On September 21, Hubei's Niu Di (second from the left) was at the award ceremony. Photo courtesy of Xinhua News Agency
Yangtze River Daily Wuhan client, September 21 (Yangtze River Daily special correspondent Zhang Lin sent from Xi'an) The 14th National Games is halfway through the schedule, and the "Wuhan power" of the Hubei delegation has attracted attention. As of September 20, Wuhan's directly affiliated sports teams and transport athletes have received hardware, silver and three bronze in rowing, badminton, swimming, basketball, shooting and other sports, far more than in previous sessions. What is more gratifying than the medal is that Wuhan athletes have made historic breakthroughs in many sports, which makes people see a brighter future of Wuhan sports.
The most gratifying: swimming projects pick beams
On September 19, in the women's 4×100 meters freestyle competition of the 14th Games swimming, Wuhan girl Ai Yanhan won the championship with the Olympic team. In the competition, Ai Yanhan, who played the third stick, played well and swam his best, and finally the Olympic team won the first place in 3 minutes 35 seconds 50 seconds. A person in charge of the Municipal Sports Bureau who watched the game at the scene excitedly said that Ai Yanhan's gold medal was the first gold medal in the adult group of competitive sports at the National Games won by athletes of the Wuhan Municipal Sports Team after a gap of 20 years. Previously, at the Tokyo Olympics, Ai Yanhan also won the 7th place with the Chinese team with a time of 3 minutes 34.76 seconds, breaking the Asian record.
According to reports, the athletes of the sports teams directly under Wuhan Won the Gold Medal at the 2001 National Games. At that time, it was Zhang Xiuyun who won the gold on behalf of Hubei. From the Seventh Games to the Ninth Games, Zhang Xiuyun participated in the three National Games and won a total of hardware. "Ai Yanhan is an 'authentic' Wuhan athlete. Wuhan people, their own discovery, their own enlightenment, their own cultivation. We are very pleased with this gold medal. The head of the Municipal Sports Bureau said.
The swimming event is the "big family" where Wuhan athletes qualified for the final of the National Games, with 10 athletes including Chen Jie, Ai Yanhan, Wang Yutian, Yu Zongda, Yan Weize, Yang Peiqi, Xia Zixuan, Cheng Wanting, Lu Youyao, Wang Baojun and so on. In the games that have ended, in addition to Ai Yanhan's gold medal, Wang Yutian won the silver medal in the men's 4×200m; Yang Peiqi won the women's 4th × 200m freestyle fourth; Yu Zongda won the men's 100m breaststroke sixth.
Luckiest: After 46 years, he won the gold medal in the badminton team
On September 11, in the final of the badminton women's team event at the 14th Games, Hubei defeated the previous National Games champion Jiangsu team 3:0, and won the gold medal of the badminton women's team of the National Games again after 46 years. The last national gold medal of the Hubei badminton women's team dates back to the third national games in 1975, when the Hubei team led by Chen Yuniang won the women's team championship for two consecutive times.
The third singles in the gold-winning Hubei team was Ruan Xinyue from Wuhan's Qingshan District, who stood on the top podium with her teammates. Born in 2003, Ruan Xinyue is from Qingshan District, Wuhan, and is the youngest member of this year's Hubei badminton women's team.
According to reports, badminton is the key layout project of Wuhan Municipal Sports Bureau, there are multiple training bases in various urban areas of the city, Qingshan District Amateur Sports School is one of the badminton training bases in Wuhan, and the Table Tennis and Badminton Network Center of Wuhan Sports Bureau sends coaches to the scene to guide team members to train from time to time. A few years ago, Ruan Xinyue stood out from a group of small team members of the Qingshan District Amateur Sports School and entered the Amateur Sports School of the Provincial Sports Bureau for "further study", and was later officially selected for the provincial team.
The hottest: a breakthrough in the history of three-man basketball
On September 20, in the final of the men's under-19 group of the 14th National Games basketball event held in Xi'an, Hubei team defeated Fujian team 22:6 and won the championship, creating the best result of Hubei basketball in the National Games. Prior to this, Hubei Basketball had won a silver medal at the 4th National Games.
It is worth mentioning that in this three-person basketball team, the main players Liu Qianhao and Jia Yijie were transported from Wuhan to the Hubei Provincial Three-person Basketball Team, and Liu Qianhao scored 5 points in the final. Previously, at the 2019 Second Youth Conference, Liu Qianhao and others won the bronze medal as the absolute main force of the provincial youth team.
The most surprising: The Wuhan sharpshooter beat the Olympic champion
On September 17, in the women's 10m air rifle individual final of the National Games shooting competition, Wuhan sharpshooter Zhang Tianqi defeated Tokyo Olympic champion Yang Qian and won the silver medal. Yang Qian won the bronze medal. The gold medal was won by Yang Qian's teammate, Wang Zhilin of the Zhejiang team.
Yang Qian became famous in a shot in Tokyo and became one of the most popular athletes in China. And the ten-meter air rifle she is good at is also widely known. But what many people may not know is that in this project, Wuhan girls have also reached the top level in China. In this National Games, in addition to Zhang Tianqi, Xing Hang and Ruan Mengying of Wuhan Shooting Sports School also represented the Hubei team in the National Games, and in the women's 10-meter air rifle team competition, Zhang Tianqi and Xing Hang partnered with a Hubei team member and won the bronze medal.
According to reports, Zhang Tianqi is 22 years old this year, is a typical Wuhan girl, lively and cheerful, her shooting career started from the Wuhan shooting traditional famous school City 75, entered the Municipal Shooting Sports School in 2014, and entered the Municipal Shooting Professional Team in 2018, under the tutelage of Coach Lu Chao. Zhang Tianqi has played a high level in a row this year and won the runner-up of the National Games, which has attracted the attention of the national team, which is a big positive for the shooting sport in Wuhan.
【Editor: Zhou Fei】