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Good news! Xiang Qizhang from Fujian wins the Olympic championship!

2024-08-11

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In the early morning of August 11th, Beijing time, at the 33rd Summer Olympic Taekwondo Mixed Team Performance Competition held in Paris,Xiang Qizhang, an athlete from Liancheng, Longyan City, Fujian ProvinceWorking together with teammates and striving to be the best, they defeated the Uzbek Taekwondo Team and won the championship in this event.He became the first Fujian athlete to stand on the highest podium of the Olympic Taekwondo event, and it was also the first time that a Longyan Taekwondo athlete entered the Olympics and achieved good results., fully demonstrating the spirit of hard work and courage to climb to the top of the athletes in western Fujian in the new era!

During the match, the Chinese team was temporarily behind in the first game. In the second half of the second game, Longyan City athlete Xiang Qizhang seized the opponent's anxious mentality to attack, played his own advantages, dared to fight, and scored nearly 10 points after coming on the court, widening the score and laying the foundation for victory. In the end, the Chinese team won the championship with a big score of 34:24.
The mixed team Taekwondo event is an emerging competitive event that has been vigorously promoted in the Taekwondo field in recent years. It has been competed as a demonstration event in the Tokyo and Paris Olympic Games, and has become an official event of the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games. It has applied to become an official event of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games. The Chinese Taekwondo Team won the championship in this demonstration event in both the Tokyo and Paris Olympic Games, demonstrating the world's top strength.

Xiang Qizhang

Born in Liancheng, Longyan in 2004

In February 2015, he entered Liancheng County Children's Sports School (coach: Yao Jianchuan)

Entered Longyan Sports School in January 2017 (coach: Wang Congming)

In September 2017, he was selected into the Fujian Youth Sports School Taekwondo Team (coach: Yao Jianchuan)

In November 2017, he was selected into the Fujian Provincial Sports Team Taekwondo Team (coach: Cheng Huiru)

Selected for the Beijing Sport University Taekwondo Team in December 2021 (coach: Che Xingang)

Selected for the National Taekwondo Team in January 2022 (coach: Guan Jianmin)

International Competitions:

2023 World Taekwondo Federation Netherlands Open Men's 74kg 3rd place

2023 World Taekwondo Team World Cup Championships Mixed Team First Place

Domestic results:

2022 National Taekwondo Championships Men's 74kg 2nd place

2022 National Taekwondo Championship Series Men's 74kg Total Points First Place

2023 National Taekwondo Championships Men's 74kg Third Place

2024 National Taekwondo Championships Men's 74kg First Place

Let us congratulate Xiang Qizhang again for winning the championship

Bring glory to the country and win glory for Fujian!

Source: Longyan Sports

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