(Shaanxi National Games) Summary: High heat, high level, high starting point, and set a new benchmark for the 14th National Games
China News Service, Xi’an, September 27 (Reporter Wang Zumin) The 14th National Games came to an end in Xi’an on the 27th. This is the first National Games held in the same year as the Olympic Games. With high enthusiasm, high level and high starting point, It has set a new benchmark for China's largest competitive sports event.
On the evening of September 23, the women's 200m butterfly final of the 14th National Games swimming event was held in Xi'an. The Tokyo Olympic gold medalist and Jiangsu athlete Zhang Yufei won the championship in 2:05.84.
Photo by China News Agency reporter An Yuan
High heat: Olympic stars shine in the National Games
At the Tokyo Olympics, the Chinese delegation won 38 gold medals, tying the best results in overseas Olympics.
The gathering of all 50 Olympic gold medalists and the participation of the vast majority of Tokyo Olympic athletes have become the biggest attraction of this National Games.
These honoured Olympic stars have lived up to expectations, and most of them have maintained a good condition and a high level of competition, becoming the new overlords or defending champions of the National Games.
For example, in diving competitions, eight Tokyo Olympic champions have won gold medals; in the most explosive National Games shooting venue in the past, Tokyo Olympic champions became the biggest winners; Tokyo Olympic champions in weightlifting and swimming all won the National Games Will gold medal (weightlifting champion Lu Xiaojun temporarily retired due to injury)...
These celebrities will not only bring more topics and more heat to this National Games, but also enhance the level and influence of the National Games in all directions, and become the promoters of their respective projects and the promoters of the sport. .
On September 26, the women's doubles final of the 14th National Games of the National Games was held in Yan'an. Heilongjiang team Wang Manyu (right)/Che Xiaoxi (middle) defeated Liaoning team Wang Yidi/Chen Xingtong 4-0 to win the championship.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Wang Gang
High level: multi-sports show "the strongest on the surface" event
The National Games is a comprehensive display of China's competitive sports.
As China's sports become more and more prosperous, the level of the National Games has also risen, and this year's National Games has been even higher.
According to official information, there are 9 people and 1 team in this National Games that have exceeded 12 world records. Track and field and swimming have each set an Asian record, and 23 national records have been lost.
Nearly 60 small events performed better than the previous session, and nearly 20 small events performed better than the Tokyo Olympics.
The "strongest on the surface" events presented by some advantageous projects have become a topic of interest among the audience.
In the women’s weightlifting arena, 6 of the 7 levels of champions surpassed the Tokyo Olympic gold medal winners, and one was the same; in table tennis and diving competitions, multiple Olympic champions and world champions compete for a gold medal are not uncommon; in shooting, badminton, In some small events such as gymnastics, it also showed competition at the world level... "The National Games is too difficult", "The national games are harder than the Olympics" and other exclamations have become the catchphrases of some famous athletes and Olympic champions.
In addition, the breakthrough projects of the Tokyo Olympics have maintained a relatively high level, and some projects have made new breakthroughs.
For example, the women's 4x100m relay final was held in the rain, and the Olympic team still ran 42.72 seconds, which is only 0.01 second away from the Olympic best result of sixth place in Tokyo.
In the men's 200-meter butterfly, none of the Chinese team reached the Tokyo Olympic A mark.
However, in the current National Games, the 17-year-old Guangdong teenager Chen Juner won the championship with 1:54.61, and his score can be placed in the top five in the Tokyo Olympics.
On September 17, the women's 10m air rifle final of the 14th National Games was held in Xi'an.
Zhejiang teenager Wang Zhilin "one black to the end" won the championship with a score of 253.3.
Hubei contestant Zhang Tianqi won the runner-up, and the Tokyo Olympics women's 10-meter air rifle champion Yang Qian won the third runner-up.
The picture shows Wang Zhilin (middle), Zhang Tianqi (left) and Yang Qian (right) taking a group photo after the match.
China News Agency reporter Zhang Yuanshe
High starting point: the strong rise of the new generation
If the 38 gold medals in the Tokyo Olympics highlight the height of China's competitive sports, then the National Games will show more of the thickness of China's competitive sports talent pool.
Like all previous National Games, the current National Games is also a stage for newcomers, and the "post-00" has become the main force in major stadiums.
In diving, gymnastics, swimming and other sports, the number of "post-00s" has an overwhelming advantage.
So much so that the 25-year-old "Preliminary Girl" and Rio Olympic 100-meter backstroke bronze medalist Fu Yuanhui lamented that she was "too old."
What is even more gratifying is that these mainstream young players are the protagonists of many events.
The 18-year-old swimmer Tang Muhan won 3 golds and 2 silvers and became the first new record-maker in this swimming competition; the 17-year-old Zhejiang teenager Wang Zhilin stood out in the women's 10-meter air rifle competition where masters gathered; 14-year-old Olympics Champion Quan Hongchan once again conquered the audience and referees with perfect performance and won the first National Games gold medal...
The outstanding performance and achievements of these new generations show the virtuous circle of the construction of the Chinese sports talent echelon, and also make this National Games a higher starting point for China's competitive sports to face the future.
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