The use of venues after the world's large-scale comprehensive events has always been a worldwide problem. As early as the beginning of the preparations for the Chengdu Universiade, the "Universiade Heritage" planning was carried out simultaneously, and with the gradual completion of the new and renovated venues, the operation of future venues also attracted attention. On June 6, World Swimming Champion Wu Peng and Chengdu local swimming team Haili Sports entered the swimming pool of Xindu Xiangcheng Sports Center and held the 2020-2021 "Haili" Cup Swimming Club Grand League (Chengdu Station) Fearless Swimmer Challenge League. In the future, the Wu Peng team will be deeply involved in the operation of the swimming pool of Xindu Xiangcheng Sports Center together with Haili Sports, and bring advanced swimming training concepts to swimming enthusiasts in Chengdu.
Defeated Phelps
After Wu Peng retired from retirement, he devoted himself to swimming popularization
When it comes to Chinese men's swimming, the name Wu Peng is undoubtedly a representative figure of Chinese men's swimming in the world swimming world and competing for gold and silver. The Chinese male butterfly swimmer has beaten Phelps and created a record of undefeated in four consecutive National Games, and before the rise of Sun Yang, Wu Peng was once known as the "first brother" in Chinese swimming. After retiring in 2013, the former swimming star, as he himself said, "the lanes are very narrow, but life is very wide", and he threw himself into the promotion and popularization of swimming without hesitation.
Wu Peng
After retiring from the army, Wu Peng established the "Peng Star" swimming club in his hometown of Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, and was awarded the title of drowning prevention ambassador by the Zhejiang Provincial Department of Education, and personally recorded teaching videos on various public platforms to promote swimming as a survival skill. This time, Wu Peng joined forces with Chengdu Swimming Team Haili Sports to officially enter the swimming pool of Xindu Xiangcheng Sports Center. Through the superior venue environment and strong operation of the teaching team, it brings benefits to Chengdu swimming enthusiasts. Wu Peng said, "Swimming itself is also a skill, and mastering this skill is very beneficial to the growth of children." Swimming in Zhejiang has always been at the forefront of the country, and I hope to bring advanced swimming training concepts to children across the country. ”
The swimming pool is free from June 10 to 20
Wu Peng will also be present at the scene
The swimming pool of Xiangcheng Sports Center in Xindu District covers an area of 11,000 square meters, with a building height of 23.9 meters and a total of 1,500 grandstands. There is a 10-lane standard pool with a length of 50 meters and a width of 25 meters and a 5-lane training pool with a length of 50 meters and a width of 12.5 meters, equipped with LED screens, lights, sounds, and seats, all of which have reached the international event standards, and will be used as the water polo competition venue of the 31st Summer Universiade and listed as a key sports venue in Chengdu. In the previous "Meet Happy Chengdu" 2021 National Women's Water Polo Championship and the 14th National Games Women's Water Polo Qualification Tournament, the venue was also unanimously praised by industry insiders.
This competition set up a total of 5 individual events, 2 group relay events, the participants are not only under 6 years old swimming beginners, but also over 40 years old senior swimming enthusiasts, the participation projects are suitable for beginners in the water to beat legs, but also the popularity of freestyle, breaststroke, more professional butterfly, medley. Competing in the newly built Universiade arena was very exciting for students and parents alike. Wu Peng has participated in the Summer Universiade, for the Xiangcheng Sports Center swimming pool, Wu Peng praised, "the venue hardware, software conditions are very good, reached the international advanced standards." ”
The scene of the event
Match pictures
In order to promote national fitness activities and enrich the surrounding mass sports and cultural life, the swimming pool of Xiangcheng Sports Center in Xindu District will be opened for free from June 10 to 20, when you pay attention to the reservation of Haili Sports public account, you can experience the Universiade-level event venues in advance (during the free opening period, the venues are open from 10:00 to 21:30). Wu Peng will also be on the spot to punch in the swimming hall of The New Capital Xiangcheng Sports Center to communicate and exchange swimming special experience with swimmers who took the lead in booking and experiencing the Universiade venues, adding a good luck blessing for the world champions to the completion and opening of the new universiade venues.
He was once associated with The Chasing Bay
He will participate in the Tokyo Olympics as a commentator
Coming to Chengdu this time, Wu Peng was very touched, "Chengdu now has such a good swimming pool. However, many years ago, the swimming venue was relatively weak, and I had not competed in Chengdu in my 13-year career. For me, Chengdu is the place where my swimming dreams set sail, and I have a lot of feelings. In 1998, I once came to Chengdu and participated in the national children's swimming competition training in Mengchai Bay, staying for 1 month, which was my first time to participate in a national competition. Many years later, Wu Peng came to Chengdu again, but this time the role has changed, "the post-game use of large venues is very testing the level of operation, operating costs, manpower investment are very large, we have done research on Chengdu and Xindu District before, Chengdu has a very wide swimming crowd base, swimming atmosphere is also very hot, teenagers and adults swimming participation is very high." Therefore, we are confident to undertake and operate such a swimming venue well and bring professional services to the citizens and friends of Chengdu. ”
In addition, Wu Peng also revealed that he will participate in the Tokyo Olympic Games this year as a commentator to cheer for Chinese swimmers. After many years of retirement, Wu Peng still pays attention to Chinese swimming, "This year I went to watch the Chinese swimming team Olympic trials, the overall performance is still good, there are some new records born, there are some good newcomers, I think their performance is worth our expectations in the Olympic Games, I hope these swimmers have a good performance in the Olympic Games." ”
Red Star News reporter Li Bo
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