On the evening of the 17th, the Chinese sports delegation announced that women's volleyball player Zhu Ting and taekwondo athlete Zhao Shuai will serve as the flag bearers of the Chinese sports delegation at the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics.
Screenshot of Weibo.
It is reported that the Chinese sports delegation has comprehensively considered the representativeness of athletes and schedule arrangements and other factors, and after soliciting opinions and careful consideration, the flag bearer was finally determined.
Zhu Ting is the captain of the Chinese women's volleyball team and the leader of the women's volleyball team in the Rio Olympics.
In the world volleyball arena, Zhu Ting is also a legend.
Zhu Ting entered the national team in 2013 and became famous in the World Championships in 2014; she led the team to the World Cup in 2015, and in 2016 Zhu Ting led the women's volleyball team to the top of Rio as an absolute strong point; then Zhu Ting studied abroad in Turkey, Reaping the MVP in the European arena has become a "ZHUPER" praised by foreign media...
The data picture shows the Jakarta Asian Games women's volleyball group match on August 23, 2016, with the Chinese team Zhu Ting in the match.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Du Yang
Another flag bearer Zhao Shuai is the 58 kg champion of the Rio Olympic Taekwondo event. He served as the flag bearer of the Chinese delegation in the 2018 Jakarta Asian Games.
This time in Tokyo, he will hit the 68 kg competition.
From the 58 kg class 5 years ago to the 68 kg class today.
In the Grand Slam finals in December 2018, Zhao Shuai finally won the first championship in the 68kg international competition in the golden overtime. The Manchester World Championships in May of the following year and the Sofia Grand Prix in October, Zhao Shuai Once again tasted the taste of victory.
Data map: Zhao Shuai in the game photo by China News Agency reporter Yang Huafeng
After the list of standard bearers was announced, netizens said that these two are well deserved!
I hope they can show the style of Chinese athletes!
In fact, in the previous Olympic Games, the candidates for the flag bearers of the opening ceremony of the Chinese delegation have always been suspenseful.
Looking back at the past Olympics, the men's basketball team is a well-deserved "big flag bearer."
In the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, the 2m 02 men's basketball center Wang Libin served as the standard bearer. This tradition has been continued since then. The men's basketball team Ning Tao and Song Ligang respectively served as the Chinese delegations for the 1988 Seoul Olympics and 1992 Barcelona Olympics. Flag bearer.
In the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and 2000 Sydney Olympics, basketball star Liu Yudong won the flag bearer consecutively; in the 2004 Athens Olympics and the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Yao Ming served as the flag bearer of the Chinese delegation. In the 2012 London Olympics, he carried the Chinese men's basketball team. Yi Jianlian of the flag served as the flag bearer.
At the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics, the Chinese delegation's flag bearer Yao Ming.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Du Yang
In the last Rio Olympics, the flag bearer of the Chinese delegation used non-men's basketball players for the first time. The men's foil champion Thunder of the London Olympics served as the flag bearer.
In the past, the Chinese delegation was a flag bearer, but this Olympic Games is quite special.
In March last year, the International Olympic Committee announced that it would encourage delegations participating in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics to send one male and one female athlete as the flag bearer at the opening ceremony.
The Executive Committee meeting of the International Olympic Committee added that for the first time this Olympic Games will have at least one male and one female athlete in all participating delegations.
The emblem of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games was taken 30 days before the opening ceremony in Tokyo, Japan, June 22, local time.
Looking forward to the stunning appearance of the Chinese delegation under the leadership of Zhu Ting and Zhao Shuai on the evening of the 23rd.
I also look forward to all Chinese athletes playing well in the Tokyo Olympics!