Chinanews client, Beijing, September 15th. On the evening of the 15th, the 14th National Games officially opened in Xi'an, Shaanxi.
There are a total of 35 competitive sports events and 19 mass sports events in the competitions of the current National Games, the highest ever.
Rock climbing, surfing, skateboarding, breakdancing and other emerging projects have also joined the National Games arena, injecting new vitality.
From 1959 to 2021, the National Games has gone through 62 years. This is the first time it has been held in the central and western regions of China.
Due to the postponement of the Tokyo Olympics due to the epidemic, the two competitions were also held for the first time in the same year.
On the evening of September 15, the 14th National Games officially kicked off. The opening ceremony will be held at the Olympic Sports Center in Xi’an, the ancient capital of the millennium.
Photo by China News Agency reporter An Yuan
At the opening ceremony, the national flag phalanx was the first to enter the venue with "Singing for the Motherland".
The phalanx of the delegations also entered the stadium one by one, many of them including Quan Hongchan, Wang Shun, Cao Yuan, Shi Tingmao, Gong Lijiao and other Tokyo Olympic champions.
National flag phalanx for admission.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Sheng Jiapeng
In the next 12 days, 50 Tokyo Olympic champions will join hands with more than 12,000 athletes from 37 delegations across the country to fight bravely on the stage that witnesses the development of China's sports at the National Games, showing the demeanor of Chinese athletes.
On the evening of September 15, the 14th National Games officially kicked off. The opening ceremony will be held at the Olympic Sports Center in Xi’an, the ancient capital of the millennium.
The picture shows Gong Lijiao entering the stadium as the flag bearer of the Hebei Provincial delegation.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Hou Yu
The final appearance of the admission ceremony was the sports delegation of the host Shaanxi Province. Shaanxi is one of the important birthplaces of the Chinese nation and Chinese civilization, and it is a red hot land.
In the current National Games, Shaanxi sent a total of 741 athletes to participate in the competition. They will fully demonstrate the "twisting strength" of the old Qin people.
live performance.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Hou Yu
Accompanied by the fourteenth National Games anthem "Departing from the Future", the opening ceremony entered the cultural and sports exhibition.
From the long-standing Zhou Dynasty ritual and music, the innovative and powerful Qin people's reforms, the openness of the Han Dynasty with frequent tales, the flourishing Changan of Tang Dynasty...
Profoundly showing the ever-growing Chinese civilization and the roots of the nation, the sound of Qinqiang roars the cultural confidence of the new era.
The picture shows the lighting of the main torch of the 14th National Games.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Hou Yu
In the eyes of everyone, the opening ceremony of the National Games entered the final torch relay.
Su Bingtian, Zhang Yufei, Qin Kai, Guo Wenjun, and Ma Long, under the passing of five Olympic athletes, the torch came to the hands of the "post-00" female rifle athlete Yang Qian.
The picture shows the lighting of the main torch of the 14th National Games.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Hou Yu
On July 24, Yang Qian set an Olympic record in shooting women's 10m air rifle and won the first gold in the Tokyo Olympics.
Two days later, Yang Qian cooperated with his teammates to win another gold medal for shooting a 10-meter air rifle mixed team, becoming the first athlete of the Chinese shooting team to win two gold medals in the same Olympics since the establishment of the team.
In the opening ceremony of the National Games, she lit the main torch with common hopes and dreams!
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