Yantai athletes to participate in Tokyo Olympics
Updated : 2021-07-22
(chinadaily.com.cn)
Eleven athletes from Yantai, East China's Shandong province will take part in the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. They include female javelin thrower Liu Shiying, basketball player Li Yuan, fencer Sun Yiwen, track and field athlete Liu Shiying, and rugby player Yu Liping.
The 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, which was delayed for a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, will be held from July 23 to Aug 8. China's Olympic representatives have arrived in Tokyo safe and sound and are ready to do their country proud.
Feng Bin, a Yantai-born discus thrower, clinches the gold in the women's discus with a record distance of 65.36 meters at 2019 Doha World Athletics Championships. [Photo/dzwww.com]
Yantai-born female basketball player Li Yuan [Photo/dzwww.com]
Liu Shiying was a silver medalist in the women's javelin event at the 2019 Doha World Athletics Championships. [Photo/dzwww.com]