Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, March 22 (reporter Ding Wenxian) “2018 Chinese athletes spreading influence list” was released in Beijing on the 22nd, short track speed skating Olympic champion Wu Dajing, volleyball star Zhu Ting, men’s 100-meter “flying man” Su Bingtian ranked in the top three on the list.
The statistical cycle of the list data is the whole year of 2018, and the samples are selected from Chinese delegation athletes of Pyeongchang Winter Olympics and Jakarta Asian Games, national team athletes of various events, etc. The list combines the performances of athletes in various fields such as personal situation, sports performance, media exposure and business index, and invites experts in sports, media, academia and other fields to put forward professional opinions on the preliminary evaluation results.
Wu Dajing topped the list. In 2018, he three broken short track speed skating men’s 500 m world record, won the only gold medal of the Chinese delegation in the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, and achieved the breakthrough of zero gold medal in the Chinese men’s single project Winter Olympics. Zhu Ting ranked second. Last year, she led the Chinese team to regain the women’s volleyball championship in the Asian Games, won the bronze medal in the world women’s volleyball championship, and also won the turkey Women Volleyball League matches championship with wakifu bank, help the team defend in the European Women’s Volleyball Champions League and the World Club Cup. She is also the only female athlete in the top ten.
The third to ten athletes on the list are Su Bingtian, Wu Lei, Sun Yang, Zhou Qi, Ding Yan Yuhang, Guo Allen, Fan Zhendong and Shi Yuqi.
The Top 50 athletes on the list come from 14 sports, among which table tennis has the largest number of players on the list, with a total of 8 players, followed by swimming and football, with 7 players each, there are also 6 people in the basketball project, and two people in the winter project are on the list.
According to statistics, the average age of the top 50 athletes shortlisted in this list is about 26 years old, among which the oldest is Zheng Zhi, a 38-year-old football player, the youngest is the 16-year-old swimming General King Jianjiahe. Among the top 50 on the list, athletes aged 21 to 25 occupy 26 seats, and 3 are less than 20 years old.
The selection was initiated and hosted by China Sports newspaper general society, and the new sports network was specifically implemented.