Breakthrough, Out of Circle, Standardization-China Athletics 2021

　　Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, December 31 -

　　Xinhua News Agency reporters Wu Junkuan, Zhang Yueshan, Wei Hua

　　The coming 2021 will be a year full of rewards and surprises for Chinese track and field.

At the Tokyo Olympics, Chinese track and field athletes won 2 golds, 2 silvers and 1 bronze, and made historic breakthroughs in many events.

A group of track and field athletes represented by Su Bingtian and Gong Lijiao rely on their outstanding sports performance, good overall image, and inspirational struggle stories, and their influence continues to increase, driving the attention of track and field events to continue to rise.

　　Outside the arena, the Chinese Athletics Association has played a "combined punch" to further improve the safety management level of competition activities, and steadily advances on the road to comprehensively improve the comprehensive governance and management capabilities of the industry.

Breakthrough and continue to write the glory of the Olympics

　　In the Tokyo Olympics, although the number of medals won by China's track and field did not exceed the 2 golds, 2 silvers and 2 bronzes in the Rio Olympics, many events have created the best results in history.

Among the five medals, with the exception of veteran Wang Zheng's silver medal for women's hammer throw and Liu Hong's bronze medal for women's 20-kilometer walking, the others are the best records in history.

　　Gong Lijiao set her personal best (PB) twice to win gold in the women's shot put finals. Liu Shiying followed Changhong's opening shot and won the women's javelin gold medal.

Although women's throwing is one of the traditional advantages of Chinese track and field, Chinese athletes have never won an Olympic gold medal before.

　　In the men's triple jump event, Zhu Yaming was surrounded by powerful enemies to win a silver medal with extremely high gold content, and also created the best Olympic ranking of the Chinese team in this event.

　　In addition to the podium, Su Bingtian's 9.83 seconds in the men's 100m semifinals not only greatly refreshed his original Asian record of 9.91 seconds, but also made Su Bingtian the first Chinese to advance to the 100m final in Olympic history.

In the final, Su Bingtian once again broke through the 10-second mark and ranked sixth with 9.98 seconds, leaving a strong mark in the history of the Chinese Olympics.

　　In the men's 4X100m relay race, the Chinese team composed of Tang Xingqiang, Xie Zhenye, Su Bingtian and Wu Zhiqiang ran a national record and finished fourth after the Rio Olympics.

Moreover, after the game, it was revealed that some athletes from the British team who won the silver medal were suspected of doping violations. If the Chinese team can make up the bronze medal, it will be another historic breakthrough.

Out of the circle, convey the power of chasing dreams

　　At the closing ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics, Su Bingtian, as the flag bearer of the Chinese delegation, entered the venue holding a five-star red flag.

The last time a Chinese track and field athlete won this honor was Liu Xiang at the closing ceremony of the 2004 Athens Olympics.

Today's Su Bingtian, like Liu Xiang, has accumulated extremely high popularity and has become one of the "top-tier" in the Chinese sports world.

　　Although his popularity is high, Su Bingtian outside the arena is extremely low-key and dedicated.

On the Internet, stories about his self-discipline are widely circulated.

During the quarantine period when Tokyo returned, Su Bingtian's simple fitness video in the room was shocking from intensity to professionalism.

As an associate professor of the School of Physical Education of Jinan University, Su Bingtian is using his own words and deeds to teach the young generation the way of hard work, self-discipline, and diligence, whether on the stage or in class.

　　Gong Lijiao is also the one who continues to pass on the positive energy of chasing dreams.

Her famous saying "Nothing is more worth persisting than a dream" has long been spread all over the country and spread into the hearts of countless young people.

He walked into the campuses of universities, middle and elementary schools again and again, and communicated sincerely with young people from all over the motherland. Gong Lijiao didn't have too many gorgeous rhetoric, but the simpler his words, the more powerful they would hit the hearts of the people.

　　What is even more commendable is that a group of female athletes, such as Gong Lijiao, who are not too slim, are quietly reshaping people's perception of women's beauty with their vigorous smiles and self-confident images.

The beauty of a girl should not be measured by size. The definition of "beautiful" should be a lot of yuan.

　　Looking back to 2021, China's track and field continues to "out of the circle".

From the "world-earth linkage" between star athletes and space heroes to the inspirational film "Come on Shunzi" based on the long-distance runner Zhang Deshun, Chinese track and field people are constantly working hard to make track and field play more than the gold and silver. Social value.

Standardize, build a firm bottom line of safety

　　In May of this year, the Jingtai Mountain Cross-country Race in Gansu suffered a tragedy of the death of 21 contestants due to extreme weather.

Because this extreme off-road event is named "mountain marathon", the marathon that has been booming in recent years has been affected and impacted.

But the distressing tragedy also sounded the alarm for Chinese track and field to run the race safely.

　　After the tragedy, the China Athletics Association acted quickly to investigate the status quo of industry safety supervision, sort out safety risks, improve the safety supervision system, hit a set of "combined punches", strive to build a safety bottom line, and strive to improve the industry's comprehensive governance and management capabilities .

　　In July, the China Athletics Association held a national track and field event safety supervision work conference, and issued the "Opinions on Further Strengthening the Safety Supervision Service of Track and Field Events", citing a total of 24 important measures in seven aspects, including "further strengthening supervision "Strengthen the pre-match supervision and risk assessment of track and field events", "strict the conditions for running the competition, and strengthen the qualification review and supervision of the contractor, operation, and venue provider".

　　Subsequently, the China Athletics Association issued the "Notice on Further Strengthening the Safety of Road Running Events", held a meeting on the safety and stability of road running events and activities, and issued the "Requirements for Marathon Events on-site Medical Security Staffing" and "Marathon Site Medical Security Facilities and Equipment" "Configuration Requirements" two standards, organized and held online training courses on the topic of "Road Race Medical System Construction and First Aid Management", and launched the second season of "Running Class" series of popular science animation short videos, focusing on the introduction of running safety knowledge, injuries and illnesses. Responding to other aspects.

　　There are thousands of roads, and safety comes first.

Only by building a solid foundation for safety can more people truly enjoy the health and happiness brought by track and field events.