China swept all nine golds at the 2026 World Aquatics Diving World Cup Super Final after Chen Jia and Bai Yuming respectively claimed victory in Sunday’s final two events. In the women’s 3m springboard, Chen Jia, 21, retained her title with 374.40 points, just 1.35 points ahead of compatriot Chen Yiwen, while Australia’s Maddison Keeney ranked third. “It was a very close competition, but actually, I didn’t pay much attention on the scoreboard. I tried my best to reach the top,” said Chen Jia, who paired up with Olympic champion…
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“Time is silent, yet it never fails those who keep moving forward,” Jake Pinnick said on RedNote. Wearing a loose-sleeved training uniform with a flowing black beard and a topknot tied up with a hairpin, Pinnick, 36, from the United States, told an unusual story of “Becoming Chinese”. At Wudang Mountain in Shiyan, Hubei province, Pinnick was seen guiding a group of students practicing martial arts. The mountain is one of China’s most famous and sacred Taoist sites, where Pinnick is known as a famous foreign coach. He first demonstrated…
With talented young Chinese athletes all laced up and ready to pit themselves against a stacked field of elite champions, the world’s premier track and field series has guaranteed fans a thrilling season opener in China. The World Athletics Diamond League’s 2026 curtain-raiser, to be held in Keqiao of Shaoxing city, Zhejiang province, on Saturday, promises to deliver a spectacular showpiece, with China’s best sprinters, jumpers and throwers raring to challenge the world’s top stars — more than 20 Olympic and world champions, including as many as six world record…
The half-marathon in Beijing’s E-Town economic and technological development zone on Sunday showcased a leap in the capabilities of Chinese-made humanoid robots. The winner of the race, autonomous-navigation robot “Lightning”, developed by Honor, completed the race in an impressive 50 minutes and 26 seconds, despite a minor mishap near the finish line, surpassing the human world record. “Lightning” incorporates Honor’s proprietary integrated joint modules, delivering a peak torque of 400 Nm. Its liquid-cooling system features cooling channels that penetrate deep into the motor’s interior like capillaries to dissipate heat, while…
Pickleball’s rapid rise in China is often discussed in terms of scale — participation growth, tournament expansion, institutional backing — but in Beijing last week, those discussions were put into practice across a two-day program co-hosted by the National Tennis Center and Peking University. The Beijing stop of the 2026 Joola Pickleball Titans Tour brought together the likes of tennis legends Andre Agassi, Steffi Graf with pickleball world No 1 Ben Johns. Rather than functioning as a conventional tournament, the event combined exhibition matches, interactive formats and campus engagement, reflecting…
“We saw you on TV!” That message was texted to Li Yunyun’s phone over and over again on the evening of Feb 16 — Chinese New Year’s Eve. The 34-year-old tai chi teacher had just appeared on China Central Television Spring Festival Gala, the most-watched television program in China. Li’s spotlight moment lasted just a few seconds, ending with her signature Xie Fei Shi (oblique flying posture), performed with a folding fan in her hand. But those seconds meant everything. “Even if I had only one shot, I wanted to…
A Chinese motorcycle manufacturer, ZXMOTO, made history at the World Superbike Championship Portuguese round, which concluded on March 29. The relatively new team secured victories in both races of the World Supersport category, marking the first time a Chinese motorcycle manufacturer has won at this premier global competition. The achievement also broke the long-standing dominance of established brands such as Ducati and Yamaha in the class. Behind the breakthrough is Zhang Xue, whose journey from a workshop to the global racing stage has drawn widespread attention. Driven by his love…
The 2026 Xiong’an Marathon kicked off at 7:30 am on Sunday at the Xiong’an Urban Computing Center, one of the area’s landmarks. A total of 12,000 runners from across the country gathered in the new area to witness nine years of remarkable progress in Xiong’an New Area, North China’s Hebei province. The area was established in 2017. The race route connected key landmarks, including the computing center, Baiyangdian ecological zone and headquarters of relocated central State-owned enterprises from Beijing. Participants could see the area’s livable amenities, sci-tech construction and green…