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China News Service, Beijing, March 12th. The reporter learned from the event organizing committee that the 2023 "Green Water and Green Mountains" China Leisure Sports Challenge (Wanning Station) will be held in Wanning City, Hainan Province on March 12.
Nearly 1,000 players from more than 80 cities and more than 100 clubs across the country enjoyed the beautiful natural environment while competing in the First Bay of Shenzhou Peninsula.
It is understood that this event is the first event of the "Green Water and Green Mountains" China Leisure Sports Challenge in 2023, and it is also the second time that Mannings has hosted this event.
Compared with previous years, the competition threshold of this competition is lowered, and the competition is more popular and recreational.
In terms of project settings, this event has two items: sea paddle board and beach run. The sea paddle board is a 4,000-meter row, and the beach run is a 6,000-meter round-trip run.
According to the age and gender of the participants, they are divided into 13 groups for competition, including 9 groups for the two events and 4 groups for the individual event.
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In terms of route design, the two races are played in the order of paddle boarding first and then beach running.
In the 10-kilometer route, the contestants paddled on the clear sea, ran on the fine sandy beach, and passed by the Shenzhou Peninsula Lighthouse, the National Motorboat Southern Training Base, Binhai Square, Binhai Park and other online celebrity check-in points .
It is worth noting that the paddle board event of this competition is held on the sea, which is both a challenge and an opportunity for athletes.
The 4,000-meter sea stroke is difficult. At the same time, it is also a rare opportunity for contestants to discuss and train, and test their sea stroke ability in a competitive state.
Likewise, beach running is a new experience for most runners.
In terms of participating athletes, the contestants in this event include professional athletes from the surfing teams of various provinces, elite players in the national paddle board field, and many paddle board and road running enthusiasts; there are teenagers as young as 9 years old, and Nearly 60 years of senior enthusiasts.
At the scene of the competition, I saw Ye Guitong, the World Championship player, Jiang Yulong, Xu Haoting, Zeng Wenhao and many other national athletes were all present. Nearly a thousand fans fought bravely to be the first, and the scene was lively.
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After fierce competition, the champions of each event were announced one after another.
In the two competitions, Chen Chenghao and Wang Heyu won the men's and women's professional championships; the most competitive men's and women's open championships were won by Peng Jianhui and Fu Wentao respectively; the men's and women's masters championships were won by Wei He and Qin Zhuhua respectively Easy to win; He Bole and Wang Yitian won the male and female youth group championships respectively; Li Siqing and Li Xinggang jointly won the mixed relay championship.
In the individual event, Shi Bijiang and Liu Faping won the men's and women's paddle board championships; Zhang Baihui and Yang Junting won the men's and women's beach running championships.
According to reports, in recent years, Wanning City has continuously improved its sports infrastructure and improved its service guarantee capabilities in a targeted manner. Yuewan and Shimeiwan were successfully selected as the first batch of pilot units for national water (maritime) national leisure sports centers, and were also awarded the "National Top Ten Sports Tourism Destinations" in 2022, the first batch of provincial-level global tourism demonstration areas and sports tourism centers in Hainan Province. Gold-letter signs such as tourism demonstration areas have realized the transformation and upgrading from traditional leisure and sightseeing tourism to experience-oriented and skill-based tourism destinations.
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