Ma Bo, secretary of the Leshan Municipal Party Committee, and Chen Guanghao, deputy secretary of the Municipal Party Committee and acting mayor, met with representatives of outstanding athletes and coaches from Leshan City who participated in the 14th National Games

On the morning of October 13, Ma Bo, secretary of the Leshan Municipal Party Committee, and Chen Guanghao, deputy secretary of the Municipal Party Committee and acting mayor, met with the outstanding athletes and coaches representatives of Leshan City who participated in the 14th National Games, welcomed them back with honors, and discussed and exchanged with everyone to relive the style of the field, promote the spirit of sportsmanship, and gather development forces.

Lai Shufang, secretary of the party leading group and director of the Standing Committee of the Municipal People's Congress, Yi Fan, chairman of the Municipal Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, Jiang Gang, deputy secretary of the Municipal Party Committee, and Huang Pinglin, secretary of the party group of the Municipal Committee of the Chinese People

At the 14th National Games, 32 Leshan athletes represented Sichuan in the competition, winning 4 gold medals, 3 silver medals and 8 bronze medals, which is the best result achieved by Leshan athletes in the National Games in recent years, and is highly praised by the Sichuan sports delegation. At the same time, the outstanding coaches represented by Chen Xia and Yu Bo have been quietly working in the front line of physical education for a long time, and have sent a large number of outstanding competitive sports talents to the national team and the provincial team, contributing to the vigorous development of sports in Leshan.

Ma Bo and Chen Guanghao shook hands and talked cordially with outstanding athletes and coach representatives one by one, expressed warm congratulations to them on their excellent achievements on behalf of the municipal party committee and the municipal government, expressed sincere condolences to all the participating athletes, coaches and staff in Leshan City, expressed heartfelt thanks to the comrades who were fighting on the sports front, and expressed the cordial condolences of the municipal party committee and the municipal government to Long Dongmei, Chen Fang and other 2 outstanding athletes who did not come to the scene because they participated in the national team training. Ma Bo pointed out that sports is not only for the sake of fitness and strengthening the body, but also a spirit, a will, a value, the exercise is the physique, the tempering is the state of mind, the tempering is the character, and the experience is life. The athletes dared to challenge, worked tenaciously and worked hard in the National Games, and achieved good results. The coaches have selflessly dedicated themselves and worked silently behind the scenes, making positive contributions to the development of the city's sports industry. We deeply feel the lofty feelings of everyone to win glory for Sichuan and add color to Leshan, the spiritual strength of striving to forge ahead and striving to be the first, and the full motivation of loving and dedicating to work and pioneering and innovating. "Everybody worked hard! You have won the glory of Sichuan and added color to Leshan, which is good and very remarkable! ”

Ma Bo pointed out that in recent years, the municipal party committee and the municipal government have deeply studied and implemented the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important expositions and important instructions on sports work, conscientiously implemented the decision-making and deployment of the provincial party committee and the provincial government, insisted on placing the development of sports in an important position, and coordinated the development of mass sports, competitive sports and sports industries, with obvious results and gratifying results. Leshan City will host major events such as the 14th Provincial Games, and athletes will also represent Leshan, Sichuan and the country in various competitions. It is hoped that Leshan athletes will cherish their honor, continue to work hard, be excellent examples with competition, morality, culture, feelings and spirit, vigorously carry forward the Olympic spirit of "faster, higher, stronger - more united" and the fighting spirit of Chinese athletes "how many beats in life", cut through thorns and challenge themselves on the field, work hard, and achieve better results. It is hoped that Leshan coaches will continue to actively explore and cultivate more outstanding competitive sports talents in their respective fields.

Ma Bo stressed that the whole city should bear in mind the instructions and expectations of General Secretary Xi Jinping, attach great importance to the development of the city's sports industry, carefully prepare for the provincial games, actively create a strong atmosphere of practicing ten loves and strengthening the body, and promote the coordinated development of mass sports, competitive sports and sports industries. The Municipal Sports Bureau and other relevant departments (units) should genuinely care for athletes, coaches and sports workers, and create conditions for the rapid development of sports. The vast number of young people in the city should learn from outstanding athletes, enhance their physique, cheerful spirit, exercise will, shape their character, pursue excellence in their respective posts, and write a chapter of youth in the journey of struggle.

The outstanding athletes and coaches who attended the meeting said that they would further carry forward the Chinese sports spirit, devote themselves to various training and competitions with a more exalted spirit, strive to achieve new achievements and make new contributions, and strive to make greater contributions to promoting the high-quality development of Leshan's sports cause and building a strong sports city.

Everyone watched the theme propaganda film of Leshan Outstanding Players competing in the 14th National Games. Ma Bo, Chen Guanghao and other municipal leaders presented honorary certificates and trophies to outstanding athletes as "Leshan City Upward Good Youth" and "Leshan March 8th Red Banner Bearer". Outstanding athletes representatives Yang Lei and Peng Yang, and outstanding coach representative Chen Xia made exchange speeches, telling their respective growth experiences, expressing their confidence and determination to cherish honors, continue to work hard, and continue to add glory to leshan and Sichuan sports.