After entering the championship class, you will no longer be a special
person. Beijing Sports University has admitted more than 480 people without examination, all of them are Olympic champions, world champions and coaches coaching the champions.
A few days ago, Beijing Sport University held its 2021 opening ceremony. Its graduate championship class ushered in 28 new students, including Tokyo Olympic weightlifting champion Hou Zhihui, rowing champion Cui Xiaotong, and medal winners such as Yang Jian, Chen Qingchen, and Li Yuehong, as well as five. Diving Olympic gold medalist Chen Ruolin.
Since the Ministry of Education approved Beijing Sport University to recruit some outstanding athletes and coaches nationwide to study for master’s degree in physical education in 2003, the postgraduate championship class of Beijing Sport University (hereinafter referred to as the championship class) has enrolled more than 480 people, all of whom are Olympic champions. , World champions and coaches coaching champion players.
Since 2015, Beijing Sport University has also cooperated with the China Disabled Persons’ Federation to set up a Paralympic Championship class, and exempt outstanding Paralympic athletes to enter Beijing Sport University for undergraduate studies. The championship class model has been further developed.
The original intention of setting up the championship class is to support the faster progress of my country's sports industry, improve the scientific and theoretical level of sports scientific research and the cultural quality of sports teams, and accelerate the training of high-level sports talents. In the past 20 years, many Olympic champions and world champions have been active in active service. Or after retiring, I went to the championship class to study, and then moved from here to different positions.
Cao Weidong, Secretary of the Party Committee and President of Beijing Sport University, once publicly stated that he hopes to use the talent training model for the championship class to drive the entire competitive sports talent training model, so as to explore a special path for the growth of China's competitive sports talents.
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Opening ceremony Xu Haifeng was once the "king"
The graduate champion class of Beijing Sport University was founded in 2003.
In March of that year, the Ministry of Education approved Beijing Sport University to recruit some outstanding athletes and coaches nationwide to study for masters in sports. The championship class soon ushered in the first batch of students of the 2003 class, including the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games men’s 10-meter platform champion Sun Shuwei, there are also short track speed skating world champions such as Li Jiajun and Wang Chunlu.
The 2004 championship class can be described as star-studded. Zhang Yining, Qiao Hong, Chen Zhong, Qian Hong, Xing Huina, Zhan Xugang, Zhang Guozheng and other Olympic champions are all on the list. There are also famous players such as Chen Ying, Li Na and Zhang Xiangxiang who later became Olympic champions. .
In 2005, with the participation of Olympic champions such as Xu Haifeng, Huang Xu, Meng Guanliang, Wang Liping, and Yang Hao, the lineup of the championship class became more and more luxurious.
In November 2005, Beijing Sport University’s graduate champion class held an extraordinary opening ceremony. 54 Olympic champions, world champions and gold coaches from the graduate school made their appearance together, including 14 Olympic champions. These 54 special students used playing cards to form different series.
Zhang Yining got the "Q of spades", Xing Huina was the "J of spades", Zhang Guozheng was the "10 of spades", and the "Xiao Wang" belonged to Zhou Jihong, the then Chinese diving team leader, who was actually a 2001 graduate student at Beijing Sports University. At that time, he was also assigned to the title of the championship class. The winner of the "big king" did not have any suspense, and belonged to China's first Olympic gold medalist Xu Haifeng.
At that time, Xu Haifeng was 48 years old. When talking about the idea of joining the championship class, he bluntly said "learning knowledge", "In the past, we were engaged in training, so we lost a lot of time and didn't have time to study. Now we have a little time to learn more knowledge. We are competing. There is a lot of actual combat experience on the project, but there are a lot of theoretical things, and there is no way to sum up it entirely on one's own actual combat experience."
model
Combination of centralized teaching and online learning
Since the establishment of the championship class, the enrollment target has been very clear. It must be the individual champion and the collective champion in the recent two to three Olympic Games, World Championships and World Cup (the latter two must be consistent with the Olympic events) Athletes (major players in collective events), as individual coaches and coaches of the above-mentioned champion team members, and have a college degree or above recognized by the state.
Athletes and coaches who are interested in enrolling should submit an application in person, and with the approval of their unit, report to the provincial sports bureau and the National Sports General Administration Project Management Center to review their qualifications and teaching qualifications, and provide relevant certificates.
The admission application, relevant certificates and academic certificates must be reported to the Graduate Admissions Office of Beijing Sport University, and those who pass the preliminary examination will go to Beijing Sport University for an interview.
According to the applicant's relevant conditions and interview results, Beijing Sport University proposes a list of candidates to be admitted, which is submitted to the State Sports General Administration for review and then forwarded to the Ministry of Education for approval. The admission list is included in the school's graduate admissions roster for that year.
At first, the championship class will focus on teaching at a fixed time in each semester. More than a dozen courses such as "Athlete Nutrition and Athletic Ability" and "Sports Technical Analysis and Diagnosis" are required courses. The credit system is also adopted, and the graduation thesis is required to graduate.
