Sichuan online reporter Xue Jian
On June 6th, the 2020-2021 "Haili" Cup Swimming Club Major League (Chengdu Station) Dreadnought Swimmer Challenge League kicked off at the Xiangcheng Sports Center in Xindu District, Chengdu. As a former representative of Chinese men's swimming, Wu Peng actively participated in the promotion and popularization of swimming after retiring, and he also came to Chengdu to actively participate in the promotion of sichuan youth swimming development.
When it comes to Chinese men's swimming, the name Wu Peng is undoubtedly a representative figure of Chinese men's swimming in the world swimming world and competing for gold and silver. The Chinese male butterfly swimmer has beaten Phelps and created a record of undefeated in four consecutive National Games, and before the rise of Sun Yang, Wu Peng was once known as the "first brother" in Chinese swimming. After retiring in 2013, the former swimming star, as he himself said, "the lanes are very narrow, but life is very wide", and he threw himself into the promotion and popularization of swimming without hesitation. After retiring from the army, Wu Peng established the "Peng Star" swimming club in his hometown of Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, and was awarded the title of drowning prevention ambassador by the Zhejiang Provincial Department of Education, and personally recorded teaching videos on various public platforms to promote swimming as a survival skill.
On June 6th, Wu Peng came to the Swimming Pool of Xiangcheng Sports Center in Xindu District, the water stadium hall of the Chengdu Universiade, to cheer for the participants of the 2020-2021 "Haili" Cup Swimming Club Grand League (Chengdu Station) Fearless Swimmer Challenge League held here. There are 5 individual events and 2 team relay events in this competition, and the participants are not only beginner swimmers under the age of 6, but also senior swimmers over the age of 40. As for why he chose Chengdu, Wu Peng also brought a small secret of his own. Although he has not participated in large-scale competitions in Chengdu in his 13-year career, Wu Peng's first participation in the national youth competition in 1998 was at the Chengdu Mengchai Bay Swimming Pool, and he also conducted training there for more than a month, "So Chengdu is the place where my swimming dream set sail, and now I am back here again, and I also hope to bring some advanced training concepts and means here to pass on the baton of Chinese swimming in Chengdu." ”
It is worth mentioning that Chengdu hosted the Universiade and built a number of sports venues with international standards, including the Xindu District Xiangcheng Sports Center, where the swimming pool is also the venue for the water polo competition of the Chengdu Universiade. The construction of a stadium is not only for a competition, but also for long-term operation. After the preliminary inspection, Wu Peng's team joined hands with chengdu's excellent team resources to enter the swimming pool of Xiangcheng Sports Center and will operate this new sports venue for a long time. The superior venue environment, first-class water treatment equipment, and the strong and powerful operation of the teaching staff will be a rare benefit for future Swimming enthusiasts in Chengdu. "The post-game utilization of large venues is very testing the level of operation, operating costs, manpower investment are very large, we have done research on Chengdu and Xindu District before, Chengdu has a very wide swimming crowd base, swimming atmosphere is also very hot, teenagers and adults swimming participation is very high." Therefore, we are confident to undertake and operate such a swimming venue well and bring professional services to the citizens and friends of Chengdu. Wu Peng finally said.
Photo courtesy of the event organizers