Zhongshan National Games sailing champion Wang Yang triumphant

On the afternoon of October 20th, the Zhongshan Sailing and Windsurfing Association held the 14th National Games Sailing Championship Celebration Ceremony and zhongshan sailing team to go to the provincial championship ceremony, welcoming Wang Yang, a Zhongshan athlete who won the gold medal in the men's 470 class of sailing at the Western Safety Games, and awarding the flag to Zhongshan for the first time to participate in the Guangdong Provincial Youth Sailing (Windsurfing) Championship.

On October 20, the 14th National Games sailing championship celebration meeting and zhongshan sailing team departure ceremony in 2021 was held in Daisler Science and Technology Park, Cuiheng New District

At the event, Wang Yang shared his journey of participating in the Tokyo Olympic Games and the Western Security Games. This year marks the first time Wang Yang, born in 1993, stood on the Olympic court, and he teamed up with Xu Zangjun to achieve the best result since the Chinese men's sailing class 470 participated in the Olympic Games. In the men's sailing 470 class competition of the 14th National Games, Wang Yang represented Guangdong and won the gold medal in the men's sailing class 470. This is the first gold medal won by Guangdong in the Class of 470 event since the formation of the sailing team in 1996.

As the master of the men's sailing 470 class event, Wang Yang is mainly responsible for watching, controlling the stability of the ship and the windward pressure, and completing the operation of the sail with crosswind and downwind. He said: "The popularity of the sailing project is not high, the new team members are seriously lacking, excellent sports seedlings need to grow rapidly, it is very happy to see that this time Zhongshan can form a team to participate in the Guangdong Provincial Youth Sailing (Windsurfing) Championship, I hope that through the efforts of my generation, Zhongshan can send more outstanding talents for the provincial team and the national team, and compete for more honors for the province and the country." ”

According to reports, this time Zhongshan will send 12 athletes to participate in the 2021 Guangdong Provincial Youth Sailing (Windsurfing) Championships held in Shanwei from October 23 to 26. Liu Ming, vice president of the Zhongshan Sailing and Windsurfing Association and champion of international sailing events, said at the event that the association is applying for the right to use the green lake, river and sea area in Zhongshan City to solve the problem of training venues for sailing windsurfing and rowing water sports projects.

Chen Wei, deputy director of the Zhongshan Municipal Bureau of Education and Sports, said that at the 14th National Games, Zhongshan athletes won a good result of 6 gold, 5 silver and 10 bronze, which made positive contributions to the Guangdong provincial delegation and fully demonstrated the level and quality of Zhongshan's cultivation of high-level competitive sports talents. He also revealed that after research, Zhongshan plans to build a guangdong-hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Water Project Center in Cuiheng New Area, carry out sports such as rowing and sailing and windsurfing, and undertake high-level events in various types of water sports such as rowing and sailing, continuously expand the number of participants, drive more teenagers to participate in the training of water projects, and train more outstanding athletes in water sports such as Liu Ming and Wang Yang for the country.

【Source: Zhongshan Daily】

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