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People's Republic of China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

competed at the

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in Tokyo, Japan. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021 because of the

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. It was the nation's eleventh appearance at the Summer Olympics since its debut in

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. The

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flag-bearers for China are

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player Zhu Ting and

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Zhao Shuai Zhao Shuai (; born 15 August 1995) is a Chinese taekwondo practitioner. He won gold medals at the 2016 Olympics and 2017 World Championships, placing third earlier in 2015. He served as the flag bearer for China at the opening ceremony of the 2 ...

. Sprinter

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, who broke the Asian record of 100m during the Games, is the flag-bearer for the

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. The delegation competed in all sports except baseball (softball), handball, and surfing. China finished the Game with 89 medals, 38 of them gold, an improvement of their previous performance at the last Olympics of 70 medals and 26 gold, which moved it up to the second place in overall medal standing from the third place it occupied at the Rio Games. China state media subsequently included the medals won by Hong Kong and Taiwan, even though both of them have their own separate NOCs.

Medalists

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Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. Note that reserves in field hockey, association football, and water polo are not counted. Chinese state media reported that China sent 431 athletes including reserves, while the IOC website listed 421 athletes from China.

Archery

Chinese archers qualified each for the men's and women's events by reaching the quarterfinal stage of their respective team recurves at the

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, Netherlands. The Chinese archery team, led by Rio 2016 Olympians Wang Dapeng and Wu Jiaxin, was named to the Tokyo 2020 roster on 27 April 2021. ;Men ;Women ;Mixed

Artistic swimming

China fielded a squad of eight artistic swimmers to compete in the women's duet and team routine by obtaining one of two highest-ranked spots, not yet qualified, in the team free routine at the 2019 FINA World Championships in

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Athletics

Chinese athletes further achieved the entry standards, either by qualifying time or by world ranking, in the following track and field events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event): ;Track & road events ;Men On 18 February 2022,

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was disqualified from the men's 4 × 100 m relay because of a doping violation, thereby officially stripping them of the silver medal. In this case, Canada will be upgraded to silver, with China receiving the bronze. Medals have not yet been reallocated. ;Women ;Field events ;Men ;Women ;Combined events –

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Badminton

China entered fourteen badminton players (five men and nine women) for the following events based on the BWF Race to Tokyo Rankings; two entries each in the men's and women's singles, two pairs each in the women's and mixed doubles, and one entry in the men's doubles. ;Men ;Women ;Mixed

Basketball

Indoor

;Summary

Women's tournament

China women's basketball team qualified for the Olympics as one of two highest-ranked eligible squads from group B at the

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meet of the 2020 FIBA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament. ;Team roster ;Group play ---- ---- ;Quarterfinal

3×3

;Summary

Men's tournament

China men's national 3x3 team qualified directly for the Olympics by securing an outright berth, as one of the three highest-ranked squads, in the men's category of the FIBA rankings. ;Team roster The players were named on 2 July 2021. *

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* Gao Shiyan * Li Haonan * Yan Peng ;Group play ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----

Women's tournament

China women's national 3x3 team qualified directly for the Olympics by securing an outright berth, as one of the four highest-ranked squads, in the women's category of the FIBA rankings. ;Team roster The players were named on 2 July 2021. *

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* Wang Lili *

Yang Shuyu Yang Shuyu (; born 6 March 2002) is a Chinese basketball player for Inner Mongolia women's basketball team. She is the sister of the basketball player Yang Liwei. At age 19, she competed in the 2020 Summer Olympics, reaching a bronze in 3x3 baske ...

Zhang Zhiting Zhang Zhiting (, born 21 December 1995) is a Chinese basketball player. She represented China at the 2018 FIBA 3x3 World Cup, as well as for the Women's 3x3 basketball team in the 2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known ...

;Group play ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ;Quarter-final ;Semi-final ;Bronze medal match

Boxing

China entered six boxers (three per gender) into the Olympic tournament. Rio 2016 bronze medalists

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(men's flyweight) and Li Qian (women's middleweight), along with rookies Tuohetaerbieke Tanglatihan (men's middleweight), Chen Daxiang (men's light heavyweight), Chang Yuan (women's flyweight), and Gu Hong (women's welterweight), secured the spots on the Chinese squad by advancing to the semifinal match of their respective weight divisions at the 2020 Asia & Oceania Qualification Tournament in

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Canoeing

Slalom

Chinese canoeists have qualified a maximum of one boat in each of the following classes through the

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, Spain and the 2021 Asian Canoe Slalom Championships in

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Sprint

Chinese canoeists qualified six boats in each of the following distances for the Games through the

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, Hungary and the 2021 Asian Championships in

. ;Men ;Women Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal); SF = Qualify to semifinal round; QF = Qualify to quarterfinal round

