BIRMINGHAM, March 3 (Xinhua) — Su Bingtian became the first male Chinese sprinter to win a global medal in an individual event as he took the silver in
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5UM_ncWsdo Monaco, July 22 –Chinese men’s 4×100 meters relay team finished first in the 2017 International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Diamond League in Monaco on Friday. The
By Shizuka Goto / Yomiuri Shimbun SportswriterKYOTO — Daisuke Miyamoto did not intend to just follow in the footsteps of sprint star Yoshihide Kiryu when he entered Rakunan
OSAKA – Teenage sprinter Yoshihide Kiryu is leaning toward running the 60 meters in the IAAF World Indoor Championships in March, he said Tuesday. Kiryu, who ran the
Yoshihide Kiryu did not look like the saviour of athletics’ flagship event when he finished last in the 100m at Birmingham’s Diamond League event in June. In his
Everybody now talks about high school sprinting sensation Yoshihide Kiryu, recognizing the 17-year-old is the fastest current man in Japan. Well, it is perhaps arguable. Some may consider
PUNE (India): China’s Su Bingtian and Wei Yongli emerged the fastest runners at the Asian Athletics Championships in Pune with emphatic wins in Thursday’s 100m finals. Su retained
BEIJING: Long-jumper Li Jinzhe boosted his reputation as one of China’s greatest track and field hopes with his second victory over a strong field in three days at
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=-oCe6_ocbeg] Yoshihide Kiryu might not roll off the tongue like Usain Bolt, but the 17-year-old Japanese sprinting sensation is lightning fast just the same. In a startling performance
Japanese sprinter Maya Nakanishi published a calendar featuring her posing semi-nude with her prosthetic leg to help fund her training and trip to the London Paralympic Games. Nakanishi
LONDON–In what will likely be his last Olympics, Koji Murofushi came out with another medal. The fact that it was bronze does not detract from its luster. Murofushi
With Gold medal favorite Liu Xiang unfortunately injured in his 110m heat, China’s hopes for a medal in the hurdles turned to countrymen Xie Wenjun and Shi Dongpeng.
LONDON — The champion hurdler Liu Xiang, the most prominent athlete from China competing in the London Games, suffered another painful Olympic exit on Tuesday morning. Liu Xiang
LONDON — Chen Ding started celebrating before the race was even over. He captured gold for China in the 20-kilometer walk at the London Olympics on Saturday by
SHANGHAI: Chinas Liu Xiang won the Shanghai Diamond League meet 110m hurdles on Saturday in a season-leading 12.97sec as he strengthened his bid to reclaim the Olympic title.
The Golden Grand Prix of athletics in Kawasaki, Japan has provided a weekend of celebration for the Chinese team. Following the success of China’s hurdling superstar, Liu Xiang,
BIRMINGHAM, England — Liu Xiang beat Dayron Robles in a resumption of their hurdling rivalry before the London Olympics, and Lerone Clarke upstaged Jamaican rival Asafa Powell in
