Wang Qin (front) will compete in the Tokyo Olympics to compete in the men's 50 km race walk.
The highly anticipated 14th National Games will open on September 15 in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province. The competition items of this National Games are divided into competitive sports and mass sports. Among them, there are 35 major events and 409 small sports in competitive sports. From July until the opening ceremony of the 14th Games, more than one-third of the competitive sports such as swimming and gymnastics will be launched. At present, the preliminary rounds (qualification rounds) of the 14th Games are nearing the end, and 689 professional athletes in our province have entered the final stage of the 14th Games, exceeding the number of people who have entered the National Games in previous sessions, which has greatly boosted the confidence of the Shaanxi delegation in the decisive battle of the 14th Games.
Shaanxi provincial shot put player Feng Jie in the game.
Elite out The number of participants reached a record high
Since the middle of March this year, the qualification tournaments of various sports of the 14th Games have been held successively throughout the country, and the sports teams in our province have done their best to strive for more athletes to participate in the finals at their doorstep.
53 people from the Provincial Swimming Sports Management Center qualified for the finals, including 30 in diving and 23 in swimming; 28 from the Provincial Shooting and Archery Management Center; 11 from the Provincial Social Sports Development Center, including 7 in the rock climbing project and 4 skateboarders... Good news has come back from all over the country, and the number of players in our province who have qualified for the final is constantly breaking records.
As of June 27, 689 people in our province have won the final tickets for 30 major events and 235 minor events, setting a record for the number of athletes in our province to compete in the National Games. After the qualification rounds for golf, triathlon, sailing, breakdancing and other events, more than 700 athletes in our province are expected to participate in the finals of the 14th Games.
Looking back at the Tianjin National Games four years ago, 301 athletes in Shaanxi qualified for the final in 20 major events. Today, these 689 admission tickets have witnessed the fighting spirit of coaches and athletes who have sweated for the dream of the National Games and challenged the limits for 4 years, witnessed the steadfast progress and silent efforts of Shaanxi sports workers in the past 4 years, and also witnessed the great attention and strong support of the provincial party committee and the provincial government to the development of Shaanxi's sports industry.
In this regard, Zou Jun, deputy director of the Shaanxi Provincial Sports Bureau, concluded: "At this National Games, our province has gone up a level compared with the 13th Games in terms of the number of people entering the finals and participating in major events. Next, we will further do a good job in connecting the Olympic Games and the National Games, comprehensively summarize the preliminary results of the Fourteenth Games, analyze the situation and current situation, focus on key projects and key athletes, strengthen preparation measures, strictly abide by the discipline of the game and anti-doping red line, and strive to achieve excellent results at the National Games held at the doorstep, and contribute the greatest strength to the holding of a wonderful and successful sports event. ”
Our province's classical wrestler Peng Fei (rear) in training.
With the old with the new, the traditional advantages of the project have been significantly improved
Judging from the traditional advantages of diving, shooting, martial arts, wrestling and other traditional advantages of our province, the number of people entering the finals has increased to varying degrees. Diving entered the final 30 people, an increase of 25% over the previous year's 24 people; shooting events entered the final 19 people, an increase of 18% over the previous year's 16 people; martial arts projects entered the final with a total of 19 people, a significant increase from the previous year's 7 people; judo sports 13 people participated, only 5 people entered the final, this year's National Games 31 people participated, 14 people entered the final, nearly half of the number of preliminary rounds qualified for the final.
The traditional advantage projects in our province have been significantly improved, and they are inseparable from the help of veterans. In the team that is about to compete in the final of the National Games in Shaanxi, there is a group of veteran athletes who have been training for many years and never give up, and they have played the role of "fixing the needle of the sea god" in the team. In training, this group of veterans led by example, setting an example for young players and inspiring young players to dare to attack the championship.
Although the 23-year-old Si Yajie is young, he is also one of the older players in the domestic diving event. Despite the many accolades she has achieved, she is not satisfied, because she still wants to win the gold medal at the Fourteenth Games on her doorstep.
The 30-year-old Yang Shunhong won the gold medal in the men's taijiquan taijiquan all-around event in the just-concluded 14th Games Martial Arts Taolu Qualification Competition, which also announced his determination to overcome his injury and return strongly and stand on the highest podium of the National Games.
The men's 75 kg 12th Games champion and the 13th Games silver medal had to advocate Kun's fourth conquest of the National Games ring, he wanted to fight again for the Shaanxi Sanda team that cultivated himself, and also to make up for the regrets of the 13th Games.
Guo Wenjun, a 37-year-old veteran and two-time Olympic champion, resolutely picked up the "old gun" and joined the training team, like a banner inspiring the young athletes of the provincial shooting team.
Provincial shooting team athletes are preparing for training.
Sword to Tokyo Double-front preparation double expectations
According to the relevant policies of the national team, athletes who qualify for the Tokyo Olympic Games can directly qualify for the final of the 14th Games of the event. At present, 7 athletes in our province have won tickets to the Tokyo Olympic Games, surpassing the number of participants in the last Rio Olympic Games. They are Gu Hong in women's boxing, Wang Qin in men's race walking, Wang Zheng in women's chain ball, Yaoqing in men's triple jump, Wang Qian in women's shooting, Peng Fei in men's classical wrestling and Zhang Quan in men's rowing. In addition, athletes from some sports in our province are expected to be shortlisted for the Tokyo Olympic Games.
In the early morning of March 12, 2020, in the women's 64-69 kg final of the Asia Pacific Boxing Qualification Tournament for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games in Amman, Jordan, Gu Hong, an athlete from our province, was not afraid of a strong hand and fought tenaciously when facing Chen Nianqin, the no. 1 seed of the tournament, and finally won the championship and successfully won the ticket to the Tokyo Olympic Games of the project. At the same time, she is also the first athlete in Shaanxi to qualify for the Tokyo Olympic Games, making a good start for the preparation of the provincial sports team for the Olympic Games and the National Games.
On March 21 this year, in the 2021 National Race Walking Championships and Olympic Trials held in Huangshan, Anhui Province, Wang Qin won the runner-up of the men's 50 km race walking competition with a time of 3:47 minutes and 35 seconds, and successfully won the second ticket to the Tokyo Olympic Games in our province.
On March 29, in the final team selection competition of the National Rifle Pistol Shooting Team Tokyo Olympic Games held in Guangzhou, Wang Qian played well in the 10-meter air pistol mixed team event, winning the third ticket to the Tokyo Olympic Games for our province.
On April 9, peng Fei defeated Iranian athletes in the 87 kg half of the men's classical wrestling competition at the Asian Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament and Asian Championships 2021 in Almaty, Kazakhstan, to win the Tokyo Olympic Games. Peng Fei said bluntly after the game: "Strive to win back everything lost at the Rio Olympics." ”
On June 13, the National Athletics Championships and Olympic Trials ended in Shangyu, Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province, with nearly 600 athletes from the national team and 27 provincial, municipal and district teams across the country participating in the competition. As a selection event to participate in the athletics (venue) event of the Tokyo Olympic Games, Wang Zheng, a female chain ball player and holder of the Asian record (77.68 meters) in our province, won the championship with 73.38 meters, and Fang Yaoqing, a triple jumper, played steadily and both qualified for the Tokyo Olympic Games. Wang Zheng said: "I am very happy to step on the Olympic games again, and I will do my best to play my own level, strive to create good results, and strive to win glory for the country and add color to Shaanxi." (Reporter Yukino Intern Qu Linxin)
Source: Shaanxi Daily
Source: Shaanxi Daily