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Top 10 World Sports News Events In 2025

The World Aquatics Championships, held in Singapore from July 11 to August 3, produced three world records and 15 championship records in swimming events. Canadian teenager Summer McIntosh shone with four gold medals and one bronze. China's breaststroke specialist Qin Haiyang claimed two golds, one silver and one bronze, finishing as the only Asian swimmer in the gold medal standings. Then-12-year-old Yu Zidi earned bronze with China's women's 4x200m freestyle relay team, becoming the youngest swimming medalist at the worlds. This file photo taken on Aug. 1, 2025 shows Qin Haiyang of China competing during the men's 200m breaststroke final at the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore. Photo by Wu Zhizun/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Top 10 World Sports News Events In 2025

The World Aquatics Championships, held in Singapore from July 11 to August 3, produced three world records and 15 championship records in swimming events. Canadian teenager Summer McIntosh shone with four gold medals and one bronze. China's breaststroke specialist Qin Haiyang claimed two golds, one silver and one bronze, finishing as the only Asian swimmer in the gold medal standings. Then-12-year-old Yu Zidi earned bronze with China's women's 4x200m freestyle relay team, becoming the youngest swimming medalist at the worlds. This file photo taken on Aug. 3, 2025 shows Yu Zidi of China competing during the women's 400m individual medley final of swimming at the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore. Photo by Xue Yuge/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Top 10 World Sports News Events In 2025

The World Aquatics Championships, held in Singapore from July 11 to August 3, produced three world records and 15 championship records in swimming events. Canadian teenager Summer McIntosh shone with four gold medals and one bronze. China's breaststroke specialist Qin Haiyang claimed two golds, one silver and one bronze, finishing as the only Asian swimmer in the gold medal standings. Then-12-year-old Yu Zidi earned bronze with China's women's 4x200m freestyle relay team, becoming the youngest swimming medalist at the worlds. This file photo taken on July 31, 2025 shows Summer McIntosh (top) of Canada competing during the women's 200m butterfly final of swimming at the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore. Photo by Xia Yifang/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Folk Performances Celebrate New Year

YANTAI, CHINA - DECEMBER 28, 2025 - Folk artists perform Haiyang Yangko to welcome the arrival of the New Year at Dongfang Cultural Market in Zhifu District, Yantai City, Shandong Province, China on December 28, 2025.

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Folk Performances Celebrate New Year

YANTAI, CHINA - DECEMBER 28, 2025 - Folk artists perform Haiyang Yangko to welcome the arrival of the New Year at Dongfang Cultural Market in Zhifu District, Yantai City, Shandong Province, China on December 28, 2025.

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Folk Performances Celebrate New Year

YANTAI, CHINA - DECEMBER 28, 2025 - Folk artists perform Haiyang Yangko to welcome the arrival of the New Year at Dongfang Cultural Market in Zhifu District, Yantai City, Shandong Province, China on December 28, 2025.

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Folk Performances Celebrate New Year

YANTAI, CHINA - DECEMBER 28, 2025 - Folk artists perform Haiyang Yangko to welcome the arrival of the New Year at Dongfang Cultural Market in Zhifu District, Yantai City, Shandong Province, China on December 28, 2025.

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Folk Performances Celebrate New Year

YANTAI, CHINA - DECEMBER 28, 2025 - Folk artists perform Haiyang Yangko to welcome the arrival of the New Year at Dongfang Cultural Market in Zhifu District, Yantai City, Shandong Province, China on December 28, 2025.

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Folk Performances Celebrate New Year

YANTAI, CHINA - DECEMBER 28, 2025 - Folk artists perform Haiyang Yangko to welcome the arrival of the New Year at Dongfang Cultural Market in Zhifu District, Yantai City, Shandong Province, China on December 28, 2025.

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10th China International Copyright Expo in Qingdao

The audience watched the Haiyang Yangko performance at the 10th China International Copyright Expo in Qingdao, Shandong Province, China on October 16, 2025.

