A magical crossover between volleyball and badminton players! Hui Ruoqi and Wang Chang hosted the 2025 Sports Glory Night, where sports stars shined on a new stage! Tonight, the “Water Cube” of the Beijing National Aquatics Center was star-studded, and the “2025 CMG Sports Glory Night” was held grandly. Different from previous years, there are two new faces in this year’s hosting lineup: Hui Ruoqi, the former captain of the Chinese women’s volleyball team and Olympic champion, and Wang Chang, the “post-2000” world champion of the Chinese badminton team. Together with professional hosts Shao Shengyi and Song Xueying from the main station, they co-hosted this annual event in China’s sports world and completed their respective cross-border debuts.
That night, the “Water Cube” was decorated as a palace of glory. The event aimed to review and pay tribute to the brilliant achievements and touching moments of Chinese sports in the past year. Hui Ruoqi and Wang Chang were dressed in formal attires and stood confidently in the spotlight. They temporarily transformed from their familiar status as athletes to hosts of the party, attracting a lot of attention.
For this new challenge, the two sports stars shared their feelings and preparation process. Hui Ruoqi said that this was her first attempt at hosting work. In order to show her best performance on stage, she made meticulous and sufficient preparations before going on stage, and her attitude was no less serious than preparing for an important game. The young Wang Chang shows his unique straightforwardness and vitality. He believes that hosting requires full psychological preparation as well as competing. The live footage captured an interesting behind-the-scenes footage: Before going on the field, Wang Chang cheered himself up in his usual way and whispered: “Come on Wang Chang, don’t be nervous and fight him!” This inner monologue full of athlete characteristics vividly demonstrated his state of bringing the fighting spirit on the field into new areas.
This “CMG Sports Glory Night” has multiple chapters, such as “Breakthrough”, “Perseverance” and “New Cutting Edge”, reviewing the highlight moments of Chinese sports over the past year. As one of the narrators connecting these chapters, Hui Ruoqi and Wang Chang added sincerity and appeal to the ceremony with their unique athletes’ perspectives and personal experiences. Their participation also became a vivid embodiment of the theme of “self-breakthrough” of the evening’s event.
This event brings together annual outstanding representatives from multiple sports fields such as summer sports and winter sports. It is a high-profile event in the Chinese sports industry. The cross-border hosting by Hui Ruoqi and Wang Chang added a new touch of courage to try and meet challenges to this glory-themed night.
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