In recent years, the training model of the championship class has been continuously adjusted and improved. It has adopted a teaching method that combines small class intensive teaching and online learning. The professional and research directions have also been increasing, including physical education, sports training, competition organization, social sports guidance, news and Communication and other majors.
Among them, the sports training major has research directions such as sports training, physical training, athletic ability assessment and training, and sports rehabilitation. The news and communication major includes sports news communication, sports marketing communication, sports audio-visual communication, sports new media and other research directions.
The champion class also encourages and supports students to choose other professional courses for further study based on their own characteristics and development needs.
The champion class adopts the principle of lenient entry and strict exit. "Leniency entry" means that as long as they meet the requirements in sports experience, they can absorb in. "Strong exit" means that there will be no special characters after this group, and they must follow the requirements. To obtain a certain amount of credits, the thesis must also reach the level of a master's degree student.
honor
Tokyo Olympics won 12 golds, 8 silvers and 2 bronzes
At the Tokyo Olympics more than a month ago, the Chinese sports delegation achieved 38 golds, 32 silvers and 18 bronzes. The students and alumni of the championship class of Beijing Sport University won 12 gold medals, 8 silver medals and 2 medals in the Tokyo Olympic Games. Bronze medal, and achieved historic breakthroughs in many projects.
The Tokyo Olympic Games venues include shooting, weightlifting, table tennis, track and field, fencing, swimming, diving, rowing, badminton, kayaking, sailing and other events, including Pang Wei, Lu Xiaojun, Chen Meng, Gong Lijiao, Sun Yiwen Up to 11 students and alumni of the champion class, including Wang Shun, Cao Yuan, Lu Yang, Huang Dongping, Xu Shixiao, and Lu Yunxiu, won 12 gold medals.
In addition, Dong Dong, Xu Li, You Hao, Liu Shiwen, Xu Jiayu, Li Qian, Sun Wenyan, Wang Qianyi, Liu Hong and others also took the podium.
Among them, Pang Wei and Lv Xiaojun are two veterans of the 2009 and 2013 championship classes respectively. Chen Meng and You Hao are students of the 2017 championship class. The two new Olympic champions Gong Lijiao and Sun Yiwen both enrolled in 2018. Wang Shun, Liu Shiwen, Xu Jiayu, and Li Qian are among the 2019 champion class students. Cao Yuan, Lu Yang, Huang Dongping, Xu Shixiao, and Lu Yunxiu all enrolled last year.
On August 20 this year, in order to further consolidate the spiritual strength of all students in the graduate championship class, the “mission is on your shoulders, struggle has me”, the championship class held an online class meeting with the theme of “spreading the Olympic spirit and drawing strength for struggle” and participated in the Tokyo Olympics 24 39 champion class students and other champion class students from each project participated in the meeting.
Chen Meng, the women’s singles and women’s team champion in the Tokyo Olympics, said: “The achievements of Chinese table tennis are the result of the unremitting efforts and struggles of generations of table tennis players. This shows that the spirit of sports needs to be passed on.” She hopes The students of Beijing Sports University can inherit the glorious tradition and do their best to win the honor for the school and the glory for the motherland.
Tokyo Olympics Women's Windsurfing RS: X-level gold medalist Lu Yunxiu said that as a member of the graduate championship class of Beijing Sport University, she is very proud and proud.
The achievement is due to the strong support of the school and the help of many people around him. Lu Yunxiu said, "The experience of participating in the Olympics, leaving behind the most precious wealth is not only the victory in the competition, but more importantly, always inspire oneself to be positive. , Brave and optimistic Olympic spirit."
Expansion
Paralympic champion class teaching "flexible and flexible"
With the approval of the Ministry of Education, Beijing Sport University will enroll the winners of the 2008 Paralympic Games and other related events international competition champions from 2015 and beyond to enter the undergraduate study of sports training.
In November of that year, the opening ceremony of the 2015 Paralympic Championships of Beijing Sport University was held. A total of 12 outstanding disabled athletes from four events including table tennis, swimming, weightlifting and wheelchair tennis were recruited, including 9 male athletes and 3 female athletes. people.
The opening of the Paralympic Championships class and the admission of outstanding Paralympic athletes to Beijing Sport University for undergraduate study is a landmark event in the development of China’s disabled undertakings, especially in the development of disabled sports undertakings. Professional training, explore higher physical education and talent training models for outstanding disabled athletes, and improve the professional cultural education level of outstanding disabled athletes in my country.
The Paralympic Champions Class implements a "flexible and flexible" teaching model, boldly try to break the boundaries between the semester system and the winter and summer vacation system, through learning general cultural courses, sports training professional courses, as well as disabled sports special courses, social practice courses and other courses and Teaching activities, organize students to participate in various social practice and training activities, such as English corner, volunteer service for competitions, visits and exchanges, learning training, etc.
As of last year, more than 60 outstanding disabled athletes have been admitted to the Paralympic Championship Class.
