回顧年中國體育的十件大事(上)
He Zhenliang, a former International Olympic Committee vice-president and the honorary president of the Chinese Olympic Committee, died at a hospital in Beijing on Jan 4, 2015, at the age of 85. He was instrumental in Beijing's successful bid for the 2008 Summer Olympics.
1月4日，前任國際奧林匹克委員會委員、中國奧委會名譽主席何振樑因病醫治無效，在京去世，享年85歲。何振樑爲北京成功申辦2008年奧運會發揮了重要作用。
Chinese real estate and entertainment conglomerate Wanda Group paid 1.05 billion euros for Infront Sports and Media, a world leading sports marketing group, in February and bought the World Triathlon Corporation for 650 million euros. It also took a 20 percent stake in Spanish champion soccer team Atletico Madrid for 44.98 million euros.
中國房地產及娛樂集團大亨萬達在二月份以10.5億歐元成功併購盈方體育傳媒集團，隨後又以6億5千萬歐元的價格併購鐵人三項。另外，萬達今年還以4498萬歐元的價格收購了西甲馬德里競技俱樂部20%的股份。
China's cabinet unveiled wide-ranging soccer reform plans on March 16, to raise the level of soccer in the country. The 50-point plan includes instructions to promote soccer on school campuses, create schools dedicated to training aspiring professional players and expand the number of stadiums.
3月16日，國務院辦公廳印發《中國足球改革發展總體方案》，以此提升中國足球的水平。改革方案50條包括，促進校園足球的發展，創建致力於培養有抱負的專業運動員的足球學校，以及擴大體育場館的數量等。
Chinese ultra-marathon runner Chen Penbin completed a feat of running 100 marathons in 100 consecutive days. Chen, a former fisherman, started the challenge in Guangzhou on April 2 and finished his 100th 42.195-kilometer race in Beijing on July 10.
中國極限馬拉松運動員陳盆濱在北京完成了“挑戰100——一執跑”一百天一百個馬拉松的壯舉。陳盆濱以前是個漁民，在今年4月2日在廣州開始挑戰，並最終在7月10日於北京完成了他的第100個42.195公里的馬拉松。
Former Olympic champion hurdler Liu Xiang announced his retirement on his microblog on April 7. Liu became the first Chinese man to win an Olympic gold in athletics at the 2004 Athens Games in the 110-meter hurdles. He set a world record in 2006, and won at the world championships in 2007. He pulled out of the 2008 Beijing Games with a similar injury. The Shanghai native hadn't competed since withdrawing at the London Olympics in 2012 after rupturing his Achilles tendon.
前奧運會跨欄冠軍劉翔於4月7日正式在微博宣佈退役。劉翔在2004年雅典奧運會110米欄比賽中成爲第一位贏得奧運會田徑項目金牌的中國男子運動員。之後他在2006年創造了世界紀錄，2007年獲得第一個世界錦標賽冠軍頭銜。2008年北京奧運會時因腳傷退賽。2012年倫敦奧運會時，劉翔因“跟腱斷裂”而退出比賽。
