Novels like Running into the Olympics
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Running into the Olympics, best match first.
- 101 My Super Champion 我的超级冠军 [They never believed in you, but you kept proving them wrong] [From obscurity to a life that sets the world abuzz] [ALL-Sha Direction] The undisputed No. 1 in women's table tennis worldwide, the world's top active female forehand player, breaking into the world rankings' top ten, women's team champion at the Tokyo Olympics, the first three-time champion in WTT events, women's singles gold medalist at the World Championships… A runner-up at the Grand Slam. What gives you the right to play si 342Reads—Score—Shelves
- 102 Fire on Ice: The Figure Skating Queen, Flying! 冰上的火焰：花滑女王，Flying！ Figure-skating prodigy Jin Yuxia carries her family’s dreams and the hopes of the entire nation. From the World Championships to the Winter Olympics, she blazes across the ice like a flame, her golden blades lighting the way forward. Flying! The queen of figure skating! 97Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 103 The Peak Has Passed, but Love Remains 巅峰散场，爱未离场 Chasing her wife + angsty push and pull + jealousy + love rivals + rekindled romance + happy ending After the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, the national table tennis team's “mixed doubles legends” suddenly fell apart at the height of their victory. Because of a carefully orchestrated misunderstanding, Su Yingshan became convinced that Wang Chuqing had betrayed her love. Heartbroken, she abruptly retired, citing an injury, and went to Germany to study sports management. Two years later, she returned 1.4kReads7.4Score113Shelves
- 104 Rain in Los Angeles, Wind in Beijing 洛杉矶的雨，北京的风 This is a story that begins with a breakup and ends with a home. It tells of another kind of love: not standing shoulder to shoulder at the peak, but supporting each other through the lowest moments. After weathering the storms, their bond becomes all the more unbreakable. 121Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 105 China's Table Tennis Team Has a Prodigy Girl 国乒出了个天才少女 A new work is out! You can read my stories on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy them. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 21Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 106 The Sprinting King 短跑之王 Reborn in his middle-school years, he steps onto the track and takes on all challengers! Starting at the county sports meet, Zhong Xiang begins his journey to become the king of the track. Who says people of Asian descent can’t break through the limits of human potential? Who says they can’t break world records? Zhong Xiang won’t just break the world sprint record, he’ll set a record that no one who comes after him can beat! He’ll become the sprint king, a red bolt of lightning! 2.5kReads8.3Score193Shelves
- 107 All My Dreams Are Connected to You 所有的梦想，都与你有关 She was a table tennis prodigy, dazzling the whole world with her breakthrough performance at sixteen. He was a prodigy too. They both fell in love with table tennis, joined the national team, and pursued their dreams together. But after an accident forced her to give up the sport she loved, the two gradually drifted apart. They said goodbye at seventeen, and six years later they met again. He had become a leading figure in Chinese table tennis, celebrated throughout the sport. She, meanwhile, w 497Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 108 Don’t Run Off! Do You Hear Me? 别瞎跑，听见没有？ Ever-radiant little ray of sunshine × sharp-tongued, scheming childhood friend Yin Sha thought her light would never reach the lonely corners of his heart. The boy who had grown up with her was always stubborn and distant, hiding every tender feeling behind words to the contrary. Only later did she realize... It wasn't that her light couldn't reach him. His whole world had already been lit up by her. “Time will show you how much I love you.” “We'll be together forever.” One-sentence summary You' 1.5kReads7.3Score108Shelves
