Badminton, gymnastics, fencing and cycling are among the sports that are fighting for extra spots on the track in preparation for the Paris Olympics. Public opinion is sharply divided on the question of how much gold the Chinese delegation will win at the Paris Olympics and whether they will be able to climb to the top of the gold medal table. Some analysts predict that China's diving, table tennis and weightlifting teams are expected to win 20 gold medals. However, China's swimming and shooting teams, despite their successes at the World Championships, are still in a state of uncertainty about their performance at the Olympics. Athletics and gymnastics, on the other hand, seem to be a little less impressive compared to their performance at the Tokyo Olympics.
At the same time, there is also the view that it is almost an impossible task for the Chinese team to overtake the United States and win the gold medal table at the Paris Olympics. For the three major ball sports such as basketball, the strategic goal of the Chinese team is to at least stand on the podium, therefore, the performance of the Chinese women's basketball and women's volleyball team has attracted a lot of attention. As the pride of Chinese basketball, the women's basketball team not only won the runner-up of the World Cup and the Asian Cup, but also has hopes of winning the Paris Olympics. Lai Yawen, the leader of the Chinese Volleyball Association, and Yuan Xinyue, the captain of the women's volleyball team, both stated that the team will make unremitting efforts to achieve another success and realize the goal of winning the championship at the Paris Olympics. There are even voices pointing out that "this may become the first time the nation's confidence in the women's volleyball team is shaken, shifting the hope of winning a medal to the shoulders of the women's basketball team!"
