Zaiding Wen / Tian Liu

Zaiding Wen (温在鼎) is a pioneer of Chinese skiff sailing. From the Yanpu area of Cangnan County in Wenzhou, Zhejiang, he became Wenzhou's first Asian Games sailing champion when he and crew Tian Liu won 49er gold at Hangzhou 2022 (held in 2023), despite carrying an OCS, a DSQ and a UFD in the series.

Three months later they won the 2023 Asian Sailing Championship in Pattaya, qualifying China for Paris 2024, and finished 13th in Marseille.

In April 2026 they won the Semaine Olympique Française in Hyères, which Xinhua called the first gold for a Chinese men's 49er crew at a major overseas event. They followed it with 11th at the 2026 Worlds in Quiberon and a successful defence of their Asian Games title at Aichi-Nagoya 2026, winning four of nine races. Their target is Los Angeles 2028.

Tian Liu (刘添), from Shandong, forms one half of China's trans-provincial 49er crew alongside helm Zaiding Wen.

The duo broke new ground for Chinese sailing: Asian Games gold at Hangzhou 2022, the 2023 Asian Championship that qualified China for Paris 2024, and 13th at the Olympic regatta in Marseille.

Liu's work in the front of the boat powered the pair to victory at the 2026 Semaine Olympique Française in Hyères and to a second straight Asian Games title at Aichi-Nagoya 2026. They now build toward the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic cycle.