Cycling

Road

China entered one rider each to compete in the men's and women's Olympic road races, by virtue of his top 50 national finish (for men) and her top 100 individual finish (for women) in the

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Track

Following the completion of the

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, Chinese riders accumulated spots in the women's team sprint, as well as the women's sprint, keirin, and omnium, based on their country's results in the final UCI Olympic rankings. Unable to earn a spot in the men's team sprint, China won a single quota place in the men's individual sprint through the UCI Olympic rankings. Qualification for the individual sprint thereby implies a quota place being added to the men's keirin. ;Sprint ;Team sprint Qualification legend: FA=Gold medal final; FB=Bronze medal final ;Keirin Qualification legend: FA=Medal final; FB=7–12 placement final ;Omnium

Mountain biking

Chinese mountain bikers qualified for one men's and one women's quota place into the Olympic cross-country race, by virtue of a top two national finish, respectively, at the 2019 Asian Championships.

Diving

Chinese divers qualified for the following individual spots and synchronized teams at the Olympics through the 2019 FINA World Championships. ;Men ;Women

Equestrian

China fielded a squad of three equestrian riders for the first time into the team competitions by securing an outright berth each, as one of two top-ranked nations, qualified at the International Equestrian Federation (FEI)-designated Olympic eventing qualifier for Group F and G (Africa, Middle East, Asia and Oceania) in

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, France and at the Olympic jumping qualifier for Group G in

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, Netherlands, respectively.

Eventing

Liang Ruiji and Agore de Bordenave have been named the traveling alternates.

Jumping

Fencing

Chinese fencers qualified a full squad each in the women's team épée at the Games by finishing among the top four nations in the FIE Olympic Team Rankings, while the women's sabre team claimed the continental spot as the highest-ranked team from Asia and Oceania. Vying for qualification as the next highest-ranked country across all regions, the men's épée team accepted a spare berth freed up by Africa to complete the route in the rankings. Xu Yingming (men's sabre) and

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(women's foil) secured additional places on the Chinese team as one of the two highest-ranked fencers vying for individual qualification from Asia and Oceania in the FIE Adjusted Official Rankings, while the reigning Asian Games gold medalist

Huang Mengkai Huang Mengkai (; born 6 September 1997) is a Chinese foil fencer. In 2018, he won the men's foil event at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia. He also won the bronze medal in the men's team foil event. In 2014, he competed in fencing ...

rounded out the Chinese roster by winning the final match of the men's foil at the Asia and Oceania Zonal Qualifier in

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. ;Men ;Women

Field hockey

;Summary

Women's tournament

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qualified for the Olympics by securing one of the seven tickets available and defeating

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in a playoff at the

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leg of the 2019 FIH Olympic Qualifiers. ;Team roster ;Group play ---- ---- ---- ----

Football

;Summary

Women's tournament

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qualified for the Games by defeating

in a two-legged playoff of the 2020 AFC Olympic Qualifying Tournament. ;Team roster ;Group play ---- ----

Golf

China entered two male and two female golfers into the Olympic tournament.

Gymnastics

Artistic

China fielded a full squad of four gymnasts each in both the men's and women's artistic gymnastics events by virtue of a top three finish in the team all-around at the

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. Both teams were announced on 3 July 2021. ;Men ;Team ;Individual finals ;Women ;Team ;Individual finals

Rhythmic

China qualified a squad of rhythmic gymnasts for the group all-around by finishing in the top five at the 2019 World Championships in

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Trampoline

China qualified one gymnast each for the men's and women's trampoline by finishing in the top eight, respectively, at the 2019 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan. China qualified the second spot in both men's and women's trampoline through the 2019–2020 Trampoline World Cup series. The athletes were announced on 9 June 2021.

Judo

China entered six female judoka into the Olympic tournament based on the

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Olympics Individual Ranking.

Karate

China entered two karateka into the inaugural Olympic tournament. 2018 Asian Games champion and world silver medalist

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(women's 61 kg) and Gong Li (women's +61 kg) qualified directly for their respective kumite categories by finishing among the top four karateka at the end of the combined WKF Olympic Rankings.