At the Tokyo Paralympic Games just after the end, the Chinese delegation won 96 golds, 60 silvers and 51 bronzes, and the students and graduates of the Paralympic Championships of the Beijing University of Sport University won a total of 32 golds, 11 silvers and 9 bronzes.
Wen Xiaoyan, a student of the 2018 Paralympic Champions Class, performed well in the track and field of the Tokyo Paralympic Games. She won three gold medals in the women’s 100m, 200m and long jump T37 level. She proudly said in an interview, “This Paralympic Games Yes, there are more than 40 people in our class, and everyone is very good. Our class is still called the'championship class'!"
■ Dialogue
Olympic champion Qian Hong
The opportunity to study is rare, and the experience is necessary
In the 1992 Olympics, Qian Hong won the women's 100-meter butterfly championship. He was China's first women's butterfly Olympic champion. He was also the first "butterfly queen" before Zhang Yufei, Jiao Liuyang and Liu Zige.
After retiring, Qian Hong has been engaged in the promotion and popularization of youth swimming training, and also went to the graduate championship class of Beijing Sport University.
Beijing News: Are there many learning opportunities during the athlete period?
How did you think of applying for the championship class after retiring?
Qian Hong: Before retiring, we were training and studying. I was a student of Hebei Institute of Physical Education. After training, a teacher would teach us at the Training Bureau of the State Administration of Sports.
After retiring, the athletes at that time were either coaches, or entrepreneurs, going to the sea and doing business. The chances of going to university were actually very few. So I am very grateful to the leaders of the University of Beijing at that time for giving us the opportunity to study.
Beijing News: Was the application process smooth?
Does the championship class have high academic requirements?
Qian Hong: The application requires a lot of materials and certifications, an interview, and a recommendation from the State Sports General Administration.
My major is sports training. Every semester I have a fixed time for intensive teaching, including English. The requirements are quite high, and the graduation thesis must be passed.
Beijing News: Does the experience of studying in the champion class help you to work in the future?
Qian Hong: I personally think it's a great help, especially after entering that environment, everyone's identities have changed. In the past, the athletes were teammates, but they became classmates and alumni in school.
The purpose at that time was to gain knowledge and effectively combine the professional knowledge accumulated when we were athletes with the knowledge of the school.
Beijing News: More and more athletes realize the importance of learning. What do you want to say to them who are studying?
Qian Hong: Athletes have experienced unknown hardships in their careers, and it is not very difficult to adapt to the campus.
Of course, the hardship that athletes endure on campus is not the same. It is more in terms of brain power. As long as you work hard, I believe everyone can persevere.
Beijing News: After graduating from the championship class, what kind of work do you mainly engage in?
Qian Hong: It is mainly about the promotion and popularization of swimming training, focusing on young people, and will also participate in popularizing professional sports training knowledge. There are also activities organized by the Alumni Association of Beijing Sports University, such as charity summer camps, charity evenings, etc., to encourage more people People participate in sports.
Paralympic champion Gao Fangxia
Compared with the pressure of studying, I feel that I have gained more
Not long ago, Gao Fangxia participated in the Tokyo Paralympic archery competition, as the 2008 Paralympic archery women's team champion, individual runner-up and 2012 Paralympic archery women's team runner-up, this is her third appearance in the Paralympics. Although he failed to stand on the podium again, Gao Fangxia was already very satisfied to have the opportunity to compete when he was about to turn 40.
In the past Paralympic cycle, Gao Fangxia became a student of the 2016 Paralympic Championship Class of Beijing Sport University and graduated successfully last year.
Beijing News: What is the training model of the Paralympic Champions Class?
Was this study experience going well?
Gao Fangxia: The North Sports University and the China Disabled I will go to Beijing University of Physical Education to participate in some campus activities.
Beijing News: For disabled athletes, is the university campus experience very valuable?
Gao Fangxia: Indeed, we will participate in social practice and voluntary activities as students of the Paralympic champion class, which greatly enriches our horizons. We will also communicate and have fun with the students of Beijing University of Sport.
Every time there is an activity, the students are very enthusiastic, because we have athletes in wheelchairs, and many students carry wheelchairs up the stairs. This feeling is really good.
Beijing News: From your personal point of view, is there a lot of academic pressure on the Paralympic Championships?
Gao Fangxia: I was a sports training major at the time. I had an undergraduate course for 4 years. I had an exam every semester and I had to pass the score.
You must also write your graduation thesis and conduct a thesis defense.
My graduation thesis is about archery for the disabled. After a few years of courses, I feel that my perception and cognition of training competitions coincides with what the teacher said.
Compared with pressure, I think I have gained more.
Beijing News: How do you plan for the future?
How will the experience of studying will help you in your life after retirement?
Gao Fangxia: Next, I will go to Shaanxi to participate in the National Games for the Disabled. The future plans need to be considered.
No matter what industry I will work in in the future, whether it is a coach or an entrepreneur, as long as I can apply what I have learned in the championship class and give back to more people, it is a very rare thing for me.
Feature writing/Beijing News reporter Xu Bangyin