Canoe/Kayak

(China Daily)
Updated: 2008-08-01 10:31

After severing ties with legendary coach Josef Capousek, China's canoeists are refocusing on more realistic goals, such as defending the gold medal they won in the Men's C2 500 m at the Athens Games. Reunited veteran pairs Yang Wenjun and Meng Guanliang are the host nation's only genuine medal hopes.

China may take advantage of its slalom course to achieve surprising results. Men's pairs kayakers Hu Minghai and Shu Junrong, as well as women's single kayaker Li Jingjing, are the best chances for medals.

Liu Haitao

Birthday: Mar 18, 1983

Height: 188 cm

Weight: 90 kg

Birthplace: Henan

Li Zhen

Birthday: Feb 26, 1985

Height: 189 cm

Weight: 83 kg

Birthplace: Anhui

Lin Miao

Birthday: Apr 9, 1983

Height: 188 cm

Weight: 88 kg

Birthplace : Sichuan

Zhou Peng

Birthday: Sep 12, 1983

Height: 183 cm

Weight: 85 kg

Birthplace: Liaoning

Shen Jie

Birthday: Oct 27, 1986

Height: 188 cm

Weight: 85 kg

Birthplace: Shanghai

Pan Yao

Birthday: Mar 27, 1989

Height: 187 cm

Weight: 89 kg

Birthplace: Jiangsu

Huang Zhipeng

Birthday: Mar 27, 1984

Height: 190 cm

Weight: 88 kg

Birthplace: Fujian

Meng Guanliang

Birthday: Jan 24, 1977

Height: 182 cm

Weight: 90 kg

Birthplace: Zhejiang

Yang Wenjun

Birthday: Dec 25, 1983

Height: 178 cm

Weight: 80 kg

Birthplace: Jiangxi

Chen Zhongyun

Birthday: Jan 27, 1973

Height: 182 cm

Weight: 82 kg

Birthplace: Guizhou

Zhang Zhiwu

Birthday: Nov 25,1989

Height: 183 cm

Weight: 82 kg

Birthplace: Jiangxi

Li Qiang

Birthday: Jan 4,1989

Height: 184 cm

Weight: 82 kg

Birthplace: Liaoning

Zhong Hongyan

Birthday: Nov 29, 1978

Height: 175 cm

Weight: 64 kg

Birthplace: Zhejiang

Xu Linbei

Birthday: Nov 19, 1983

Height: 169 cm

Weight: 62 kg

Birthplace: Shanghai

Wang Feng

Birthday: Nov 14, 1985

Height: 172 cm

Weight: 70 kg

Birthplace: Sichuan

Yu Lamei

Birthday: Jan 15, 1983

Height: 178 cm

Weight: 71 kg

Birthplace: Liaoning

Xu Yaping

Birthday: Jan 20, 1982

Height: 173 cm

Weight: 65 kg

Birthplace: Zhejiang

Liang Peixing

Birthday: Dec 8, 1991

Height: ?cm

Weight: ? kg

Birthplace: Guangdong

Hu Minghai

Birthday: Apr 19, 1989

Height: 176 cm

Weight: 70 kg

Birthplace: Hunan

Shu Junrong

Birthday: June 25, 1988

Height: 177 cm

Weight: 71 kg

Birthplace: Hunan

Feng Liming

Birthday: Sep 17, 1986

Height: 180 cm

Weight: 74 kg

Birthplace: Sichuan

Ding Fuxue

Birthday: May 23, 1980

Height: 176 cm

Weight: 73 kg

Birthplace: Guizhou

Li Jingjing

Birthday: Feb 1, 1985

Height: 169 cm

Weight: 55 kg

Birthplace: Fujian

(China Daily 08/01/2008 page9)