This week, the official website of the Badminton World Federation (BWF) unveiled the qualification list for the Paris Olympics, with a total of 173 players competing in five events, covering the 166 regular seats (83 men and 83 women), the three additional seats allocated by the IOC Tripartite Commission (two men and one woman), and an ad-hoc spot for Dolce Yavarivajiva, a member of the IOC's Refugee Olympic Team. China has exclusive access to five sports. Entries for badminton are open until July 8, before which the National Olympic Committees can make adjustments to the list of eligible participants.
Chinese weightlifting team's Olympic roster officially announced to the public
May 10, China's weightlifting team Paris Olympic Games list officially announced to the public. Olympic champion Hou Zhihui (women's 49 kilograms), Li Fa Bin (men's 61 kilograms), Shi Zhiyong (73 kilograms), Li Wenwen (women's 81 kilograms) led the list, Luo Shifang (women's 59 kilograms), Liu Huanhua (men's 102 kilograms) is also on the list. These six athletes will represent the Chinese weightlifting team at the Olympic weightlifting tournament to be held Aug. 7-11 in Paris. Despite his runner-up finish in the World Cup, Shi Zhiyong was included in the Chinese weightlifting team's list for the Paris Olympics in light of his injuries, combined with his qualifying success rate, opponent strength, competition experience and technical stability.
Chinese wrestling team locks up 11 Olympic spots
The official website of the World Wrestling Federation reported that on May 12 in Istanbul, Turkey, the Paris Olympic Games wrestling world qualifying tournament, two Chinese players in the final day of the showdown respectively won the men's freestyle wrestling 57 kg and 97 kg Olympic qualification, to help China's team to reach 11 Olympic seats. The specific seats include: women's freestyle 50kg to 76kg, men's freestyle 57kg to 130kg, and men's classical 60kg to 87kg, which is the same as the number of participants in the Tokyo Olympics.
Men's Soccer Olympic Round of 16 and Groups Revealed
On May 9, the Guinean Olympic team defeated the Indonesian Olympic team 1-0 to earn the last ticket to the final stage of the Men's Soccer Olympics. With this, all 16 teams participating in the Men's Soccer Olympic Tournament have been revealed. The specific groupings are as follows:
Group A: France, United States, Guinea, New Zealand
Group B: Argentina, Morocco, Iraq, Ukraine
Group C: Spain, Uzbekistan, Egypt, Dominica
Group D: Israel, Japan, Paraguay, Mali
