Interview with Judge Kong Liang, President of "Summer Fun Challenge": Be your truest self in sports
On the afternoon of August 26, at the OCT Happy Harbor Celebration Square in Shenzhen, Kong Liang stood in the middle of the host and announced the format of the "Summer Challenge" finals created by sports lifestyle brand lululemon for the third consecutive year. He has a clear and agile mind, and his voice is firm and powerful in introducing the rules and gameplay, answering the contestants' immediate questions.
As the president judge and the "trader" of the event, Kong Liang and his partners began planning this year's "Summer Challenge" from March until the end of August, after the competition ended perfectly after the store race, city race, regional competition and grand final. The team went through countless brainstorming sessions. He said that the settings of all competition items must be tried again and again, optimized in actual combat, and continued in actual combat until they are finalized. The five competitions announced on the day of the finals have undergone four tests behind them, condensing the hard work and dedication of many people.
Lululemon China Ambassador and President of "Summer Challenge": Kong Liang
Kong Liang constantly emphasized that behind the success of the event, it is thanks to the team work of the lululemon family and the efforts of each partner, "I just come up with ideas, more I need partners to give me some different ideas and views, and the brainstorming that everyone collides together can finally present a more mature effect." Kong Liang said frankly that the time to prepare for the event is very tight, and the team members must not only ensure the normal progress of daily group classes and work, but also ensure high-density communication. Many partners took the time to drop some of the work at hand to help us complete the test offline, so that today's perfect stage. "On the field, the players sweated hard, and off the field, the staff also implemented the essence of team combat.
When the champion was announced and the game was announced, President Judge Kong Liang had mixed feelings, and after a pause, he expressed, "We played a lot of surprises and tricks in the finals in a square that didn't look like a stadium. First, I didn't expect all the team members to finish the competition. They did better than I expected. Of course, there is the energy and encouragement that the competition brings to them. Second, the smooth completion of the entire competition without templates is not the credit of one person, but the blessing and dedication of the team from the brand to the ambassador to the referee and all group staff. ”
For the third year in a row, the Summer Challenge National Finals kicked off a very exciting game - the seven teams did not stand until they stood in the celebration square of Happy Harbor, and as the competition progressed and deepened, the format was revealed one by one. This kind of "blind box" pioneering gameplay greatly tested the 35 players' comprehensive training level and ability to deal with various situations on the spot.
Kong Liang said that the reason for such a pioneering "play" is just like the classic line in the movie "Forrest Gump" said, "Life is a piece of chocolate, you never know what the next piece tastes like." He elaborated, "The various challenges that life gives you are uncertain, and our format itself is more about replicating some of the more realistic scenes in life, using some of the usual functional movements, through this connection to tell everyone the importance of health, and tell everyone that sports and life are closely related." ”
Kong Liang witnessed the fearlessness and perseverance of the seven teams on stage. In his eyes, every athlete has the spirit of an athlete. "Using the rules is part of the game, but each team didn't choose to use ingenuity to respond, but chose the right way to interpret the philosophy and spirit of the sport," he said. The final result is a reflection of individual abilities, and there must be a difference between high and low, but each of them has done their best standing on this field. ”
As a lululemon brand ambassador, Kong Liang's sports story is legendary enough. He is an enthusiast with thousands of skydiving experiences and is the head of CrossFit China. When talking about the changes that sports have made him, he blurted out - "Be yourself". In his opinion, whether it's skydiving or any other sport, they will push you out of your comfort zone at some point or push you to a certain limit. This is not to say that the human flesh is a limit, but in the process, you will definitely suffer some difficulties and sufferings that you have not experienced. Whether you choose to go further or surrender and give up in the face of difficulties directly determines what your spiritual attributes will be when doing all these things in the future.
Kong Liang said frankly that the biggest change that sports gave him was the continuous strengthening of his spiritual attributes. When you face difficulties, you will not give up easily, if this thing is what you really want to do, from the heart of love, you will continue to do it, this is the spiritual value of CrossFit, skydiving these sports to me. The spirit can be transmitted, and the energy will be infected. Kong Liang's heartfelt words go straight to the heart of every person who loves sports and life, becoming a light that illuminates the way forward for more people to exercise.
When the most bloody and inspirational story of the summer of "Summer Challenge" came to an end, Kong Liang was particularly reluctant, "I hope this wonderful can continue to continue, a little more, a little longer." Come back next year! His words are also the voice and expectation of many people.