On October 25, Hu Yongqiang, a long-distance running enthusiast who lives in Gulou South Street, Shapotou District, Zhongwei City, Ningxia, received a certificate of completion by mail, and in the "Welcome sixteen games" 2021 Zhongwei City Second Online Half Marathon that ended a few days ago, she won the fourth place in 1 hour, 26 minutes and 55 seconds.
The online half marathon was hosted by the Office of the Headquarters for the Preparatory Work of Zhongwei for the 16th Ningxia Games, and jointly organized by the Zhongwei Municipal Bureau of Tourism, Culture, Sports, Radio, Film and Television and the Zhongwei Municipal Sports Federation of Trade Unions. The race is held from mid-September to mid-October by means of online punch card, with three events: a 5 km online mini run, a 10 km online fun run, and a half marathon. By the end of the event, a total of 4,215 people had registered for the race, including 3,035 for the half marathon, and the total number of online views reached 70,307.
Under the normalization of the epidemic, many people's fitness methods have quietly changed. This competition uses the advantages of "sports + Internet", no time, place, no gathering, no gathering, to the greatest extent to alleviate the pressure of epidemic prevention and control, special participation experience to bring a different kind of sports fun.
The relevant person in charge of the Bureau of Tourism, Culture, Sports, Radio, Film and Television of Zhongwei City said that this activity is an attempt and exploration of zhongwei City's new model of "online + offline" and "fitness + competition" for the whole people and sports events, aiming to maintain the enthusiasm of the masses for fitness with the help of online platforms under the normalization of the epidemic, further integrate sports and fitness into the lives of the whole people, and contribute to the construction of "Healthy Ningxia". (China Daily Ningxia Reporter Station Photo courtesy of Zhongwei Municipal Bureau of Tourism, Culture, Sports, Radio, Film and Television)