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Alive and exciting award ceremony drew the attention of numerous Chinese households on the night of January 15. The most popular Chinese sports stars attended the 2011 CCTV Sports Personality Award Ceremony at the National Indoor Stadium in Beijing.
Walking along the red carpets, the big stars shook hands with fans and shared their New Year wishes. Of them, six sports stars were the most dazzling.
The annual CCTV Sports Awards is recognized as the Chinese version of the Laureus World Sports Awards. The awards came from votes cast by 120 sports specialists.
Sun Yang, the Best Male Athlete
Winning two gold medals at the 14th FINA World Swimming Championships in Shanghai in 2011, Sun Yang rose to be a world champion. The young swimmer, born in 1991, is also the youngest men’s swimming world champion in Chinese swimming history.
He set the world men’s 1,500-meter freestyle swimming record with a time of 14 minutes, 34.14 seconds on the final day of the championship. The former world record of 14 minutes, 34.56 seconds was set by Australian Grant Hackett in 2001.
Sun won four medals at this championship—two gold, one silver and one bronze. At the Guangzhou Asian Games in 2010, Sun set an Asian record of 14 minutes, 35.43 seconds in the men’s 1,500 freestyle.
This young athlete has risen to be a big star in China and become an idol of many young people.
Li Na, the Best Female Athlete
Li Na, a professional tennis player, has become a legend in China. Last year, she lost the Australian Open final to Kim Clijisters, then won the French Open to become the first Asian athlete to capture a Grand Slam title.
So far, the 30-year-old has won five WTA (Women’s Tennis Association) and 19 ITF (International Tennis Federation) singles titles. Currently, she ranks sixth in the world.
Liu Xiang, the Special Award of the Year
Liu Xiang is a dazzling sport icon in China. Born in 1983 in Shanghai, the 110-meter hurdler is the first Chinese athlete to achieve the “triple crown”of athletics: world record holder, world champion and Olympic champion. His 2004 Olympic gold medal was the first in a men’s track and field event for China.
Liu gained his first world title at the 21st Universiade in Beijing in 2001, when he was 18 years old. Following this victory he began to make history, breaking the Asian and world records and then winning Olympic and world championship gold medals, respectively, in 2004 and 2007.
Fan Kexin, the Best Rookie
Fan Kexin has risen as a promising young sports star in China. Fan, aged 19, won the gold medal of the women’s 500 meters with 43.873 seconds at the ISU (International Skating Union) World Cup Short Track speedskating in Beijing on December 10, 2011.
Fan’s rise was amazingly quick. Born in northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province, she was selected for the provincial team in 2009 and into the national team in 2010. Then in March of 2011 she won the gold medal at the world championships. Such a rapid success owes to her great talent and strong psychological quality.
Cai Yun/Fu Haifeng, the Best Pair With their excellent performance in 2011, Cai Yun and Fu Haifeng have lived up to the name of the Best Pair in badminton.
In August of 2011, the duo defeated their South Korean counterparts, and won the gold medal at the 2011 BWF (Badminton World Federation) Badminton World Championship in London.
It was the third consecutive time for the duo to win the title. Currently, the pair ranks first in the world.
Hou Yifan, the Best Non-Olympic Athlete of the Year Chinese chess player Hou Yifan successfully defended her Women’s World Chess Championship title in Tirana, Capital of Albania, after defeating Indian challenger Humpy Koneru on November 24, 2011.
Hou, aged 18, won the 2010 Women’s World Chess Championship in Antakya, Turkey, making her the youngest world chess champion ever.
She started to play chess at age five and showed astonishing talent at the game. At the age of nine, she was selected for the national chess team of China.
Hou has won numerous awards and titles. In addition to the Women’s World Chess Championships in 2010 and 2011, she also won the Chess Champion of Guangzhou Asian Games in 2010.
Walking along the red carpets, the big stars shook hands with fans and shared their New Year wishes. Of them, six sports stars were the most dazzling.
The annual CCTV Sports Awards is recognized as the Chinese version of the Laureus World Sports Awards. The awards came from votes cast by 120 sports specialists.
Sun Yang, the Best Male Athlete
Winning two gold medals at the 14th FINA World Swimming Championships in Shanghai in 2011, Sun Yang rose to be a world champion. The young swimmer, born in 1991, is also the youngest men’s swimming world champion in Chinese swimming history.
He set the world men’s 1,500-meter freestyle swimming record with a time of 14 minutes, 34.14 seconds on the final day of the championship. The former world record of 14 minutes, 34.56 seconds was set by Australian Grant Hackett in 2001.
Sun won four medals at this championship—two gold, one silver and one bronze. At the Guangzhou Asian Games in 2010, Sun set an Asian record of 14 minutes, 35.43 seconds in the men’s 1,500 freestyle.
This young athlete has risen to be a big star in China and become an idol of many young people.
Li Na, the Best Female Athlete
Li Na, a professional tennis player, has become a legend in China. Last year, she lost the Australian Open final to Kim Clijisters, then won the French Open to become the first Asian athlete to capture a Grand Slam title.
So far, the 30-year-old has won five WTA (Women’s Tennis Association) and 19 ITF (International Tennis Federation) singles titles. Currently, she ranks sixth in the world.
Liu Xiang, the Special Award of the Year
Liu Xiang is a dazzling sport icon in China. Born in 1983 in Shanghai, the 110-meter hurdler is the first Chinese athlete to achieve the “triple crown”of athletics: world record holder, world champion and Olympic champion. His 2004 Olympic gold medal was the first in a men’s track and field event for China.
Liu gained his first world title at the 21st Universiade in Beijing in 2001, when he was 18 years old. Following this victory he began to make history, breaking the Asian and world records and then winning Olympic and world championship gold medals, respectively, in 2004 and 2007.
Fan Kexin, the Best Rookie
Fan Kexin has risen as a promising young sports star in China. Fan, aged 19, won the gold medal of the women’s 500 meters with 43.873 seconds at the ISU (International Skating Union) World Cup Short Track speedskating in Beijing on December 10, 2011.
Fan’s rise was amazingly quick. Born in northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province, she was selected for the provincial team in 2009 and into the national team in 2010. Then in March of 2011 she won the gold medal at the world championships. Such a rapid success owes to her great talent and strong psychological quality.
Cai Yun/Fu Haifeng, the Best Pair With their excellent performance in 2011, Cai Yun and Fu Haifeng have lived up to the name of the Best Pair in badminton.
In August of 2011, the duo defeated their South Korean counterparts, and won the gold medal at the 2011 BWF (Badminton World Federation) Badminton World Championship in London.
It was the third consecutive time for the duo to win the title. Currently, the pair ranks first in the world.
Hou Yifan, the Best Non-Olympic Athlete of the Year Chinese chess player Hou Yifan successfully defended her Women’s World Chess Championship title in Tirana, Capital of Albania, after defeating Indian challenger Humpy Koneru on November 24, 2011.
Hou, aged 18, won the 2010 Women’s World Chess Championship in Antakya, Turkey, making her the youngest world chess champion ever.
She started to play chess at age five and showed astonishing talent at the game. At the age of nine, she was selected for the national chess team of China.
Hou has won numerous awards and titles. In addition to the Women’s World Chess Championships in 2010 and 2011, she also won the Chess Champion of Guangzhou Asian Games in 2010.