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This post was last edited by Nuts on 2021-8-2 at 18:44: 1. Liaoning, 44 yuan； Looking back at China’s Olympic history, in the 8 Summer Olympics prior to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Chinese athletes won 227 Olympic gold medals, achieved by 242 Olympic champions. So, where in China are the most Olympic champions produced? Today, let’s take a look at the provinces that have won the most gold medals. See if your hometown is on the list? NO.1 Liaoning: Number of gold medals won: 44. Liaoning is the province with the highest total number of Olympic gold medals; by the time of the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, it had won as many as 44 gold medals. Liaoning has a strong tradition in sports; as early as its first appearance at the Olympic Games in Los Angeles, it won 4 gold medals. The only exception was the lack of gold medals at the Seoul Olympics, and it has consistently ranked among the top three provinces in terms of the number of gold medals won across various Olympic editions. In contrast, Liaoning is a province with well-developed sports across a wide range of disciplines; it has won gold medals in more than ten fields such as shooting, weightlifting, judo, volleyball, athletics, table tennis, wrestling, and rowing. The number of renowned Olympic champions from Liaoning is countless, with figures like Wang Yifu, Wang Ning, Yuan Hua, Ma Long, and Li Na being well-known sports stars throughout the world. 2. Jiangsu, 33 yuan ； A total of 33 gold medals were won. Jiangsu is a traditional strong province in sports in China, boasting numerous sports colleges and training centers for athletes. Additionally, its economy is among the best in the country, which enables it to allocate significant funds to sports. Jiangsu’s Olympic strengths lie mainly in fencing, badminton, volleyball, and table tennis. Ge Fei and Gu Jun, the top badminton doubles pair, Zhong Man, the foil fencer who shone at the Beijing Olympics, Hui Ruoqi, the captain who led the team to victory in women’s volleyball at the Rio Olympics, and Yan Sen, who teamed up with Wang Liqin to dominate the table tennis scene at two Olympic Games – these are all outstanding athletes from Jiangsu. 3. Hubei: Badminton, table tennis, gymnastics, and diving are the strong sports disciplines in Hubei Province. Additionally, they have also achieved considerable success in fields such as weightlifting. The Olympic champions who came from Hubei are well-known, such as Fu Mingxia, the diving queen who won ten Olympic gold medals, Li Xiaoshuang, the prince of gymnastics, and Cheng Fei, who created the \"Cheng Fei jump\" in women’s gymnastics. It is worth mentioning that since New China first participated in the Olympics in 1984, Hubei has been one of only two provinces to win gold medals at every Olympic Games. NO.4 Guangdong Province: Number of gold medals won: 27. With its large population and strong economy, Guangdong has naturally become a powerhouse in sports. Events such as athletics, diving, shooting, fencing, weightlifting, table tennis, trampoline, boxing, rowing, and sailing are among those in which athletes from this province compete intensely. Guangdong has renowned Olympic diving champions such as He Chong and Lao Lishi. And Xie Sijian/Wang Zongyuan, who won the gold medal in the men’s synchronized 3-meter springboard diving final at the Tokyo Olympics. Also, in yesterday’s men’s 100-meter race, Chinese sprinter Su Bingtian made history by reaching the final with a time of 9.83 seconds; he finished in 6th place in the final, becoming the first Asian and Chinese athlete to reach the Olympic finals in the men’s 100 meters. NO.5 Shandong Province: Number of gold medals won: 24. The Olympic sports in which Shandong Province excels include fencing, diving, weightlifting, table tennis, athletics, basketball, etc. Notable athletes from Shandong include table tennis champion Zhang Jike, Olympic champion in the 10-meter air rifle event Du Li, Olympic champion in women’s weightlifting Tang Gonghong, and athletics champion in the 10,000-meter race Xing Huina. NO.6 Beijing: Number of gold medals won: 22. Beijing’s strong Olympic events include table tennis and trampoline, etc. Table tennis champion Zhang Yining is well-known to everyone and is referred to as the \"Great Demon Queen\". During his career as an athlete, he won 19 world championships; he is currently the assistant director of the China Table Tennis Academy. In the women’s trampoline event at these Tokyo Olympics, Zhu Xueying won the gold medal with a score of 56.635 points, helping China’s trampoline team regain victory in this event after 13 years. NO.7 Hunan Province: Number of gold medals won: 17. The Olympic sports in which Hunan Province excels include weightlifting, badminton, synchronized swimming, rowing, etc. Notable Olympic champions from this province include weightlifting champion Long Qingquan, gymnastics champion Li Xiaopeng, gymnastics uneven bars champion Lu Li, table tennis champion Deng Yaping, and gymnastics balance beam champion Liu Xuan. No.7 Zhejiang Province: Number of gold medals won: 17. Since New China first participated in the Olympics in 1984, this province will be one of only two in all of China to have won gold medals in every Olympic edition. With Yang Qian, a shooter from Zhejiang, winning the first gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics, Zhejiang’s tradition of winning gold medals in every edition continued on the very first day of competition. Apart from Yang Qian, Shi Zhiyong, Wang Shun, and Chen Yufei also won gold medals at these Tokyo Olympics. Zhejiang Province’s strong Olympic events include swimming, shooting, weightlifting, badminton, etc., and it is home to well-known swimming champions such as Ye Shiwen and Luo Xuejuan. NO.8 Sichuan Province: Number of gold medals won: 15. Sichuan Province is strong in Olympic events such as diving, gymnastics, and synchronized swimming; throughout the history of the Summer Olympics, a total of 12 champions have come from Sichuan. Among them are the well-known diving champion Ren Qian, gymnastics champion Zou Kai, Olympic diving champion Gao Min, Olympic judo champion Tang Lin, and others.