- 109 The Bright Moon Shines on a Warm Homecoming: A Boy's Lifelong Promise to Protect 朗月照暖归：少年一生的守护 The Luoyang Olympics ended with a haul of honors, but the two of them never got the happy ending they deserved. Their story was never meant to follow the familiar script. She slipped away quietly in the year they loved each other most, then reappeared without a sound when they hated and hurt the most. Yet no matter how much their memories were stripped away, their hearts always raced the moment they saw each other. It was an instinct etched into their very bones. 530Reads—Score106Shelves
- 110 Soda Water and Green Tea 苏打水绿茶 My new work is out! You’re welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 1.3kReads8.8Score107Shelves
- 111 Reborn as a Badminton Doubles Prodigy 重生之天才混双 Yu Shuang Table tennis player World champion The fastest player ever to complete a table tennis Grand Slam One day, she is reborn as a child. She gets to retrace the path she once took. This time, though, she hides the fact that she is left-handed and begins training with her right hand. Then, just when everyone on the court thinks she's about to lose, she suddenly switches hands and, together with her partner Wu Chuan, turns the match around in a fierce comeback to win a mixed doubles Grand Sla 2.1kReads9.0Score126Shelves
- 112 Love Hidden in Every Direction 爱意藏在东南西北 The male lead goes from athlete to diplomat. The female lead goes from doctor to AI scientist. Their roles change, but their hands remain clasped. Love lives in the everyday; life is ordinary, but being with you makes it special. “The person I love is independent and one of a kind.” 304Reads—Score—Shelves
- 113 I Believe So Strongly 我，是如此相信 From the undercurrents between childhood sweethearts, to the honey-sweet days when they finally understand each other's feelings, then to a sudden storm that leaves them parting in sorrow, and at last to a reconciliation and a lifetime together. (You wanted another story that starts angsty and ends sweet, but this one goes sweet, angsty, then sweet.) 693Reads6.7Score186Shelves
- 114 Table Tennis: I Love You, Whatever We’re Called 【体坛乒乓】爱你，无关名义 The table tennis arena was like fireworks, dazzling but fleeting! But as long as he stood here, all he wanted was for her to win! “Watching her so closely. Are you hoping she'll spend her life with you?” “Wouldn't spending her life with me be wonderful?” She was ten, and I was twelve. We were family now! She was fourteen, and I was sixteen. She said, “From now on, we can go home together!” She was eighteen, and I was twenty. She rose onto her toes and moved toward him through the curtain of rain 1.3kReads8.3Score101Shelves
- 115 I’m Just a Footballer, So Why Is the System Asking Me to Slay Generals? 我一踢球的，系统你让我斩将？ I transmigrated to Germany with 87 euros in my account and was starving to death. System: [Enemy general “Young Iron Wall.” Take him down in battle and earn free attribute points.] Me: I'm just a soccer player. You want me to go out there and kill the enemy? System: Take him down. Me: ...Fine. You give me points, so you call the shots. German Cup, 80th minute. I came on as a substitute. Then I really did “take down” the other team's future German international with one kick. The whole sta 663Reads—Score—Shelves
- 116 I Woke Up to Find My Desk Mate Was the Best in the World 醒来后，我的同桌是世界第一 When I woke up, my desk mate was named Sun Shasha. Her hands were covered in thick calluses, the kind only professional athletes get. That day, I saw a familiar face on the winners’ podium in the sports news: a prodigy who had just won a championship, draped in her country’s flag, smiling shyly at the cameras. She looked exactly like the “ordinary transfer student” sitting beside me. Nobody in class knew that this quiet, modest girl had a gold medal in her schoolbag, the international competitio 125Reads—Score—Shelves
- 117 The Superstar's Basketball Boy 大明星的篮球Boy Slice of life + no System + two strong leads + sweet romance He watched her rise from a budding star to a hugely popular superstar! She watched him go from a basketball enthusiast to a basketball superstar adored by millions! He gave her a warmth she had never known, making up for the love she missed out on in childhood! For him, she was willing to give up all her glory just to stay by his side through his darkest days! One glance, a love that lasts a lifetime! Fate brought them together despite 36Reads—Score—Shelves
