Olympic champs herald China glory in taekwondo worlds

时间：2007-05-19 06:27:22

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China's Chen Zhong, twice Olympics gold winner and a French player take oath on behalf of all the athletes participating the 2007 Beijing Taekwondo World Championships at the opening ceremony of the tournament in Beijing May 17, 2007.
 
Beijing, May 18 - With two Olympic champions, China is aiming to stir taekwondo traditional powerhouse South Korea's throne in the world championships which was declared open here on Thursday.

 

Chen Zhong, two-time Olympic champion of the women's 67kg category, joined up with 2004 Athens Games' champion Luo Wei to stamp the domination in the heavyweight categories, with their teammates coming out all the way for more medals for the hosting country.

 

A total of 1,690 athletes from 122 countries and regions will compete in the biannual1 event. The competitions will kick off on Friday at the Changping Stadium, about 40 kilometers north of the city of Beijing.

 

South Korea, the birth place of the sport, has a clear advantage over its opponents as it is aiming for 7-9 gold medals in the tournament, while China also has the best shot of glory in the highest-level taekwondo tournament before the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.

 

Chen vowed2 to win 72kg gold medal, the only trophy3 that excludes her after she won the Olympic and World Cup championships.

 

The 25-year-old won one silver and two bronze medals in the World Championships in her four attempts.

 

Luo, 24, who took the women's 67kg gold medal in Athens in 2004, is hoping to revenge a loss to defending champion Sarah Stevenson of Britain in the last version of the tournament in the 72kg.

 

Besides great prospect4 in the heavyweight categories, China also lives up with hope in small athletes and its male counterpart.

 

The 20-year-old Wu Jingyu, winner of the women's 47kg in the Asian Games last year, is on her way to become one of the best finweight athletes in the world and the favorite to win the event here.

 

Asian Games' silver-medalist Wang Hao will make his another attempt of the world championship in the men's 72kg.

 

The Lopez family of the Unites States is ready to repeat its glory in Beijing after three Lopezs won gold medals in the 2005 worlds.

 

Steven, Mark and Diana are all here for Americans' hope of medal collection.

 

Sixteen gold medals will be decided5 in the five-day tournament.

 

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1 biannual wyezSU     
adj.一年两次的
参考例句：
  • I have to make a biannual report next Monday.下周一我得作半年度报告。
  • Our school doctor recommends a biannual visit to the dentist.我们校医建议一年去看牙医两次。
2 vowed 6996270667378281d2f9ee561353c089     
起誓，发誓（vow的过去式与过去分词形式）
参考例句：
  • He vowed quite solemnly that he would carry out his promise. 他非常庄严地发誓要实现他的诺言。
  • I vowed to do more of the cooking myself. 我发誓自己要多动手做饭。
3 trophy 8UFzI     
n.优胜旗，奖品，奖杯，战胜品，纪念品
参考例句：
  • The cup is a cherished trophy of the company.那只奖杯是该公司很珍惜的奖品。
  • He hung the lion's head as a trophy.他把那狮子头挂起来作为狩猎纪念品。
4 prospect P01zn     
n.前景，前途；景色，视野
参考例句：
  • This state of things holds out a cheerful prospect.事态呈现出可喜的前景。
  • The prospect became more evident.前景变得更加明朗了。
5 decided lvqzZd     
adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的
参考例句：
  • This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
  • There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

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