Olympic champions Liu Huifeng and Wang Zhouyu helped the 16th Hubei Games

Photo by Liang Weiya at the press conference

Wuhan, October 13 (Reporter Liang Ting) "I hope that next year in Yichang, Hubei can have more seedlings of competitive sports emerge, pass the test of the Provincial Games, move towards a higher competitive stage, and better win glory for the country and add color to the province!" Liu Huifeng, the image ambassador and Olympic champion of the 16th Hubei Provincial Games (hereinafter referred to as the 16th Provincial Games), said in Wuhan on the 13th.

On the same day, the Information Office of the Hubei Provincial Government held a press conference to introduce the relevant situation of the Provincial Sixteenth Games, and Olympic champions Liu Huifeng and Wang Zhouyu attended the press conference as image ambassadors to help their hometown.

Liu Huifeng said that she started from the Provincial Games and grew into an Olympic champion step by step, and she has a special feeling for the stage of the Provincial Games. As an image ambassador, she will actively participate in the "I want to go to the provincial transport" series of national fitness, leading everyone to experience the "provincial transport benefiting the people, healthy Hubei".

The Hubei Provincial Games is the largest, highest specification and strongest comprehensive sports event in the province, and has been held for 15 sessions so far. The 16th Hubei Provincial Games will be held in Yichang City in 2022.

As the Olympic champion of Yichang, Wang Zhouyu "spoke" for his hometown at the meeting. She said that she is willing to work with the hospitable yichang citizens to pay attention to the provincial transport, serve the provincial transport, contribute her own strength, and look forward to making more people fall in love with sports and yichang through the provincial games platform.

According to Zheng Lihui, director of the office of the Organizing Committee of the 16th Hubei Provincial Games and deputy director of the Hubei Provincial Sports Bureau, the Games set up 113 competitions in three categories: youth sports, mass sports and social clubs, aiming to promote the coordinated development of competitive sports, mass sports and sports industries. The time, place and venue of the competition will be basically determined, and the 14 major competitions with strong ornamental nature will be arranged to be held during the opening and closing ceremonies, and a total of 99 other events will be held from January to September next year. At present, the provincial games test match and various training work are smoothly advancing.

Zhou Zhengying, vice mayor of Yichang Municipal Government, introduced the construction of venues and reception capacity. It is reported that the Yichang Olympic Sports Center, the main venue newly built in Yichang, has been fully completed and accepted and put into use. It has the conditions to hold comprehensive sports events such as the National Games, the Provincial Games, and the City Games. At the same time, Yichang counties and urban areas have basically achieved full coverage of sports facilities such as a stadium, a comprehensive gymnasium, a swimming pool, a fitness square or a sports park. (End)

Source: China News Network