- 118 Meow Yeah’s Sweet Romance Diary 猫耶的甜宠日常 The little everyday moments of two people. Through every step of the journey, they are confidants, friends, and the most important people in each other's hearts. An inexplicable understanding unfolds here! I hope you enjoy it. Thank you, everyone! 292Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 119 Sprint: King of the Track 短跑：赛道之王 [Olympics + Sports + Sprinting + One Female Lead] Reborn once more, I’ll use my own two feet to break free from poverty! Li Feng was reborn after bravely helping someone in danger, and Heaven rewarded him with an enhanced physique and a real-time attribute panel! This is the perfect body for sprinting! If I can’t rule the ages, then I’ll dominate the world of sports! The IAAF Golden League, the World Championships, the Olympics: I won’t miss a single one! I’ll run the 100 meters in under 10 seco 6.9kReads8.9Score407Shelves
- 120 We're Even 我们打平了 When jealousy and romantic rivals arrive one after another, when instinctive protection shatters every disguise, how will the returning queen cross the thorny path she carved with her own hands, step by step, toward the boy she lost, who has never stopped loving her? 501Reads7.1Score154Shelves
- 121 Reborn Before the Paris Olympics 重生之回到巴黎奥运会之前 (This story is entirely fictional. Please don't associate it with real people, assume it refers to anyone, or bother anyone. Please read civilly.) [Reborn + feel-good story + romance + sweet pampering + career ambitions] I woke up one day and found myself in the body of Wen Shuyi, an eighteen-year-old girl. In my previous life, I couldn't get over the outcome of the Paris Olympics. So this time, I'm starting over and changing the result. All you demons and monsters, get out of my way. Your schem 17Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 122 Asteroid 5114 小行星5114 “The two of us reflect each other’s light, shining brighter than the stars at night.” Just like the song says, people who are on the same wavelength will never lose each other. A beloved who helps me reach for the clouds: meeting you was the best fortune of all. The sun is bigger today than it was yesterday. Just as I face the sun, you pursue hope. 89Reads9.3Score—Shelves
- 123 A Promise Under Lock and Key 上了锁的约定 Please forgive me for leaving again and again. When they meet again more than a year later, how will they face each other? Can they really let more than a decade of love end like this? The one thing that won't change is that she will always be herself, he will always be himself, and they will always be them. 369Reads9.3Score—Shelves
- 124 Left Waist, Right Shoulder 左腰右肩 91Reads8.7Score103Shelves
- 125 Figure Skating: The Long Road to Growth 花滑：漫长的成长期 Before he turned thirteen, Lin Shuyi had never imagined becoming a figure skater. His dream was to become a basketball player. Unfortunately, after having his bone age tested, he learned that he would never grow taller than 1.8 meters. His father was an ice dance coach, so he had always been curious about figure skating. In the end, his own father tricked and cajoled him into taking the plunge. At first, he only thought that becoming an athlete on the provincial team would give him some extra po 1.9kReads8.4Score247Shelves
- 126 Houston's Flowers Don't Bloom Only in a Parisian Summer 休斯顿的花不止开在巴黎的盛夏 At seventeen, my first glance left me unimpressed. At twenty-seven, one look was enough to make me choose forever. After more than five hundred days in a slump, I finally clawed my way to the top. Ten years, filled with love and hurt. More than ten years, filled with dreams and me. 43Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 127 The Championship Is Yours, and You're Mine 冠军归你，你归我 One day on the court, she smiled at a ping-pong ball. “Who proposes with a ping-pong ball?” “I do. This is my spot in mixed doubles, and I’ll save it for you forever.” “You think one ball is enough to win me over? Dream on!” “Then what do you want?” “I’ll tell you when you’ve won the Grand Slam.” At twenty-eight, he became the youngest Grand Slam champion in the country. He said to her, “It’s time to make good on your promise.” Holding up his trophy, he said, “May the glory of victory be forever 749Reads9.0Score109Shelves
