China has gold medal expectations in the boxing event in Paris
China qualified a full female team with six boxers and two men for the boxing event of the Paris Olympics and the team is in the final preparation. Most of the Chinese boxers are medal favourites and some of them have the chance for the titles in Paris.
China was the host of the recent Asian Games in the city of Hangzhou where their boxers secured seven flight tickets for Paris. China was lacked any gold medals in the boxing tournament of the Tokyo Olympics therefore the country’s target is at least one title in the upcoming Paris edition.
The Chinese team competed in the Strandja Memorial Tournament, the US International Invitational Tournament and the Grand Prix Usti nad Labem this year to meet top boxers before the Olympic Games.
Five of their top female boxers such as Wu Yu (50kg), Chang Yuan (54kg), Yang Wenlu (60kg), Yang Liu (66kg) and Li Qian (75kg) all qualified for the Olympic Games through the Asian Games on home soil and they spent the recent seven months in events and training camps.
All of their top five women boxers are able to beat any of their rivals and they have the routine to keep their level from the preliminaries until the finals. Wu Yu, Yang Liu and Li Qian defeated almost all of their Olympic rivals during their long boxing career.
The World Championships silver medallist Tuohetaerbieke Tanglatihan had a seriously hard road for the quota at the men’s light heavyweight (80kg), but he succeeded and he won preparation tournaments for the Olympics as well.
Han Xuezhen caused a huge sensation with his quota at the men’s heavyweight (92kg) in Hangzhou, he was not a favourite for that place in the Asian Games but he eliminated some high-ranked boxers and the 25-year-old Chinese qualified for his first Olympics.
Xu Zichun was their lone female boxer in the 2nd World Olympic Boxing Qualifying Event in Bangkok but she earned China’s eighth quota for Paris at the women’s featherweight (57kg). As all of the Chinese women boxers, she has brilliant technical skills and the speed to work from counter-attacking range.
One of their top male boxers, Danabieke Bayikewuzi from the Xinjiang region developed well enough but the super heavyweight (+92kg) was not able to qualify for the Olympic Games during his three chances in the qualification events.
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