Modern pentathlon

Chinese athletes qualified for the following spots to compete in modern pentathlon. Asian Games bronze medalist

Luo Shuai Luo Shuai (; born 16 April 1997) is a Chinese Modern pentathlon, modern pentathlete. He won the bronze medal in the Modern pentathlon at the 2018 Asian Games – Men's individual, men's event at the 2018 Asian Games held in Jakarta, Indonesia. H ...

and champion

Zhang Mingyu Zhang Mingyu (; born 3 October 2001) is a Chinese Modern pentathlon, modern pentathlete. She won the gold medal in the Modern pentathlon at the 2018 Asian Games – Women's individual, women's individual event at the 2018 Asian Games held in Jakar ...

confirmed places each in the men's and women's event, respectively, with the former finishing second and the latter fourth among those eligible for Olympic qualification at the 2019 Asia & Oceania Championships in

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Rowing

China qualified eight boats for each of the following rowing classes into the Olympic regatta, with the majority of crews confirming Olympic places for their boats at the 2019 FISA World Championships in

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, Austria. Meanwhile, two more boats (women's four and women's eight) were awarded to the Chinese roster with a top-two finish at the 2021 FISA Final Qualification Regatta in

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, Switzerland. ;Men ;Women Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semi-finals A/B; SC/D=Semi-finals C/D; SE/F=Semi-finals E/F; QF=Quarter-finals; R=Repechage

Rugby sevens

;Summary

Women's tournament

The

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qualified for the Games by winning the silver medal and securing a lone outright berth at the 2019 Asian Olympic Qualifying Tournament in

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, marking the country's debut in the sport. ;Team roster * Women's team event – 1 team of 12 players ;Group play ---- ---- ;Quarter-final ;Classification ----

Sailing

Chinese sailors qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the

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, the class-associated Worlds, the

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, and the continental regattas. ;Men ;Women ;Mixed Legend: M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race; † – Discarded race not counted in the overall result

Shooting

Chinese shooters achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2018 ISSF World Championships, the 2019 ISSF World Cup series, and Asian Championships, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by 5 June 2021. To assure their nomination to the Olympic team, shooters must finish in the top two of each individual event at the Olympic Trials for rifle & pistol (March 16 to 25) in

. The rifle and pistol team was officially announced on March 29, 2021, featuring Beijing 2008 gold medalist

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(men's 10 m air pistol), Rio 2016 bronze medalist

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(men's 25 m rapid fire pistol), and 2014 Youth Olympic men's air rifle champion

Yang Haoran Yang Haoran (; born 22 February 1996) is a Chinese sport shooter. He has collected a career tally of fourteen medals (nine golds and five silver) and broke eight world junior records in air rifle shooting at major international competitions, spa ...

. ;Men ;Women ;Mixed

Skateboarding

China entered two skateboarder into the Olympic tournament. Zhang Xin was automatically selected among the top 16 eligible skateboarders in the women's park based on the

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Olympic Rankings of June 30, 2021.

Sport climbing

China entered two sport climbers into the Olympic tournament. 2018 Youth Olympic fifth-place finalist Pan Yufei and Song Yiling qualified directly each for the men's and women's combined event, respectively, by finishing in the top six of those eligible for qualification at the IFSC World Olympic Qualifying Event in

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, France.

Swimming

Chinese swimmers further achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)): To assure their selection to the Olympic team, swimmers must finish in the top two of each individual pool event under the Olympic qualifying cut at the Chinese National Championships and Olympic Trials (April 30 to May 8, 2021) in

Qingdao Qingdao (, also spelled Tsingtao; , Mandarin: ) is a major city in eastern Shandong Province. The city's name in Chinese characters literally means " azure island". Located on China's Yellow Sea coast, it is a major nodal city of the One Belt ...

and at the Final Qualifying Event in

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; or the first-place winners at the 2019 FINA World Championships, if they have reached the qualifying standards but failed to qualify in those domestic qualification events in any means. ;Men ;Women ;Mixed Swimmers who participated in the heats only.

Table tennis

China entered six athletes into the table tennis competition at the Games. The men's and women's teams secured their respective Olympic berths by winning the gold medal each at the 2019 ATTU Asian Championships in

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, permitting a maximum of two starters to compete each in the men's and women's singles tournament. Moreover, an additional berth was awarded to the Chinese table tennis players competing in the inaugural mixed doubles by advancing to the semifinal stage of the 2019 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals in

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. ;Men ;Women * On August 1,

Liu Shiwen Liu Shiwen (; born 12 April 1991) is a Chinese table tennis player. She is a five-time World Cup champion, one-time World Champion, three-time ITTF World Tour Grand Finals champion and four-time Asian Cup champion. She is known to be one of the ...

, originally set to compete in the women's team, was replaced by

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after suffering a recurring elbow injury from the mixed doubles. ;Mixed

Taekwondo

China entered six athletes into the taekwondo competition at the Games. Rio 2016 flyweight champion

(men's 68 kg), 2019 world champion

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(women's 67 kg), and defending Olympic champion Zheng Shuyin (women's +67 kg) qualified directly for their respective weight classes by finishing among the top five taekwondo practitioners at the end of the WT Olympic Rankings.