- 128 From Greenhorn to Champion, from Partners to Forever 从青涩到巅峰，从搭档到永恒 "Flowers in Houston Bloom Beyond the Midsummer of Paris" "Do I Still Have to Buy My Own Ticket for the Beijing Grand Slam?" "The Olympics End in Tears, While the Xianxia Story Begins with a Few Tribulations" "You Promised to Propose After Winning Gold, But You Don't Believe Me", by the author I am immature, and rebellious to the core. She is a genius, but her road has been full of hardship. We have supported each other, loved and hated each other, and watched each other walk away, yet neither of 432Reads—Score—Shelves
- 129 Longing Takes More Than a Few Words 思念怎限于三言两语 A broken romance rekindled, a little angst and lots of sweetness. A sweet story about a brave darling pursuing her husband while her brother-in-law fights desperately for his place. The story begins here and ends here again, with everything just as happy as it should be. 252Reads9.2Score152Shelves
- 130 The Epic of the Heavenly Net Football World 天罗足坛史诗 From the East to the summit of world football, he sets out from Carrington and fights his way forward for a lifetime. No System, no dumbed-down characters, no brainless plot. Every one of the five major leagues gets its due, and the World Cup makes history in a believable way. A must-read for football fans. 960Reads—Score118Shelves
- 131 NBA: Catch and Shoot NBA：接球，出手 (If you don’t like novels that focus purely on stats, you can start reading around chapter 105. The current story takes place at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.) A rebirth story with no System and a single heroine. Chen Yun was cut from the basketball team in his previous life because of his height. Now reborn in 1998, he is a sophomore at UConn on an actuarial science scholarship, with a 1.98-meter height and a 2.15-meter wingspan. To fulfill his basketball dream from his previous life, he starts by 3.5kReads6.4Score130Shelves
- 132 At Summer’s End, No One Waits for the First Snow 长夏尽头无人等初雪 Sunny, radiant girl vs. teary-eyed puppy After Los Angeles, she said, “I never meant to leave you behind. If you're willing, we can go see the world's lights and bustle, its vast rivers and mountains, together.” He looked at her, tears glimmering in his eyes, yet a smile tugging at his lips. “Okay.” “Pinky promise.” “Mm, pinky promise. Whoever breaks it turns into a puppy.” Actually, pinky promises don't work at all, and breaking one won't turn you into a puppy. 345Reads9.3Score141Shelves
- 133 I Was Seventeen That Year, Taking the World Cup by Storm in Spain 那年十七，我入西班牙乱杀世界杯 "Soccer" + "The Art of the Midfield" + "Creative Explosion" + "Devastating Skills" The spirited Lin Chen arrives in the Premier League, joining Liverpool, a club in desperate need of a revival. The road to rebuilding is full of obstacles, but the young prodigy isn't afraid in the least. Before long, Lin Chen becomes the most extraordinary player in the eyes of countless legends. Kante: “71% of the world is water. The rest is all Lin Chen!” Matthaus: “I've never seen a midfielder this versatile!” 13.3kReads8.9Score816Shelves
- 134 Discipline Makes You Free, Not Free to Chase Beautiful Women 自律让你自由，没让你美女自由 [System + Growth + Comeback Wish Fulfillment + Marathon + Road Cycling + Freestyle Swimming + Cross-Country Skiing + Biathlon] (Two short dramas adapted from this book are already streaming. Go check them out: “Discipline Gives You Freedom, Not Freedom with Beautiful Women” and “From Self-Discipline to the Pinnacle: She Regretted It Too Late.”) So what if his ex-girlfriend dumped him? Li Bai got a Self-Discipline System. Keeping a regular schedule every day earns him money. Working out every day 17.9kReads8.7Score1.3kShelves
- 135 High Heels Meet the Soccer Field 高跟鞋遇上绿茵场 Career-driven supermodel X love-struck footballer “Mr. Theodore, what did your final celebration mean?” “Dedicated to my moon, my love.” Love makes me stronger by the day; hate makes me unstoppable. She makes me bow my head in submission. On the pitch, I dedicate every goal to you in your high heels. 2.1kReads9.1Score196Shelves
