Pictured: Students in a serious competition official figure
On October 1, the 2021 "Vertical Cup" Shanghai City Amateur League Laser Shooting Challenge kicked off at the Kangcheng Experimental School of Shanghai Normal University, with a total of 298 primary and secondary school students participating. Zhao Guangsheng, first-class inspector of Shanghai Municipal Sports Bureau, Zhang Xiaoying, director of Minhang District Sports Bureau, Shi Jun, president of Kangcheng Experimental School of Shanghai Normal University, Tao Luna, champion of women's 10m air pistol at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, Huang Yibin, general manager of Shanghai Minhang District Zongteng Youth Sports Club, and other guests attended the opening ceremony.
Pictured: The scene of the opening ceremony
Shi Jun, president of the Kangcheng Experimental School of Shanghai Normal University, said that the "combination of sports and education" is a new and important measure to strengthen school sports work, promote quality education, and cultivate outstanding sports reserve talents for the country under the new normal. Shooting sports are recognized as sports that are conducive to physical and mental health in the world, and are deeply loved by people with their characteristics of concentration, calmness, nature and health; laser shooting sports are safer and more suitable for carrying out and popularizing in primary and secondary school campuses; shooting sports not only help to cultivate students' strong will quality and strong physique, but also help to cultivate their national defense awareness and patriotism.
Pictured: Tao Luna instructs elementary school students
After the opening ceremony, Tao Luna, the champion of the Shooting Olympic Games, said in an interview with reporters that "laser shooting into the campus" is an important work she has been working hard, and she is very happy that laser shooting has been recognized and loved by the majority of schools, teachers and students, and parents; I hope that through the competition, I can improve the level of competition in Shanghai youth shooting projects, and discover and select more high-level reserve talents. The equipment used in this shooting competition is a laser equipment that meets professional requirements, which has the advantages of high safety and easy to master, and is more suitable for popularization among primary and secondary school students.
The competition is divided into three categories: Junior Group A (12-18 years old), Junior Group B (10-11 years old), and Junior Group C (7-10 years old), and each has a male and female group award. The competition is a laser pistol shooting 5+20, and each participant has 5 pre-shot opportunities and 20 regular chances. Raise a gun, aim, concentrate on a blow... The calm and calm performance of the little sharpshooter makes every round full of variables, and every result directly affects the ranking. After fierce and interesting competition, the top eight of the three categories were finally determined, and Olympic champions Tao Luna and Principal Shi Jun attended the award ceremony.
It is understood that the event is jointly organized by Shanghai Tao Luna Shooting Sports Club, Shanghai Minhang District Zongteng Youth Sports Club, Shanghai Zongteng Culture Communication Co., Ltd., Bright Dairy, Zhuhai Guangge Information Technology Co., Ltd., and Good Vision Love Eye Fund.
(Xinmin Evening News reporter Li Yuanchun)