Yunnan Netnews (Reporter Yang Zishuang) On October 5, in the loud singing of the Nanqiao Mechanical Choir "Ode to Nanqiao", the 2023 5th Yunnan Outdoor Sports Carnival "Re-walk the Yunnan Burma Road and Remember the History of the Anti-Japanese War" patriotic theme motorcycle assembly race ended successfully at the end of the domestic section of the Yunnan Burma Road at the Yunnan Wancho Port.
"Re-walking the Burma Road, Remembering the History of the Anti-Japanese War" patriotic theme motorcycle assembly competition
The five-day event was the first commemorative event in China to re-walk the Burma Road in the form of a motorcycle sports event. Starting from Kunming, along the Burma Road through Chuxiong, Dali, Baoshan, Dehong and other five prefectures and cities, the stage covers a total of 959 kilometers, with a total of 78 motorcycles from all over the country participating, the oldest 62 years old and the youngest 26 years old.
"Re-walking the Burma Road, Remembering the History of the Anti-Japanese War" patriotic theme motorcycle assembly competition
After 5 days of competition, motorcyclists Li Dan, Zheng Gefeng, Huang Yanjun, Zou Jingchen, Qu Yongyu and Feng Yu won 1 to 6 individual overall results respectively. Kunming Immortal Knight Motorcycle Club, Dehong Prefecture Automobile and Motorcycle Sports Association, and Kunming Branch of Wanli Knight Club won the first to third places of the team overall club cup.
The event consisted of a five-stage fixed-speed rally and a series of themed activities to commemorate the 85th anniversary of the opening of the Burma Road, and the participants enjoyed the beautiful scenery and historical and cultural landscape along the domestic section of the Burma Road along the carefully set up race route.
"Re-walking the Burma Road, Remembering the History of the Anti-Japanese War" patriotic theme motorcycle assembly competition
"Re-walking the Burma Road, Remembering the History of the Anti-Japanese War" patriotic theme motorcycle assembly competition
Xu Peng, president of Yunnan Automobile and Motorcycle Sports Association, said that the successful holding of the patriotic theme motorcycle assembly competition of "Re-walking the Yunnan Burma Road and Remembering the History of the Anti-Japanese War" has actively promoted the implementation of national fitness, sports and tourism integration, recovery and expansion of sports consumption policies. In the future, Yunnan Automobile and Motorcycle Sports Association will continue to cooperate with relevant units to jointly hold a series of themed events to re-walk the Yunnan Burma Road, drive the development of more mass automobile and motorcycle sports, actively respond to the current boom of motorcycle self-driving sports and tourism, and better meet the needs of the people to participate in outdoor sports with automobile and motorcycle self-driving, camping and racing as the core.