- 136 Football: Reborn From the Ashes to Restore the Red Devils' Dynasty 足球：浴火重生，复兴红魔王朝 [Football] + [Passionate] + [System] + [Winger] + [No Chinese National Team] Explosive skills [Wing Wizard] [Art Is an Explosion] [Pastry Chef] Lin Mo returns to China after studying abroad and joins the U17 training camp selection. A carefully plotted accident falls from the sky. He awakens from a dream, as if reborn. The journey of a genius boy rising from the ashes. A comeback story belonging to youth. Let time return to 2017. The post-Ferguson era: Mourinho’s third year. The Crutch League’s 9.4kReads8.4Score635Shelves
- 137 Reborn as Yao Ming: Three Choices from the Start 重生大姚，开局七选三 One day, Yao Ming woke from a dream to discover he had transmigrated back to 1997. In this life, he decided not to waste time trading blows with other scrubs in the CBA, but to head straight to the United States and conquer the highest stage in basketball. 57.2kReads8.5Score5.1kShelves
- 138 At the Paris Olympics, My Homeroom Teacher Is Nagging Me to Turn In My Homework 人在巴黎奥运，班主任催交作业 Some people spend summer vacation playing games, some spend it taking extra classes, and others are so swamped with summer homework that they're at their wits' end. With the Paris Olympics around the corner, 17-year-old Jiang Yuan becomes a reserve athlete in both the high jump and triple jump thanks to the System. Then, the day before the competition, all the starters get injured. Sports Bureau Director: "Young man, the country needs you!" Jiang Yuan: "Competing is exhausting. I really don't wa 9.8kReads7.6Score1.1kShelves
- 139 After She Stopped Chasing Her Childhood Friend, She Became an Olympic Champion 青梅不绕竹马后，她成了奥运冠军 Childhood sweethearts, innocent and carefree together. In everyone’s eyes, they were made for each other. But just as they were about to have their happy ending, he said he was tired of her following him everywhere. He said he had only ever thought of her as the girl next door. She turned and walked away... 2.3kReads9.1Score134Shelves
- 140 Reborn, and the Whole Internet Is Guessing Who My Husband Is 重生后，全网都在猜我的老公 [Showbiz + athletes + one-on-one romance + reborn + sweet romance] [Top-tier original singer x broad-shouldered swimmer] Mu Zhixin, a rising star who has just shot to fame, turns around and blissfully announces that she's registered her marriage. In an instant, she faces a torrent of insults, doubts, and regretful comments. Her name becomes synonymous with “love-brained.” Speculation about her husband runs wild, but she never responds. Then one day, someone notices that world swimming champion X 3.1kReads9.0Score331Shelves
- 141 The Champion Coach 冠军教练 In the world of football, the great powers vie for supremacy. As a new era dawns, the Red Devils and Gunners clash in a fierce rivalry. The Blues are poised to rise at Stamford Bridge, while the Reds face a long and arduous road at Anfield. At football’s holy shrine, the Galacticos shine like kings. Barcelona bides its time, awaiting the Elf King’s coronation and a sweep across Europe. The Rossoneri may be old, but they still dream of ruling the world and winning every heart! In midsummer 2000, 7kReads9.0Score651Shelves
- 142 Beyond the Table: The National Table Tennis Prodigy Falls for a Movie Star 球台之外：国乒小天才恋上女明星 [The rating is low because the novel was just listed. It will gradually rise.] [If you don't like it, please move on. Don't leave a low rating just to be spiteful.] In 2013, Song Wanli, representing the entertainment world, filmed a promotional video for table tennis. She stepped into the national team's training hall and saw Lin Yizheng for the first time. From then on, she never looked at another boy. He went from substitute to starter. She weathered the ups and downs of money and public opini 15.6kReads6.1Score1.3kShelves
- 143 An Imperfect Paris Diary 不完美巴黎日记 The ratings are rising [Two Chinese national table tennis players with full-time jobs ✖ childhood friends ✖ rekindled romance ✖ impossibly sweet love story] [Golden forehand ✖ genius left-handed player] [Wishing all active players good health and continued improvement] I dedicate this book to the two passionate fools on the table tennis court. Those who dream are forever young, and the road ahead stretches endlessly. It may yet shine with boundless brilliance. This is my way of drawing a long-ov 592Reads8.7Score100Shelves
