China's athletes earned two gold medals and three bronze medals on Thursday at the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics.
Gold medalist Yang Jiayu (C) of China, silver medalist Maria Perez (L) of Spain and bronze medalist Jemima Montag of Australia celebrate on the podium in front of the Eiffel Tower after their women's 20m race walk final at the Summer Olympics in Paris, France, August 1, 2024. /CFP
Yang Jiayu of China claimed the gold medal in the women's 20-kilometer race walk final with a season-best 1:25:54, topping the podium ahead of Spain's Maria Perez (1:26:19) and Australia's Jemima Montag (1:26:25).
Two other Chinese athletes, Ma Zhenxia and Liu Hong, finished 11th and 21st, respectively.
Liu Yukun of China celebrates with his gold medal after winning the men's 50m rifle 3 positions shooting final during the Summer Olympics in Paris, France, August 1, 2024. /CFP
In shooting, China's Liu Yukun claimed the gold medal in the men's 50-meter rifle three positions final with a score of 463.6 points.
Serhiy Kulish of Ukraine took the silver with 461.3 points and Swapnil Kusale of India secured the bronze with 451.4 points.
Zhang Yufei of China competes in the women's 200m butterfly swimming final at the Summer Olympics in Paris, France, August 1, 2024. /CFP
In swimming, China's Zhang Yufei took the bronze medal in the women's 200-meter butterfly final.
Summer Mcintosh of Canada won the gold while Regan Smith of the USA claimed the silver.
L-R: China's Yang Junxuan, Li Bingjie, Ge Chutong and Liu Yaxin celebrate after taking bronze in the women's 4×200m freestyle relay final during the Summer Olympics in Paris, France, August 1, 2024. /CFP
In the women's 4×200m freestyle relay final, Chinese swimmers Yang Junxuan, Li Bingjie, Ge Chutong and Liu Yaxin captured bronze after finishing in a time of seven minutes, 42.34 seconds.
Australia earned gold in an Olympic record time of seven minutes, 38.08 seconds, while the USA settled for silver after touching the wall next in seven minutes, 40.86 seconds.
Ma Zhenzhao (C) of China reacts after defeating Anna-Maria Wagner (R) of Germany during their women's judo -78kg bronze-medal match at the Summer Olympics in Paris, France, August 1, 2024. /CFP
Ma Zhenzhao earned China's first Olympic judo medal in Paris after defeating Anna-Maria Wagner of Germany 1-0 to win the bronze medal match in the women's 78kg division.
Fan Zhendong of China celebrates his victory over Tomokazu Harimoto of Japan (not pictured) after their men's singles table tennis quarterfinal match at the Summer Olympics in Paris, France, August 1, 2024. /CFP
In table tennis, China's Fan Zhendong defeated Japan's Tomokazu Harimoto 4-3 in their men's singles quarterfinal match.
Fan is set to meet Felix Lebrun of host nation France in the semifinals on Friday.
In women's singles, both Sun Yingsha and Chen Meng advanced to the semifinals.
Sun will face Hina Hayata of Japan while Chen is set to clash with Shin Yu-bin of South Korea in Friday's semifinals.
Zheng Qinwen of China celebrates after beating Iga Swiatek (not pictured) of Poland in their women's singles tennis semifinal match at the Summer Olympics at the Roland Garros Stadium in Paris, France, August 1, 2024. /CFP
In tennis, Zheng Qinwen of China upset World No. 1 Iga Swiatek of Poland to reach the women's singles final.
Zheng will compete for women's singles gold when she faces Donna Vekic of Croatia in the title match.
China's Wang Xinyu (L) and Zhang Zhizhen celebrate their victory over the Dutch duo of Demi Schuurs and Wesley Koolhof (not pictured) at the Summer Olympics in Paris, France, August 1, 2024. /CFP
Zhang Zhizhen and Wang Xinyu powered into the tennis mixed doubles title match, marking the first time for a Chinese mixed doubles duo to reach the Olympic final.
China's Zhang and Wang, who defeated Dutch duo Demi Schuurs and Wesley Koolhof 2-6, 6-4, 10-4 in the semifinals, will face Czech pair Tomas Machac and Katerina Siniakova in the title match.
China's players celebrate after defeating France in their women's volleyball Group A match during the Summer Olympics in Paris, France, August 1, 2024. /CFP
Also, China's women's volleyball team will face Serbia in their third group stage match after defeating hosts France 25-18, 25-16, 25-19.
China, with two wins and five points, currently top Group A, followed by Serbia and the USA, with those two teams having one win apiece.
China's Zheng Siwei (R) and Huang Yaqiong compete in their mixed doubles badminton semifinal match at the Summer Olympics in Paris, France, August 1, 2024. /CFP
In badminton, China's mixed doubles pair of Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong dominated their match against Japan's Yuta Watanabe and Arisa Higashino on Thursday, winning 21-14, 21-15.
The top-seeded duo will face Kim Won-ho and Jeong Na-eun of South Korea in the final on Friday.
He Bingjiao, who defeated PV Sindhu of India 21-19 and 21-14 in the round of 16, will face compatriot Chen Yufei in the women's singles quarterfinals.