Olympic champion Zhang Xiangxiang visited Changting County to study
On February 12, Zhang Xiangxiang, a member of the Chinese men's weightlifting team and Olympic champion, visited Changting County to study. Zhang Xiangxiang and his party visited Diantou Street, the Ancient City Wall, the Pilgrimage Square, and the Tingzhou Baxi Hall, watched folk performances, and felt the Hakka culture and the strong taste of tourists in the ancient city of Tingzhou.
[Zhang Xiangxiang, a member of the Chinese men's weightlifting team and Olympic champion: Hello friends of Changting! I am Zhang Xiangxiang, the weightlifting champion. Today is the eighth day of the Chinese New Year, it is a pleasure to come to Tingzhou Historical and Cultural City, today to visit and learn, but also feel the cultural heritage here, very suitable for everyone to visit and sightsee. Hakka culture, Tingzhou culture (brilliant), I wish you all a happy new year! 】
During his stay in Ting, Zhang Xiangxiang also went to the Tingzhou Red Army Stadium to visit the athletes and coaches of the sports school who were training. It is understood that Changting County is the birthplace of the history of sports in the Soviet Union and the history of sports in the Republic, and the Sports Games in the Soviet Union were already held in 1930. Olympic champion Zhang Xiangxiang said that Changting's sports foundation and sports culture are very deep, and he hopes that Changting can go ahead and compete for the top in sports, competitive sports, and national fitness.
Zhang Xiangxiang, a native of Longyan, Fujian, is a member of the Chinese weightlifting team. In 1999, Zhang Xiangxiang entered the national team and was the only athlete to be selected for the national team using his spare time to practice weightlifting. At the Beijing Olympic Games, Zhang Xiangxiang won the men's 62 kg championship with a total of 143 kg in the snatch, 176 kg in the deadlift and a total of 319 kg.
(Huang Lirong)