Sports Vision丨Wu Yanni achieves her best win of the season; Milicic is appointed as the new coach of the Chinese women’s football team
Workers Daily-China Industry Network reporter Liu Bing
World Athletics Continental Tour Wu Yanni achieved her best win of the season
On the 12th, the 2024 World Athletics Intercontinental Tour was held in Osaka, Japan. Wu Yanni of the Chinese team won the women’s 100-meter hurdles final in a time of 12.86 seconds that tied the tournament record, setting a new personal season best result and tying the Japanese women’s 100-meter hurdles final. The tournament record set by player Asuka Terada last year. Host player Mako Fukube and Australian Danielle Shaw ranked second and third respectively.
Pacers beat Knicks
On the 13th, Beijing time, in the Eastern Conference semifinals of the NBA playoffs, the Pacers hit multiple climaxes from the start, leading the Knicks by 20 points in the first quarter. In the end, the Pacers defeated their opponents 121 to 89 and chased the big score to 121-89. 2 to 2. The two sides will compete for a spot in the Eastern Conference Finals in the next game.
Roma’s Seidejo crashed out of the competition
On the 12th, Beijing time, in the third round of the Rome Masters, “King” Djokovic was in poor condition and was swept by Tabilo 2-6/3-6, thus missing the top 16. This is also the second consecutive year that Djokovic has gone to Roland Garros without a title in the clay court warm-up matches. It is the first time since 2018 that Djokovic has entered the French Open without a title in a season. Tabilo became the second Chilean player to defeat the world number one after Gonzalez defeated Federer in 2007.
Wu Lei was elected the Chinese Super League Player of the Month for April
On the 12th, official news from the Chinese Super League announced that Shanghai Harbor forward Wu Lei was elected as the best player of the Chinese Super League in April for the 2024 season. He scored a total of 6 goals in 5 games in April and continues to lead the scorer list. Shanghai Haigang remains unbeaten with 3 wins and 2 draws. This is also the second consecutive month that Wu Lei has won the title of Chinese Super League Player of the Month.
Chinese men’s freestyle wrestling wins first Olympic “ticket”
On the 11th local time, at the Paris Olympic Wrestling World Qualification Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey, in the men’s freestyle 125kg semi-finals, 36-year-old veteran Deng Zhiwei defeated Venezuelan player Diaz Roberti 4-0 to set the stage. Chinese men’s freestyle wrestling won its first Olympic “ticket”. At present, the Chinese wrestling team has received nine “tickets” for the Paris Olympics.
WTT Saudi Grand Slam National table tennis wins five championships
On the 11th, the 2024 World Table Tennis Professional League (WTT) Saudi Grand Slam came to an end. The Chinese table tennis team ended the tournament with five championships in all events. On the same day, the women’s singles final was between Chen Meng and Sun Yingsha. Chen Meng finally defeated his teammates with a big score of 4-2; in the men’s singles final, Wang Chuqin defeated the German star Patrick Francesca. Previously, Chen Meng/Wang Manyu, Ma Long/Wang Chuqin, and Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha won the women’s doubles, men’s doubles, and mixed doubles championships respectively.
Badminton World Federation announces Paris Olympics qualification list
The official website of the Badminton World Federation recently announced the qualification list for the Paris Olympics. 173 athletes will participate in five individual events. The Chinese team is the only team to participate in all five individual events at full capacity. The final deadline for registration for the Paris Olympic badminton competition is July 8. Before then, each national (regional) Olympic committee can make substitutions in the list that meet the participation requirements.
He Wenna: “It feels like there are more and more family members”
On the 12th, the two-day Sixth Asian Trampoline (called “Trampoline” in Hong Kong) Championship came to an end in Hong Kong. The competition attracted more than 120 top players from 12 countries and regions in Asia to compete. The Chinese team won a total of 8 gold medals. Beijing Olympic women’s trampoline champion He Wenna watched the competition as the officiating guest that day. After the game, she said in an interview: “I feel very gratified to see so many outstanding juniors growing up. In the past, in Asia, trampoline was basically a strong event for the Chinese and Japanese teams. Now, trampolining in places like Kazakhstan, Singapore, India, and Iran The players all achieved good results in the competition, and I feel like I have more and more family members now.”
