Photo: Xu Bin was interviewed by Li Ran, a special correspondent of Xinmin Evening News
The 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games are coming to an end, and Chinese athletes have performed well. As of August 6, 6 athletes in 5 sports in Shanghai have won 5 Olympic gold medals, setting a record for the best participation in previous Olympic Games.
Xu Bin, deputy secretary general of the Chinese delegation and director of the Shanghai Municipal Sports Bureau, praised the Shanghai athletes, but also looked forward to it: "Tomorrow, the Tokyo Olympic Games will close on August 8, which is also the 13th National Fitness Day in the country." It is hoped that the support of the general public in Shanghai for Chinese athletes and their enthusiasm for the Olympic Games can be effectively transformed into attention and participation in sports. ”
Everyone is a hero
In this Tokyo Olympic Games, Shanghai athletes blossomed more and fought for their dreams in different sports, "They are all real heroes." Xu Bin said frankly that the Olympic Games is the highest temple of competitive sports, and on the stage of the Olympic Games, competing for gold and silver is the lifelong dream of every athlete. He is very satisfied with the performance of Shanghai athletes in the Olympic Games. "There are surprises and regrets, but what brings me more is the touch - the spirit of Shanghai athletes who work hard and challenge themselves will always remain in the memory of the Olympic Games."
Talking about the achievements of this Olympic Games, Xu Bin was deeply touched by the achievements of Shanghai's sports community in helping the Olympic Games with science and technology. "The development of competitive sports is the process of constantly exploring and summarizing the law of winning, how can Shanghai crack the bottleneck, use our advantages and strengths, for the development of competitive sports in Shanghai can go out of a unique road of urban type, which is a problem that our Shanghai sports people have been thinking about."
Photo: Zhong Angel (center) in the competition Xinhua News Agency
Xu Bin revealed that with the support of the Municipal Science and Technology Commission, the Shanghai Sports Bureau has specially done a project of key technology research on science and technology to help prepare for the Tokyo Olympic Games. Many of the projects in the project are now seeing results at the Olympic Games.
The fire phoenix stunned Izu, and there was such a scientific and technological guarantee behind the victory of the bell angel. Integrating the high-level scientific research forces of Shanghai Donghua University and Tsinghua University, the national team optimized and screened the bicycle riding suits. Engineering, aerodynamics... These fields, which sound somewhat distant from sports training, have been transformed into Shanghai's scientific and technological soft power and integrated into sports training. "In recent years, Shanghai's sports technology is to benchmark the highest international standards and the best level, rather than staying in the traditional field." The establishment of a systematic special training, compound assessment and exercise ability monitoring of the working model, Shanghai's scientific and technological assistance also allows veterans such as Xu Xin and Zhong Angel to maximize the continuation of sports life.
Encourage online fitness
Thirteen years ago, on August 8, the Beijing Olympic Games were grandly opened, and since then, August 8 has been designated as National Fitness Day every year. Xu Bin said frankly: "The spirit of chinese athletes, including Shanghai athletes, who dared to fight, dare to break through and dare to surpass at the Tokyo Olympic Games, undoubtedly greatly encouraged and inspired the people of the whole country and the Chinese people around the world this summer." ”
Pictured: The style of the small swordsman exhibition Xinmin Evening News reporter Li Mingzhen took the same photo
According to statistics from the Shanghai Municipal Sports Bureau, from the earliest July 15 when the media announced the list of Shanghai participants selected for the Chinese delegation, to August 5, Shencheng Media's original reports on the Shanghai Olympic Games participants exceeded 6,100, an average of more than 270 per day. On new media platforms, including audio, video, pictures and other forms, the relevant videos of Shanghai Olympic athletes have been played more than 500 million times on the whole network. Xu Bin said that after Shanghai athletes won the Olympic gold medal, the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee and the Shanghai Municipal Government sent congratulatory messages to the Chinese delegation every time, and after the "Shanghai Release" push, it was 100,000+ reads in less than 10 minutes.
"The Olympic Games have transformed many Shanghai citizens into a national fitness crowd and a sports population." Xu Bin revealed that from the opening day of the Olympic Games on July 23 to August 3, more than 70,000 Shanghai citizens received 120,000 Shanghai sports consumption coupons in 10 days, driving the direct consumption amount of various sports venues to 5.79 million yuan. Shencheng's average daily sports consumption orders increased by 83% compared with May and June, and the average daily consumption amount increased by 101%.
Pictured: Players participating in youth martial arts events
Xu Bin revealed that the theme of tomorrow's National Fitness Day is: National Fitness and the Olympic Games. It is reported that there will be nearly a thousand public sports venues in Shanghai open to the public free of charge, "in response to the situation of epidemic prevention and control, support and encourage the general public to exercise online, we have also prepared a variety of online events."
It is reported that at 10:00 a.m. on the same day, the Shanghai Municipal Sports Bureau will carry out the National Fitness Day activity and the launching ceremony of the Shanghai Urban Amateur League Online Games online to "connect the Tokyo Olympic Games with the National Fitness Day activities in Shanghai". Jiang Ranxin, Chen Taoxi, Zhang Ling, Chen Yunxia and other Xinke Olympic champions will call on Shanghai citizens to participate in fitness through video, and at the same time, participate in online activities, citizens can also get fitness gifts from Olympic champions such as Wang Liqin and Tao Luna.
The Olympic Games have become an opportunity for many people to exercise and a link to adhere to, Xu Bin said: "Fall in love with sports, participate in sports, and develop the habit of sports exercise." Building a vibrant city where everyone is exercising and everyone is healthy is an important part of the construction of a world-famous sports city. (Xinmin Evening News special correspondent Li Ranran, Tokyo Today)