8 finalists for The Female Athlete of the Year shortlist! Quan Hong Chan or make history, Sun Yingsha lost. The authoritative media "Sports Weekly" announced the shortlist of the 2021 Best Female Athlete on its official social media, and a total of 8 athletes were selected, namely Chen Meng, Zhang Yufei, Yang Qian, Quan Hongchan, Gong Lijiao, Sun Yiwen, Zhang Shuai, Gu Ailing, these 8 athletes will compete for the title of Best Female Athlete of the Year.
Chen Meng, the world's first national table tennis team, won two consecutive championships at the Tokyo Olympic Games last year, Zhang Yufei in the swimming project and Yang Qian in the shooting project also won two Olympic gold medals, in addition to Gong Lijiao in the shot put project, Sun Yiwen in the fencing project, and Quan Hongchan in the diving project all won an Olympic gold medal, in addition to the tennis star Zhang Shuai and the only selected ice and snow athlete Gu Ailing have had a very good performance last year, but from the perspective of results alone, Chen Meng, Zhang Yufei, yang Qian, who won two gold medals, are more likely to be elected as the best female athlete of the year. Previously, Xinhua News Agency announced the list of the top ten domestic athletes in 2021, Chen Meng and Quan Hongchan were not selected, and now Chen Meng is expected to be selected as the best female athlete of the year by another authoritative media "Sports Weekly".
Although from the perspective of the achievements achieved, quan hong chan is difficult to compare with Chen Meng, Zhang Yufei, Yang Qian, but quan hong chan won the Olympic championship at the age of 14, and also got 3 full scores in the competition to refresh the world championship results to win the championship, such a performance is impressive, although quan hong chan only got an Olympic gold medal, but its influence is not weaker than other athletes, when quan hong chan won the championship, caused a lot of media reports, for a time the headlines were almost all red chan, so from the perspective of influence, Jeon Hong Chan may also be elected as the best female athlete of the year, and if Quan Hong Chan is elected, it will make history.
It is worth mentioning that the national table tennis devil Sun Yingsha failed to be selected for the list of the best female athletes of the year caused some controversy, some fans believe that although Sun Yingsha only won an Olympic gold medal, her performance in the singles competition is also very outstanding, and successfully blocked Ito Mimachi, which also attracted the attention of many people at the time, in addition, Sun Yingsha successfully won the championship at the WTT World Cup at the end of the year, which should also be a plus, and Sun Yingsha's popularity is very high, Therefore, Sun Yingsha's lack of a list of candidates has caused dissatisfaction among some fans.