Singh: “We are confident that Harbin will host a wonderful Asian Winter Games”
On the 11th, the entire agenda of the 43rd General Congress of the Olympic Council of Asia concluded. Raja Randhir Singh, acting chairman of the Olympic Council of Asia, met with Zhang Haihua, deputy secretary-general of the 9th Asian Winter Games Organizing Committee in 2025, deputy mayor of Harbin, and said: “China has a very rich range of comprehensive events. With experience, as an athlete and a staff member of the Olympic Council of Asia, I have witnessed China hosting many excellent events. I believe that the 2025 Asian Winter Games will be the top winter sports event in Asia.”
Francesca: “Wang Chuqin is an incredible player”
On the 11th, German player Francesca lost to Wang Chuqin in the WTT Saudi Grand Slam men’s singles final and won the runner-up. After the game, he posted on social media and lamented: “What a week this has been! I don’t even know what to say. I feel very happy and excited at the moment. Thank you very much for everyone’s love and support. This means a lot to me.” ! Congratulations to Wang Chuqin. Incredible player, a well-deserved victory!”
Kipchoge: “Internet supervision and rectification should be strengthened”
Recently, Kenya and Ethiopia respectively announced their Paris Olympic marathon rosters. Kipchoge and Bekele are on the list. Their competition in the same field is exciting. However, in recent times, Kipchoge’s current preparations for war are not ideal due to cyber violence. He said: “Relevant departments should improve and strengthen supervision and rectification measures. Once there are accounts that deliberately spread rumors or spread false information, they should be banned immediately. In the long run, netizens will reach a consensus on abiding by network rules and always pay attention to restraining themselves. Speech.”
JutitanMilicic is appointed as the new coach of the Chinese women’s football team!
The “preliminary exam” of the warm-up match is about to come
Recently, the Chinese Football Association officially announced that the 50-year-old Australian Ante Milicic has become the new head coach of the Chinese women’s national team after evaluation by an expert evaluation group.
The person in charge of the relevant department of the Chinese Football Association said that Milicic has rich coaching experience and advanced technical and tactical concepts. “His coaching philosophy is in line with the development laws of modern football, and his high-level men’s football assistant coaching experience in leading team training is in line with the current training and development needs of the Chinese women’s football team.”
In early November last year, the Chinese women’s football team failed in the Paris Olympic preliminaries, thus facing the embarrassing situation of having no major competitions to play in the next two years. After careful consideration, the Chinese Football Association decided not to renew the appointment of the then Chinese women’s football coach Shui Qingxia. In March this year, the Chinese Football Association started the selection of coaches for the women’s football team. Among the applicants, a total of 42 people met the basic qualifications, including 41 foreign coaches and 1 Chinese coach. Two former Australian women’s football coaches, Stacic and Milicic, and the current Danish technical director of Manchester City’s Premier League women’s football team, Nielsen, entered the final candidate camp for the new coach.
It is reported that Milicic has rich coaching experience in the national men’s football team. He has served as an assistant coach for the Australian men’s national team, and has assisted two coaches, Bobst Kruger and Van Marwijk, in leading the team to participate in two men’s football World Cups. He was also a member of the championship coaching team that won Australia’s first Asian Cup title on home soil in 2015.
In February 2019, Milicic took over the leadership of the Australian women’s football team and subsequently led the team to the top 16 of the 2019 Women’s World Cup in France. Since then, he also led the Australian women’s football team to enter the Tokyo Olympics women’s football team through the qualifying play-offs. After that, Milicic left the “women’s line” coaching stage and became the coach of the men’s Australian Super League Macarthur FC team. His coaching achievements were also recognized by the team.
On June 22, 2019, during the match between Norway and Australia in the Round of 16 of the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Nice, France, Milicic, who serves as the head coach of the Australian team, watched from the sidelines. (Xinhua News Agency)
With the new coach of the Chinese women’s football team announced, the Chinese women’s football team will immediately start preparations for the 2026 Women’s Asian Cup and the 2027 Women’s World Cup. After missing out on the Paris Olympics, the Chinese women’s football team plans to compete more with the world‘s top teams through warm-up matches on international match days, in order to gain game experience and find its own shortcomings.
It is reported that at the invitation of the Australian Football Association, the Chinese women’s football team will play two international friendly matches with the Australian women’s football team in Adelaide and Sydney, Australia, on May 31 and June 3. The first warm-up match between the two teams will be the new head coach of the Chinese women’s football team. The first official international match that the team participates in will also be the “preliminary test” for the new women’s football coach. Milicic also needs to get familiar with the team as quickly as possible through games, find technical and tactical play styles suitable for the Chinese women’s football team, and in the process inspect and discover potential players. The effectiveness of the new coach’s leadership needs to be tested in actual combat.