BEIJING, June 22 (Xinhua) -- Here are the latest Chinese sports headlines from the past week:
1. China to face France, U.S., Serbia in Olympics women's volleyball group stage
China's women's volleyball team was drawn in Group A with hosts France, defending Olympic champions the United States and reigning world champions Serbia for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Bangkok, Thailand on June 19.
The Paris Olympics will be China's 11th consecutive Olympic appearance in women's volleyball since their debut in Los Angeles in 1984, when they also won gold for the first time, before also standing atop the Olympic podium at Athens 2004 and Rio 2016 respectively.
After securing their ticket to Paris, China, with a reserve line-up, ended their journey at the FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League (VNL) Finals following a 25-21, 25-21, 25-22 defeat to Japan in the quarterfinals on June 20.
2. China announces swimming, diving squad for Paris Olympic Games
The Chinese Swimming Administrative Center announced the swimming, diving and artistic swimming squad for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games on June 18.
Ten divers will take part in the Paris Games including Olympic champions Quan Hongchan, Chen Yuxi, Wang Zongyuan, Xie Siyi and Cao Yuan.
The 31-member Chinese swimming team is spearheaded by six Olympic champions: Zhang Yufei, Ye Shiwen, Li Bingjie, Yang Junxuan, Tang Muhan and Wang Shun. World champions Yu Yiting, Qin Haiyang and Pan Zhanle are also expected to show their strength.
3. Three Chinese skateboarders secure Paris Olympic berths
Three Chinese skateboarders Zhu Yuanling, Cui Chenxi and Zheng Wenhui have earned their tickets to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games after advancing into women's street semifinals at the Olympic Qualifier Series (OQS) in Budapest, Hungry on June 21.
In the preliminaries, Zhu, Cui, and Zeng ranked 6th, 10th, and 15th respectively, cementing themselves among the world's top 20 skateboarders as required for Paris entry as they ranked 20th, 8th and 12th respectively after the inaugural OQS in Shanghai.
This makes China the fourth teams to obtain full three quotas for skateboarding women's street after Brazil, Japan and the United States.
4. Zhang Zhizhen writes new history by roaring into Halle ATP semis
Chinese men's singles No. 1 Zhang Zhizhen outlasted American Christopher Eubanks 6-4, 4-6, 7-5 to reach the semifinals at the Terra Wortmann Open in Halle, Germany on June 21.
The victory makes Zhang the first Chinese man to reach a tour-level semifinal on grass in the Open era and it is also his second tour-level semifinal. Zhang has moved up nine places to No. 33 this week in the PIF ATP Live Rankings, setting himself up for a new career high.
5. Chinese anti-doping body slams New York Times for violating media ethics
The Chinese Anti-Doping Agency (CHINADA) has criticized a New York Times report suggesting that three Chinese swimmers were involved in doping in 2016 and 2017, calling it "a violation of media ethics and morals."
In a written response to New York Times on June 17, CHINADA stated that these three athletes had ingested clenbuterol through meat contamination inadvertently, and according to world anti-doping rules, no public disclosure or sanctions are necessary under such circumstances.
"We have noticed the unauthorized disclosure of unpublished documents and information, and the privacy of the athletes (including minors) by media like the New York Times, who misinterpreted the positive findings for clenbuterol caused by meat contamination as intentional doping by the athletes," read the statement to the NYT.
"This is a violation of the media ethics and morals, an attempt to mislead public understanding on anti-doping work and caused a severe damage on the reputation of WADA, CHINADA and the global anti-doping system."■
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