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World's Largest Solid Fuel Carrier Rocket Gravity 1 Launched

HAIYANG, CHINA - OCTOBER 11, 2025 - The world's largest solid fuel carrier rocket, "Gravity 1," was launched from the launch ship "Dongfang Spaceport" in the waters near Haiyang, Yantai City, Shandong Province, China on October 11, 2025,

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World's Largest Solid Fuel Carrier Rocket Gravity 1 Launched

HAIYANG, CHINA - OCTOBER 11, 2025 - The world's largest solid fuel carrier rocket, "Gravity 1," was launched from the launch ship "Dongfang Spaceport" in the waters near Haiyang, Yantai City, Shandong Province, China on October 11, 2025,

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World's Largest Solid Fuel Carrier Rocket Gravity 1 Launched

HAIYANG, CHINA - OCTOBER 11, 2025 - The world's largest solid fuel carrier rocket, "Gravity 1," was launched from the launch ship "Dongfang Spaceport" in the waters near Haiyang, Yantai City, Shandong Province, China on October 11, 2025,

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World's Largest Solid Fuel Carrier Rocket Gravity 1 Launched

HAIYANG, CHINA - OCTOBER 11, 2025 - The world's largest solid fuel carrier rocket, "Gravity 1," was launched from the launch ship "Dongfang Spaceport" in the waters near Haiyang, Yantai City, Shandong Province, China on October 11, 2025,

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World's Largest Solid Fuel Carrier Rocket Gravity 1 Launched

HAIYANG, CHINA - OCTOBER 11, 2025 - The world's largest solid fuel carrier rocket, "Gravity 1," was launched from the launch ship "Dongfang Spaceport" in the waters near Haiyang, Yantai City, Shandong Province, China on October 11, 2025,

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Haiyang Satellites Launch - China

A Gravity-1 carrier rocket carrying a wide-field satellite and two experimental satellites blasts off from waters off the coast of Haiyang, east China's Shandong Province, on October 11, 2025. The rocket blasted off at 10:20 a.m. (Beijing Time), placing three satellites into their designated orbits. The Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center conducted the offshore mission. The Gravity-1 carrier rocket made its debut flight in January 2024. Photo by Guo Jinqi/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Haiyang Satellites Launch - China

A Gravity-1 carrier rocket carrying a wide-field satellite and two experimental satellites blasts off from waters off the coast of Haiyang, east China's Shandong Province, on October 11, 2025. The rocket blasted off at 10:20 a.m. (Beijing Time), placing three satellites into their designated orbits. The Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center conducted the offshore mission. The Gravity-1 carrier rocket made its debut flight in January 2024. Photo by Guo Jinqi/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Haiyang Satellites Launch - China

A Gravity-1 carrier rocket carrying a wide-field satellite and two experimental satellites blasts off from waters off the coast of Haiyang, east China's Shandong Province, on October 11, 2025. The rocket blasted off at 10:20 a.m. (Beijing Time), placing three satellites into their designated orbits. The Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center conducted the offshore mission. The Gravity-1 carrier rocket made its debut flight in January 2024. Photo by Guo Jinqi/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Commercial Space Tianlong 3 Test Run - Yantai

This aerial drone photo taken on Sept. 15, 2025, shows a first-stage propulsion system test for the Tianlong-3 liquid carrier rocket conducted on an offshore launch pad at the Haiyang Oriental Aerospace Port in east China's Shandong Province. A first-stage propulsion system test for the Tianlong-3 large liquid-propellant carrier rocket was successfully held here on Monday. Independent development of the Tianlong-3 rocket began in March 2022 by Chinese commercial aerospace company Space Pioneer. The rocket is 72 meters in length with a takeoff mass of 600 tonnes. Its first stage is equipped with nine "Tianhuo-12" engines operating in parallel. The rocket has a low-Earth orbit carrying capacity of 17-22 tonnes, and a sun-synchronous orbit capacity of 10-17 tonnes. It is able to launch 36 satellites in a single mission and supports large-scale cargo transport for China's space station, as well as medium- and high-orbit satellite launches. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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The Reactor Building of Unit 4 of Haiyang Nuclear Power Plant Capped

YANTAI, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 6, 2025 - Large crane lifts the top head of the safety shell of Unit 4 nuclear island at Haiyang Nuclear Power Plant in Yantai, Shandong, China on September 6, 2025.

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The Reactor Building of Unit 4 of Haiyang Nuclear Power Plant Capped

YANTAI, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 6, 2025 - Staff monitor the lifting of the top head of the nuclear island containment vessel for Unit 4 at Haiyang Nuclear Power Plant in Yantai, Shandong, China on September 6, 2025.

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The Reactor Building of Unit 4 of Haiyang Nuclear Power Plant Capped

YANTAI, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 6, 2025 - Large crane lifts the top head of the safety shell of Unit 4 nuclear island at Haiyang Nuclear Power Plant in Yantai, Shandong, China on September 6, 2025.

