However, it hasn’t led the medal count since the 1984 Games, the same year China qualified its first shooting athletes at the Olympics — meaning China is also a favorite to win gold at the Olympics.

YUEYANG, China, Nov. 28 (Xinhua) -- China's first national youth games for football, basketball and volleyball, commonly known as the three "big ball games" in Chinese, officially concluded on ...

Qin Haiyang of Team China celebrates after the team's win at 4x100m medley relay "Any ... The hashtag "China wins gold medal at 4x100m medley relay" was viewed 760 million times on Weibo.

But they did tie. The United States won the medal count — 126 in total and the women’s basketball team closed the Games by winning gold to tie China with an Olympic-best 40. The Americans ...

The United States took bronze thanks to a win over Russia. China won the women's tournament for its third Games title as well, and first since the 2004 Athens Games, beating Serbia 3-1 in the ...