Suzhou swimmers shine in the provincial swimming pool 4 young athletes won 5 gold medals

Last weekend, the second Jiangsu Elite Swimming Club League kicked off in Nanjing in 2021, with more than 600 young swimmers from all over the province signing up to participate, ranging in age from 5 to 17. Suzhou Swimming Association teamed up to participate in the competition, the results were excellent, Chen Yihong, He Haoyue and other 4 young players won 5 gold medals.

Sponsored by the Jiangsu Provincial Sports Federation, Jiangsu Provincial Swimming Sports Association and Jiangsu Provincial Sports Competition Association, the competition lasts for 2 days, aiming to implement and promote the national fitness plan of Jiangsu Province, improve the health level and quality of life of the people, strive to create swimming events loved by the people, and continuously meet the diversified cultural and sports needs of the masses. At the same time, through the competition, you can also discover some good youth training seedlings from various representative teams, select some talented teenagers to join the professional team, and reserve talent for the development of swimming in Jiangsu and even the whole country.

Chen Junqi, secretary general of the Suzhou Swimming Association, introduced that the competition has seven major groups according to age, and various swimming organizations such as primary and secondary schools, swimming associations, swimming clubs, amateur sports schools and other swimming organizations in the province have formed teams to participate, which can be said to be the best swimming players in the province. The representative team of Suzhou Swimming Association is mainly based on The Suzhou Famous Generals Swimming Club, with a total of 20 team members. Through the hard work of the team members, the representative team of Suzhou Swimming Association achieved very good results in this league, with a total of 23 rankings, including 5 provincial first places, 3 provincial second places, 5 provincial third places, 5 provincial fourth places, 3 provincial fifth places, 2 provincial sixth places, and the overall team score won the sixth place.

Chen Yihong, He Haoyue, Xie Xinran and Li Ruijia won 5 gold medals. Among them, Chen Yihong reached the top in the 100 breaststroke and 200m breaststroke events in the 2007-09 group and won the "Charm Jiangsu Swimming Hope Star" award. In addition, Qi Yucheng, Chen Yixing, Chen Yi'an and many other team members reached the standard of second-level athletes through this competition.

The swimming team of Suzhou Famous Generals Swimming Club was established in 2019 and coached by Chen Junqi, senior national swimming coach, who has won championships in many events such as the National Youth U Series Swimming Competition, the Jiangsu Provincial Junior Swimming Championships, and the First Jiangsu Provincial Junior Swimming Grand Prix. Chen Junqi said that through the competition, the young athletes improved their performance and expanded their horizons, further clarifying the direction of future training.

It is reported that this year's Jiangsu Provincial City Elite Swimming Club League is held for the second time. The First Race in Nanjing will be held in Hai'an, Nantong. At that time, the Suzhou Swimming Association will continue to form a team to participate in the competition, leading the small team members to compete for gold and silver.

Editor-in-charge: Wu Hao