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The Reactor Building of Unit 4 of Haiyang Nuclear Power Plant Capped

YANTAI, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 6, 2025 - Large crane lifts the top head of the safety shell of Unit 4 nuclear island at Haiyang Nuclear Power Plant in Yantai, Shandong, China on September 6, 2025.

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The Reactor Building of Unit 4 of Haiyang Nuclear Power Plant Capped

YANTAI, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 6, 2025 - Large crane lifts the top head of the safety shell of Unit 4 nuclear island at Haiyang Nuclear Power Plant in Yantai, Shandong, China on September 6, 2025.

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The Reactor Building of Unit 4 of Haiyang Nuclear Power Plant Capped

YANTAI, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 6, 2025 - Large crane lifts the top head of the safety shell of Unit 4 nuclear island at Haiyang Nuclear Power Plant in Yantai, Shandong, China on September 6, 2025.

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The Reactor Building of Unit 4 of Haiyang Nuclear Power Plant Capped

YANTAI, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 6, 2025 - Large crane lifts the top head of the safety shell of Unit 4 nuclear island at Haiyang Nuclear Power Plant in Yantai, Shandong, China on September 6, 2025.

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The Reactor Building of Unit 4 of Haiyang Nuclear Power Plant Capped

YANTAI, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 6, 2025 - Large crane lifts the top head of the safety shell of Unit 4 nuclear island at Haiyang Nuclear Power Plant in Yantai, Shandong, China on September 6, 2025.

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The Reactor Building of Unit 4 of Haiyang Nuclear Power Plant Capped

YANTAI, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 6, 2025 - Large crane lifts the top head of the safety shell of Unit 4 nuclear island at Haiyang Nuclear Power Plant in Yantai, Shandong, China on September 6, 2025.

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The Reactor Building of Unit 4 of Haiyang Nuclear Power Plant Capped

YANTAI, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 6, 2025 - Staff monitor the lifting of the top head of the nuclear island containment vessel for Unit 4 at Haiyang Nuclear Power Plant in Yantai, Shandong, China on September 6, 2025.

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The Reactor Building of Unit 4 of Haiyang Nuclear Power Plant Capped

YANTAI, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 6, 2025 - Staffs monitor the lifting of the top head of the nuclear island containment vessel for Unit 4 at Haiyang Nuclear Power Plant in Yantai, Shandong, China on September 6, 2025.

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Shandong Haiyang Nuclear Power Unit 3

YANTAI, CHINA - AUGUST 4, 2025 - A large crane is lifting the CB20 module of the nuclear island of Unit 3 at the Haiyang Nuclear Power Plant in Yantai, Shandong Province, China on August 4, 2025.

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Shandong Haiyang Nuclear Power Unit 3

YANTAI, CHINA - AUGUST 4, 2025 - Staff members are monitoring the hoisting process of the CB20 module at the nuclear island hoisting site of Unit 3 of Shandong Haiyang Nuclear Power Plant. Shandong Haiyang Nuclear Power Plant in Yantai, Shandong, China on August 4, 2025.

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Shandong Haiyang Nuclear Power Unit 3

YANTAI, CHINA - AUGUST 4, 2025 - A large crane is lifting the CB20 module of the nuclear island of Unit 3 at the Haiyang Nuclear Power Plant in Yantai, Shandong Province, China on August 4, 2025.

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Shandong Haiyang Nuclear Power Unit 3

YANTAI, CHINA - AUGUST 4, 2025 - A staff member is monitoring the hoisting process of the CB20 module at the nuclear island hoisting site of Unit 3 of Shandong Haiyang Nuclear Power Plant. Shandong Haiyang Nuclear Power Plant in Yantai, Shandong, China on August 4, 2025.

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Shandong Haiyang Nuclear Power Unit 3

YANTAI, CHINA - AUGUST 4, 2025 - A large crane is lifting the CB20 module of the nuclear island of Unit 3 at the Haiyang Nuclear Power Plant in Yantai, Shandong Province, China on August 4, 2025.

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Shandong Haiyang Nuclear Power Unit 3

YANTAI, CHINA - AUGUST 4, 2025 - A large crane is lifting the CB20 module of the nuclear island of Unit 3 at the Haiyang Nuclear Power Plant in Yantai, Shandong Province, China on August 4, 2025.

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Shandong Haiyang Nuclear Power Unit 3

YANTAI, CHINA - AUGUST 4, 2025 - A large crane is lifting the CB20 module of the nuclear island of Unit 3 at the Haiyang Nuclear Power Plant in Yantai, Shandong Province, China on August 4, 2025.

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