In autumn, Binzhou is deep and thick, with fragrant melons and fruits, and a pleasant climate. Taking advantage of this beautiful season, is it not a double enjoyment of spirit and body to have a marathon on the bank of the Yellow River? On October 17th, nearly 10,000 long-distance running enthusiasts from all over the country gathered in Binzhou, they formed a colorful dragon, winding along the outline of the city, the charm of Binzhou attracted them, and they also dressed up the city. (Zhou Xia photo) Wang Xueying, who won the women's all-horse championship, is from Yilan County, Heilongjiang, known as "Heilongjiang Yijie", is a well-known runner of the marathon, after the race she did not hesitate to praise Binzhou: "This is my first time to run a marathon on the bank of the Yellow River, the track is very good, the scenery on the Yellow River embankment is too beautiful, it is a pleasant trip, next year I still want to come." Before the game, Wang Xueying was also introduced by a friend to taste a lot of Binzhou cuisine, which she praised. The men's all-Malaysian champion Ba Xianwei is from Shantou, Guangdong Province, and this time he also came here. He said he was so excited by the flat track, beautiful scenery and enthusiastic people of Binzhou that he improved his personal best by a full five minutes. It is worth noting that in addition to elite runners and marathon enthusiasts, the organizers also innovated the form and organized 10 square teams to participate in the mini marathon, namely the enterprise team composed of representatives of entrepreneurs who won the Gold, Silver and Bronze Lion Awards, the champion team composed of well-known athletes from Binzhou, the vanguard team composed of representatives of outstanding communist party members, the pioneer team composed of labor models and advanced workers representatives, and the anti-epidemic team that has made outstanding contributions to the prevention and control of the epidemic. The talent team composed of outstanding talent representatives introduced by the city, as well as the education team, the university team, the sports organization team and the disabled people's federation team. Table tennis world champion Cao Zhen also deliberately trained for a period of time before returning to her hometown to compete, which shows her importance to this activity, "I was shocked when I came to the scene, there were so many people participating, and the atmosphere of mass sports in Binzhou was too good." Cao Zhen said, "As the honorary principal of the Municipal Table Tennis School, I will also devote more energy and time to go home to help Binzhou's table tennis cause rebuild its glory." Zhang Bo, chairman of Weiqiao Pioneering Group, completed his first "half horse" this time, after the end of the 21-kilometer race, Zhang Bo did not see fatigue, he said that this is related to his frequent physical exercise, but there was no systematic training for long-distance running before, which also gave him a new understanding of his physical fitness and physical state. He called on entrepreneurs in the city to regularly participate in fitness activities, constantly challenge new heights in the entrepreneurship of officials, and constantly challenge themselves and overcome themselves physically, so that enterprises can certainly do better and better. Zhang Bo said that Binzhou's mass sports atmosphere is strong, there are sports places everywhere, the urban environment is good, the climate is pleasant, he invited runners from all over the country to come to Binzhou together, everyone exercises together.
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