From April 20th to 21st, the 2024 China Mermaid Open (Shanghai Haichang Station) and International Elite will be held in Shanghai Haichang Ocean Park. Nearly 100 professional mermaid athletes from many countries and regions will gather in Shanghai to start a fantastic journey full of whales at the Volcano Shark Pavilion in Shanghai Haichang Ocean Park.
The competition was hosted by the Water Sports Management Center of the General Administration of Sports of the People's Republic of China, the China Water Skiing and Diving Jet Boat Sports Federation, the Administrative Committee of the Lingang New Area of the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone, and Haichang (China) Investment Co., Ltd., and hosted by Shanghai Haichang Ocean Park. As the first stop in 2024, the 2024 China Mermaid Open (Shanghai Haichang Station) will last for 4 days, and it is also the first time that an international mermaid professional event will be held in Shanghai.
The event has been fully upgraded, and many firsts have attracted attention
As a national-level mermaid diving-related sports event hosted by the Water Sports Management Center of the General Administration of Sports of China, the China Mermaid Open has been successfully held seven times in Sanya, Qingdao, Wuxi and other places. This year, the event ushered in a blockbuster upgrade, with players from many countries and regions, and nearly 100 top mermaid athletes from China and abroad gathering together to compete on the same stage. It is worth mentioning that this competition is also the first match of the 2024 China Mermaid Open and International Elite Competition, and the first match of the first Chinese Mermaid National Team Trials.
It is understood that the schedule of the 2024 China Mermaid Open is divided into 3 stages, April 18-19 is the venue adaptation day and the unqualified competition, April 20 is the opening ceremony and preliminaries day, and April 21 is the final and post-competition performance day, and the final competition for women's singles, men's singles, teams, best costumes, best newcomers and other awards. The national-level players and professional-level teams will surely present a wonderful and hearty event for citizens and tourists.
Professional top venues, many innovations out of the circle favored by the national competition
The competition venue is located in the mermaid light and shadow hall of the volcanic shark pavilion in Shanghai Haichang Ocean Park, with the world's first 7-degree inclined exhibition tank, the main window is 31 meters long, 7 meters high, 8 meters deep, and the water body reaches 7,500 cubic meters.
Since the grand opening of the park in 2018, nearly 5,000 performances of the park's star performance "Mermaid Fairy Tale" have been staged in the seven-degree tilt exhibition tank, and many out-of-the-circle programs such as underwater knife and horse, cyber mountain and sea mermaid show have been innovatively launched, and with colorful underwater scenes such as the underwater dragon palace and underwater lucky tree, it has landed on CCTV and the national hot search list for many times, attracting more than one million tourists to experience the charm of diving and mermaid sports.
"We have been innovating and promoting mermaid sports for a long time, and this time we can host a national-level professional mermaid event, hoping that through our strength, more people can understand, love and even try this sport that combines strength and beauty. The person in charge of Shanghai Haichang Ocean Park said. During the upcoming May Day holiday, the park will also launch the "Yaohuaxia Male Mermaid Show" performance for a limited time, with national professional athletes joining in to present a deep-sea audio-visual feast.
It is understood that during the competition from April 18th to 21st, citizens and tourists can go to Shanghai Haichang Ocean Park Volcano Shark Pavilion to observe, Oriental Network, iQiyi Sports, Tencent Live, Sina Shanghai and other platforms and the official self-media matrix of Shanghai Haichang Ocean Park will also broadcast the finals live, inviting citizens and tourists to feel the beauty and vitality of mermaid sports.