Xinhua News Agency selected the top ten athletes: Wang Chuqin was shortlisted, why Sasha Chubby, who had a better record, missed it
2023 is coming to an end, and the Sports Department of Xinhua News Agency has selected the top ten Chinese athletes in 2023.
2023 has seen a lot of athletes who have achieved great results. The athletes who were selected as the top 10 this time have achieved dazzling results, which is very remarkable.
The top 10 athletes are Ding Liren (chess), Wang Chuqin (table tennis), Chinese women's basketball team, Wen Xiaoyan (para athletics), Liu Qingyi (break dancing), Zhang Zhizhen (tennis), Zhang Yufei (swimming), Dong Hongjuan (mountaineering), Qin Haiyang (swimming), Xie Zhenye (track and field). Two people each made it to swimming and track and field.
These people and teams can be shortlisted for the top ten in the country, and they naturally have outstanding results.
For example, Ding Liren won the 2023 World Chess Championship in April this year, becoming the 17th world champion in the history of chess and the first Chinese chess player to win the World Chess Championship. The Chinese women's basketball team won the women's basketball Asian Cup championship after 12 years and defended the women's basketball championship of the Asian Games.
Wen Xiaoyan won four championships at the Hangzhou Asian Para Games and set world records in three events. Liu Qingyi won the first women's gold medal in the history of the Asian Games break dancing event. She also qualified for the Paris Olympics. Zhang Zhizhen won the men's singles gold medal in tennis at the Asian Games and qualified for the Paris Olympics.
Zhang Yufei is even more remarkable, winning 23 gold medals in all competitions in 2023. Qin Haiyang will also win many championships in 2023, winning gold medals in 3 breaststroke events at the same World Championships. Dong Hongjuan is the first woman in the world to summit all 14 8,000-meter-high peaks. Xie Zhenye won the 100 gold medal at the Hangzhou Asian Games.
Wang Chuqin is a well-known table tennis player and was also selected as one of the top ten.
Wang Chuqin's shortlisting caused controversy. Because in the national table tennis team, Wang Chuqin's results in 2023 are not the best.
In 2023, Wang Chuqin won the men's doubles and mixed doubles titles at the WTT Singapore Grand Slam in March, the men's singles title at the WTT Macau Championships in April, the men's doubles title at the World Table Tennis Championships in Durban in May, and the men's team title at the Asian Championships in September. He won the men's singles, men's doubles, mixed doubles and men's team championships at the Hangzhou Asian Games. In October, Wang Chuqin won the singles championship of the WTT Lanzhou Star Challenge. In the mixed team World Cup held in December, Wang Chuqin won the championship with the team.
In 2023, Wang Chuqin won 11 international championships, including 3 singles titles, achieving a personal breakthrough. He is ranked second in the world.
However, there are 2 people whose results are stronger than Wang Chuqin. For example, Fan Zhendong and Sun Yingsha.
In March, Fan Zhendong won the men's doubles and men's singles championships at the WTT Singapore Grand Slam. In April, Fan Zhendong won the men's singles championship at the WTT Xinxiang Championships. In May, Fan Zhendong won the men's singles and men's doubles championships at the World Table Tennis Championships in Durban. In July, Fan Zhendong won the men's singles championship at the WTT Star Challenge Ljubljana. In September, Fan Zhendong won the men's team and men's doubles championships at the Asian Championships. In the Hangzhou Asian Games, Fan Zhendong won the men's team and men's doubles championships. In December, Fan Zhendong won the mixed team World Cup with the team.
In 2023, Fan Zhendong also won 11 titles, the same as Wang Chuqin. But Fan Zhendong has 4 singles titles. And Fan Zhendong's singles championship is very heavy. Fan Zhendong has been ranked No. 1 in the men's singles world for a long time, and has been No. 1 at the end of the year for four consecutive years.
Not to mention Sun Yingsha. She has won a total of 17 international championships in 2023, including 7 singles titles, and has long ranked first in women's singles.
In 2023, Sun Yingsha and Fan Zhendong's results will definitely be stronger than Wang Chuqin. Why Wang Chuqin was selected as one of the top ten athletes in the country, Sun Yingsha and Fan Zhendong are gone.
looked at the reason why Wang Chuqin was chosen. He is the first table tennis player to win four gold medals in men's singles, men's doubles, mixed doubles and men's team at the same Asian Games. This added a lot of points to Wang Chuqin. Because China attaches more importance to the data of the first time, the first time, and so on.