Sen Lihao and Wang Zifei Retain Title at ISSF World Championships

At the 'Guangzhou Open' tournament, held in Guangzhou, China, as part of the WTA 250 series, the pair Maria Timofeeva and Polina Kudermetova represents their country and defends its honor.

China successfully advanced to the semi-finals of the men's and women's team tournaments at the 2026 Asian Tennis Championships, held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. This was made possible by the team's victories over Iran and Thailand, respectively, with both wins secured on Wednesday.

In the men's quarter-final, Lin Shidong secured China's first point by defeating Benjamin Faraji from Iran with a score of 11-3, 11-5, 6-11, 11-3. Subsequently, Xiang Peng beat Noshad Alamian with a score of 11-8, 15-13, 13-11, and Zhou Cihao concluded the Chinese team's triumph by defeating Nimu Alamian with a score of 11-8, 11-8, 11-7.

After the match, Lin noted the growing strength of Iran, emphasizing that China prepared for a difficult confrontation. He stated: 'Iran has achieved very good results in recent years, and their overall strength has significantly improved. We faced difficulties against them a couple of years ago. They have excellent players and they are a very strong team. The main reason we were able to win today was our readiness to handle the challenges at the table.'

In the semi-final, the Chinese men's team will face Taipei on Thursday.

In the women's team tournament, the quarter-final began with Kuai Man defeating Sutasini Savetthabut from Thailand with a score of 11-6, 11-3, 11-5. Next, Wang Yidi won another match in three sets, overcoming Orawan Paranang with a score of 11-6, 11-7, 11-5. Chen Yi secured China's place in the semi-finals by defeating Jinnipu Savetthabut with a score of 11-6, 11-5, 8-11, 11-5.

On Thursday, the Chinese women's team will play against the Republic of Korea, and both teams—men's and women's—are aiming to reach their continental finals.

At the 2026 Asian Para Games held in Nagoya, Japan, Chinese athletes achieved victory on Wednesday, winning eight gold medals in athletics and setting two world records.

Zhou Feifei and Liang Hongxia demonstrated outstanding results in their respective field events, leading to these record achievements.

Zhou won gold in the men's javelin final in category F55, simultaneously setting a new world record of 37.63 meters. He surpassed Zafar Zaker from Iran, who took silver with a personal best of 36.00 meters. Sukhchain from India secured bronze with a throw of 29.94 meters. Zhou's victory also helped China reach its 100th gold medal in continental competitions.

Liang added another world record in the women's discus final in category F11, throwing the implement 42.19 meters to secure the title. Her compatriot Xue Enhui placed second with a result of 40.73 meters, which was the best of the season, while Kosar Gharaeifarimani from Iran finished third with a time of 37.15 meters.

China also showed superiority in several running events, setting three Asian Para Games records and one continental record.

Gao Fang won the final of the 100m race in category T51/T52/T53 with a time of 16.41 seconds, setting a new Games record. Her Chinese teammate Zhou Hongzhuan finished second with a time of 16.66 seconds, which was the best of the season, while Rawan Hashim Al Hasni from Oman took third place with a time of 22.49 seconds.

Liu Cuiqing, competing with guide Chen Shengming, led the T11 100m final, running 12.03 seconds and beating her own Games record set in 2018. Liu Yiming from China, with guide Chen Wenqi, won silver with a time of 12.11 seconds, ahead of Asila Mirzayorova from Uzbekistan, who received bronze with a personal best of 12.73 seconds.

China completely dominated the podium in the T54 400m final, where Zhou Zhaoqian won gold with a time of 53.11 seconds, setting a Games record. Tian Yajuan came in second with a time of 53.88 seconds, and Zhang Yuan completed the triumph by winning bronze with a time of 57.34 seconds.

In the T37/T38 long jump final, Wen Xiaoyan took first place, jumping 4.93 meters, which corresponds to her best seasonal result. Sabina Sukhanova from Uzbekistan and Shakhina Azimova took second and third places, respectively, with jumps of 4.39 meters and 4.12 meters.

Zhu Lin brought another title to China in the T13 100m final, achieving a best seasonal result of 12.93 seconds. Fatemehzahra Amiryousefi from Iran placed second with a personal best of 13.03 seconds, and Zhang Liyuan from China finished third with a personal best of 13.26 seconds.

Shan Jie completed the collection of China's eight gold medals by winning the T47 100m final with an Asian record, running 12.36 seconds. Sasirawan Inthachot from Thailand won silver with a personal best of 12.48 seconds, and Nanda Sholihah from Indonesia took bronze with a result of 12.53 seconds.