“小女子”扬威世界体坛

synopsis:Women athletes have registesd a number of“firsts” in theChinese sports circles; Zheng Fengrong, the first Chinese highjumper to break the world record; the Chinese women’s volleyballteam,the first Chinese to win a world championship in volleyball,basketball and football;Ma Yanhong,the first world gymnastics cham-pion in China; Chen Xiaoxia, the first world diving champion inChina;Chen Lu,the first Chinese to win a gold medal in thesingle figure skating event at world championships;and Zhang Shan,the first Chinese to beat her male rivals to snatch the gold inthe clay pigeon event at the Olympic Games… Chinese womenare holding up most of the sky in Chinese sports. They havebeen a harbinger of spring in the Chinese and Asian sports cir-cles. Many breakthroughs made in Chinese and Asian sports havebeen heralde by the rise of Chinese women athletes.