Zhou Lijun Zhou Lijun (born 1 January 1999) is a Chinese taekwondo athlete. She won the gold medal at the 2018 Asian Taekwondo Championships on the women's featherweight's. Later, she won the 2018 World Taekwondo Grand Slam The 2018 World Taekwondo Gra ...

scored a gold-medal victory over Great Britain's two-time defending champion Jade Jones to book an Olympic spot in the women's lightweight final (57 kg) of the 2019 World Grand Slam series. Meanwhile, double Olympic champion

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received a spare berth freed up by the World Grand Slam winner in the women's flyweight category (49 kg), as the next highest-placed taekwondo practitioner, not yet qualified, in the rankings, to round out the Chinese roster for her fourth straight Games. Sun Hongyi completed the Chinese taekwondo roster by finishing in the top-two final of the men's heavyweight category (+80 kg) at the 2021 Asian Qualification Tournament in

Tennis

China entered five tennis players, all women, into the Olympic tournament. One singles player, Wang Qiang secured the outright berth by winning the women's singles title at the

. Besides Wang Qiang, China also entered two pairs of double players,

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pairs with

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, while

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pairs with

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Triathlon

China has entered one triathlete to compete at the Games.

Volleyball

Beach

Women's tournament

Chinese women's beach volleyball teams qualified directly for the Olympics after winning the gold medal at the

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final round in

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Indoor

;Summary

Women's tournament

China women's volleyball team qualified for the Olympics by securing an outright berth as the highest-ranked nation for pool B at the Intercontinental Olympic Qualification Tournament in

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Water polo

;Summary

Women's tournament

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qualified for the Olympics by winning the gold medal and securing an outright berth at the

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Weightlifting

Chinese weightlifters qualified for eight quota places at the games, based on the Tokyo 2020 Rankings Qualification List of 11 June 2021. ;Men ;Women

Wrestling

China qualified eleven wrestlers for each of the following classes into the Olympic competition. Five of them finished among the top six to book Olympic spots in the men's freestyle 125 kg and women's freestyle (50, 53, 57 and 76 kg) at the 2019 World Championships, while six additional licenses were awarded to the Chinese wrestlers, who progressed to the top two finals of their respective weight categories at the 2021 Asian Qualification Tournament in

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Politics

Chinese diplomats engaged in

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during the Olympics with issue being taken with the way Chinese athletes were being depicted by the media and by the Taiwanese team being introduced as "Taiwan" instead of

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. The Chinese consulate in New York City complained that

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had used an inaccurate map of China in their coverage because it didn't include Taiwan and the South China Sea. The consulate said that the map "created a very bad influence and harmed the dignity and emotion of the Chinese people." The consulate took to Twitter writing "Using a wrong map of #China is a real lack of common sense. Politicizing sports and violating the Olympics Charter spirits will only do harm to the #Olympic Games and the relationship between the #Chinese and the #Americans," Chinese diplomats took issue with CNN's coverage of China's first gold medal when it published a headline saying "Gold for China…and more COVID-19 cases". A win by Taiwan over China in badminton increased tensions between the two countries. Tensions between China and Taiwan over the Olympics has also resulted in increased calls in Taiwan to rename their Olympic team. On August 1 the

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criticized the BBC's coverage of the Olympics, particularly its Taiwan-related coverage. The embassy also condemned a

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article cited by the BBC. The statement said that "The reports on the BBC Chinese website and news.com.au about the participation of ‘Chinese Taipei’ in Tokyo Olympics are unprofessional and severely misleading. The Chinese side is gravely concerned and strongly opposes this." On August 4 the embassy again criticized the BBC's coverage of Taiwan's participation in the Olympics saying that a BBC article explaining the history of Taiwan's Olympic moniker "Chinese Taipei" had been "sensationalizing the question of the 'Chinese Taipei' team at the Tokyo Olympics." and went on to state "

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strongly urges these media to follow international consensus and professional conduct, to stop politicizing sports, and to stop interference with the Tokyo Olympic Games."

References

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2021 in Chinese sport

Medalists

Competitors

Archery

Artistic swimming

Athletics

Badminton

Basketball

Indoor

Women's tournament

3×3

Men's tournament

Women's tournament

Boxing

Canoeing

Slalom

Sprint

Cycling

Road

Track

Mountain biking

Diving

Equestrian

Eventing

Jumping

Fencing

Field hockey

Women's tournament

Football

Women's tournament

Golf

Gymnastics

Artistic

Rhythmic

Trampoline

Judo

Karate

Modern pentathlon

Rowing

Rugby sevens

Women's tournament

Sailing

Shooting

Skateboarding

Sport climbing

Swimming

Table tennis

Taekwondo

Tennis

Triathlon

Volleyball

Beach

Women's tournament

Indoor

Women's tournament

Water polo

Women's tournament

Weightlifting

Wrestling

Politics

See also

References