x100m mixed relay. She also set new world records in the three individual events and a new Asian record in the relay.

Liu Qingyi in action during the breakdancing women's gold medal battle at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Oct. 7, 2023. (Xinhua/Yan Linyun)

5. Liu Qingyi (female, breakdancing)

Liu beat Japan's Ami Yuasa to claim the women's breakdancing gold medal at the Hangzhou Asian Games. The 18-year-old has also qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.

Zhang Zhizhen hits a return during his men's singles quarterfinal win against Aslan Karatsev at the Madrid Open in Madrid, Spain, May 4, 2023. (Xinhua/Meng Dingbo)

6. Zhang Zhizhen (male, tennis)

Zhang surged into the quarterfinals at the ATP Madrid Open, becoming the first man from the Chinese mainland to reach the quarterfinals of the ATP 1000 tournament. He also secured his first Asiad gold in the men's singles at the Hangzhou Asian Games, which is also the first Asiad gold medal in the event for China in nearly three decades.

Zhang Yufei poses with her six gold medals at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Sept. 29, 2023. (Xinhua/Du yu)

7. Zhang Yufei (female, swimming)

In 2023, Zhang claimed 23 gold, four silver and two bronze medals at the World Aquatics Championships, FISU World University Games, Asian Games and World Cup series. At the Fukuoka World Championships, she won her first world title in the women's 100m butterfly. The 25-year-old was named women's MVP at the Hangzhou Asian Games with a haul of six golds.

Dong Hongjuan poses at the summit of Mount Shishapangma in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, April 26, 2023. (Xinhua/Dun Ba)

8. Dong Hongjuan (female, mountaineering)

Dong successfully ascended the summit of the 8,027-meter Mount Shishapangma on April 26, becoming the first woman to conquer all 14 peaks situated 8,000 meters above sea level, with her feat later confirmed by the international mountaineering summit website 8000ers.com.

Qin Haiyang celebrates after winning the men's 200m breaststroke final at the World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan, July 28, 2023. (Xinhua/Xu Chang)

9. Qin Haiyang (male, swimming)

Qin broke the world record in the men's 200m breaststroke and became the first swimmer to sweep 50m, 100m and 200m breaststroke titles at a single World Championships in Fukuoka. He was named the Best Male Swimmer of the Year 2023 by World Aquatics. The 24-year-old also claimed the men's MVP award at the Hangzhou Asian Games after pocketing five gold medals.

Xie Zhenye (L) crosses the finish line first in the men's 100m final at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Sept. 30, 2023. (Xinhua/Jiang Han)

10. Xie Zhenye (male, athletics)

Xie stormed to the men's 100m victory at the Asian Games and helped China win the men's 4x100m relay title, thus completing a golden double in Hangzhou. As a member of China's men's 4x100m relay team at the Tokyo Olympic Games, Xie received his reallocated bronze medal at the Hangzhou Asiad.■

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