The fencing national athlete envisions the Paris Olympics

Guangzhou Daily News (All-media reporter Yang Min) Yesterday morning, the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games and the 14th National Games Panyu District Athletes' TriumphAlthal Symposium was held at the Panyu District Administrative Office Center. Xu Yingming, Guo Yiqi, Huang Jieyi, Zhang Chufeng, Huang Junyi and other outstanding athletes who participated in the Olympic Games and the National Games, as well as representatives of outstanding grassroots coaches such as Li Zhizhong, Liang Shuai and Yan Guoqing, were awarded honorary certificates. Xu Yingming, captain of the Men's Sabre Team of the Chinese Fencing Team, spoke on behalf of the representative, and he expressed his excitement with "thanks", "pride" and "action". The athletes will return to the provincial team for training in recent days, and devote themselves to the preparations for the next National Games, while preparing for the 2024 Paris Olympics. Guo Yiqi, who participated in the Tokyo Olympic Games, is looking forward to standing on the Olympic field in Paris in 2024, and she said that she will strive to compete and seek to break through herself.

Panyu athletes achieved excellent results in the Olympic Games

A total of three Panyu athletes participated in the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, namely fencers Xu Yingming and Guo Yiqi, and kayaker Huang Jieyi. At the 14th National Games, 33 Panyu athletes participated in the competition in competitive events and group sports, winning a total of 7 gold, 5 silver and 7 bronze, surpassing the previous National Games.

In terms of competitive sports, Panyu District has outstanding achievements in fencing, water polo, swimming, trampoline, wrestling and other sports. Xu Yingming won the gold medal in the men's sabre team at the National Games, Guo Yiqi won the gold medal in the women's sabre team, Zhang Chufeng, Chen Jinghao and Chen Zhongxian won the gold medal in men's water polo, Zhang Hao won the gold medal in men's basketball U19, Huang Junyi, Luo Youyang and Xie Ziqi won three silver medals in swimming, Huang Jieyi won two bronze medals in kayaking, Feng Yongxin won bronze medals in wrestling, and Huang Ye entropy won bronze medals in trampoline. In the group events of this National Games, Panyu District athletes have medals in both shuttlecock and bocce events.

Xu Yingming recalls his childhood training time

Xu Yingming, who participated in the Tokyo Olympic Games and the three National Games, spoke as a representative of the athletes. He recalled that when he was still in the fourth grade of primary school, Yan Guoqing, the coach of the fencing team of Panyu District Sports School, came to Tanshan Primary School in Hualong Town to select materials, so that he, an ordinary peasant child, had the opportunity to contact fencing, and thus opened a new chapter in his life. He still misses his training and studying at Panyu Sports School and is grateful to his hometown for cultivating him. Xu Yingming won the gold medal in the men's sabre team and the individual bronze medal at the National Games. He is very proud and honored to be able to represent the Chinese team at the Tokyo Olympic Games. He said that in the future training and competition, he will continue to work hard and strive to be the first, and he also looks forward to more Panyu athletes to achieve better results in the future domestic and international competitions.

Guo Yiqi, 24, finished 7th in the women's sabre team at the Tokyo Olympics. At the National Games, she and her other Olympic teammates formed a joint team to win the gold medal in the women's Sabre team. Guo Yiqi revealed that she had won silver and bronze medals at the previous National Games, and it was the first time she had won gold, and she was very excited. The Paris Olympic cycle began quickly, and she admitted that she had not yet thought so far, hoping to do a good job in front of her step by step, and to listen to the call of the national team at any time. The 2025 National Games will be held in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao, and Guo Yiqi, a native of Panyu, is looking forward to defending her title at her doorstep.