Shanghai, a city built on the water and prosperous by the water, has finally ushered in the self-created water brand event.
The 2021 Shanghai Open Rowing Championships (hereinafter referred to as "Boats") kicked off today on the Suzhou River, the mother river in Shanghai, with 8 Olympic rowing medalists led by Olympic champions Cui Xiaotong and Lü Yang taking the lead in opening the oars, and other rowing boats came out of the boat, helped each other in the same boat, and strived to swim upstream, and the Suzhou River was competing for the flow, stringing together the urban landscape culture on both sides of the strait. Chen Qun, Vice Mayor of Shanghai, attended the opening ceremony and pressed the start button of the event.
The excitement and emotion are the biggest feelings of the contestants and spectators about this event that has just completed its debut.
"Seeing so many viewers for the first time"
Hubei team's helmsman Song Jiayi called himself "too nervous" after the game, how can this professional player who has experienced the World Youth Championships, compared to the National Games, and has already seen the world be like this? It's because of the large and enthusiastic spectators on the track.
"Because the rowing event is still relatively niche, it is the first time I have seen so many spectators that I will be nervous." Song Jiayi said
The event is set up as: men's eight-person single sculls have a helmsman, women's eight-sculls have a helmsman, and mixed eight-person single sculls have a helmsman, and yesterday was a 4.2-kilometer chase in three categories: professional, college and club. In the end, the Hubei team won the championship of the professional group of men's eight-person single sculls. The top three in the women's eight-man sculls event were Hubei, Shanghai and Zhejiang.
Zhang Cheng, the helmsman of the Shanghai team, could not calm his inner excitement for a long time after the game, which was due to the home battle and the unparalleled atmosphere of the event, "I felt very happy, when we warmed up, the audience cheered us on the shore and on the bridge, and the team members also responded to them from time to time, and everyone was very excited." "I would shout the rhythm during the game, and the citizens on the shore would encourage us when they heard it, and we were very comfortable listening." ......
After the competition of the professional group, rowing teams from colleges and universities across the country began to compete, including many familiar teams from Peking University, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Tongji University, Sun Yat-sen University and other well-known universities, and in the end, the Shanghai Jiao Tong University team came out on top. Shi Yuwei, the paddler of the Tongji University team, used "grand" to describe the day's competition, "It is also a kind of learning and promotion to see the professional team coming, everyone cherishes this opportunity very much, and hopes that the competition can continue to be held." ”
"The AraSusu River does not lose the Seine"
The organizing committee had long anticipated such a warm competition atmosphere. There are five viewing points along the Suzhou Creek Circuit, and as of October 22, about 7,000 people have reserved each viewing point. But in fact, the entire 4.2-kilometer track coast has become a "natural" stand, and countless citizens stopped on the shore on the opening day to enjoy this "rare" water race.
Qian Junyuan, a Shanghai citizen who is already a rare year, specially brought his granddaughter from Changning District to watch the game on the same day, "My granddaughter has not seen the rowing competition, and wants her to see the world." Today there is a college group to participate, I also want her to see, college students are to win through their own hard work, hard work, these are not learned in the classroom. ”
As an "old Shanghai", Qian Junyuan has a deep feeling for being able to row on the Suzhou Creek, "The Suzhou Creek, which used to be black and smelly and full of garbage, can now hold such a foreign water event under the blue sky and white clouds, and I am very touched in my heart." In the end, Lao Qian did not forget to put forward requirements for the next "boat", "I hope to set up more stands in the future, so that more Shanghai citizens who love rowing can participate in it." ”
Xu Dehua, a retired high school teacher, once participated in the kayaking competition held in Shanghai, today he watched the competition, while taking the book to write something, "Usually I also like to write, after this personal experience, I want to leave some experience, by the way to express my heart." As a native of Shanghai, he feels the changes in Shanghai's Mother River over the years, "I love my hometown very much, and seeing so many young people come here today, I am also very impulsive to join them, and I hope that our city will become more and more beautiful." ”
Retired worker Aunt Wu was lying on the barrier of the Waibaidu Bridge to watch the runners sprint, and in an interview she confessed, "I used to live in Wusong Road, just a few steps away from here, and I used to come for a walk." Aunt Wu often traveled abroad after retirement, and she sighed: "Ala Shanghai Suzhou River is not worse than the Seine River, I see that Paris is not as beautiful as Shanghai now." ”
The participating athletes of the last club group are also as strong as clouds, the participating club teams are amateur rowing enthusiasts, and the competition of the special club group of the organizing committee has promoted the spread of rowing culture in China to the greatest extent, understand the sport of rowing, and feel the charm of rowing. In the 4.2 km race, the team from Jiangxi Deep Diving Rowing Club won the championship of the club group men's eight-person single sculls, and the championship of the club group mixed eight-person single sculls was won by the team of Shenyang Qingquan Jingsheng Rowing Club.
Tomorrow, "Get on the Boat" will enter the closing day and hold a more intense 500-meter city sprint, which will officially start at 9:00 a.m. and will be broadcast live from Shangguan News at 13:40 p.m.
Column Editor-in-Chief: Chen Hua Text Editor: Yao Qinyi
Source: Author: Yao Qinyi Ling Xianzhe Wang Dongxu Li Shuyi