- 144 The Genius Point Guard 天才后卫 Chen Feng found himself in a strange place, surrounded by darkness. His physical conditioning was terrible, so to improve his basketball skills quickly, he had no choice but to start by practicing his shots. With help from the System, he began working on three-pointers and movement off the ball, and his accuracy improved considerably. 4kReads8.6Score241Shelves
- 145 A Life Blossoming Between Ice and Song 冰与歌之花漾人生 Showbiz romance: Music Producer VS Retired Figure Skater One raised the national flag of their homeland to the highest point of the Winter Olympics figure skating arena, while the other created one legend after another in Chinese pop music… He fell for her after hearing an interview about her competition during a time when he felt lost. Cool and distant on the surface, he devoted all his deep affection to her… She was clever and strong-willed, juggling both her athletic career and her s 3.8kReads9.1Score312Shelves
- 146 Slam Dunk: Becoming a Basketball Superstar! 灌篮高手：成为篮球巨星！ [Sports Fan Fiction + Passionate + Slam Dunk + Championship Victory + National Tournament] “Basketball isn't a one-man game!” Gu Chen held up one finger as he looked at the breathless Rukawa Kaede in front of him. A professional basketball player who had been a starter in the CBA in his previous life, Gu Chen transmigrated into the world of Slam Dunk with a Basketball Superstar System. He became sworn brothers with Sakuragi Hanamichi, became rivals with Rukawa Kaede, and teamed up with Miyagi Ry 4.8kReads9.1Score265Shelves
- 147 NBA Demon King: I Rule the League with Defense NBA大魔王：我用防守统治联盟 [NBA + Ultimate Defense System + Allen Iverson + Yao Ming] In 2002, when Yao Ming was selected first overall, the Philadelphia 76ers followed the trend and signed a Chinese undrafted rookie: Han Mo! From then on, the NBA’s original course of history began to change! Was the 2001 Finals the peak of Allen Iverson’s career? No, no. That was just the worst performance of Iverson’s nine trips to the Finals! Bowen: “I really regret it. If I hadn’t cheap-shotted Han Mo right in front of him, I wouldn’t 17kReads9.0Score1.5kShelves
- 148 Basketball Prodigy: Dazzling the Court with Rim-Rattling Dunks 篮球少年，从灌篮炸框开始闪耀 A boy once defeated the North Division’s Rookie of the Year in the National High School Basketball League. He was extraordinarily gifted and highly skilled, yet no one knew who he was. At sixteen, Zhuang Yu was a pearl buried in the dust. Then a freshman class tournament came along, and he began to shine with a brilliance all his own... In an instant, the dust clears and the light breaks forth, illuminating countless mountains and rivers! (After A Genius Point Guard, King of the Point Guards, an 15kReads9.1Score1.2kShelves
- 149 The Stars Crown You 星辰为你加冕 A table tennis prodigy vs. a stern-faced coach: a first-love sports romance packed with sweetness and hilarious moments, guaranteed to get you hooked. After news broke that table tennis genius An Jing was dating someone, curious onlookers hadn’t even uncovered the identity of her mysterious boyfriend when Qin Yang was suspected of secretly marrying and having a child! The rumors all started with a variety show. “Which label suits you best? A: Mortgage slave. B: Car slave. C: Wife slave. D: Kid 628Reads9.6Score101Shelves
- 150 Campus Basketball: The Five-Star Transfer Student 校园篮球之五星转校生 National High School Basketball League, Southern Division Finals, Postgame Interview Reporter: Hello, Ye Yu! Ye Yu: Yeah. Reporter: If that accident hadn’t happened, do you think you could have become a five-star middle school player back then? ^_^ Ye Yu: Which accident? Reporter: The girl, you know. Ye Yu: Get lost! … … “Dear readers, this is a Chinese-style campus basketball story inspired by Kuroko’s Basketball, not a fanfic. But it absolutely has explosive, heart-pounding action that surpass 11.2kReads9.2Score821Shelves
