Rookie
A 15-year-old junior student won the first gold in the National Games for Xiamen
Huang Qibin wins the gold medal for men’s hydrofoil kite board at the National Games
Huang Qibin won the men’s hydrofoil kite board gold medal with an absolute advantage of 4 points ahead of second place.
Xiamen Daily News (text/photo reporter Lu Pengyu) All 9 gold medals of the 14th National Games Sailing Competition (Weifang Division) were released yesterday. Huang Qibin, a 15-year-old junior student from Xiamen Siming District Xiehe Bilingual School, leads the second place An absolute advantage of 4 points won the men’s hydrofoil kite board gold medal. This is the first gold medal won by a Xiamen player in the current National Games and the fourth gold medal for a Fujian player. Coincidentally, the first gold of Xiamen’s last National Games also came from water sports. The hydrofoil kite board is included in the National Games for the first time and will become an official event for the Paris Olympic Games for the first time in 2024.
More than 8 years old touched the kite board
Win the National Games
Huang Wensheng is the father of Huang Qibin. As an amateur player of hydrofoil kite board, he is the leader of his son’s entry into this project. He has served as his son’s coach for a long time. Last night, Huang Wensheng told our reporter that Huang Qibin had won each other’s opponents in domestic competitions, but after a year of professional training, he has fully established his advantage at the National Games. “This game is a complete victory.”
When Huang Qibin was over 8 years old, under the leadership of his father, he began to learn kiteboarding. With his talents in this project, Huang Wensheng took him to Hua Hin, Thailand, where he studied while training.
At the Zhuhai Station of the 2018 Asian Kiteboard Championships, Huang Qibin began to make his mark and won the 4th place in the men’s hydrofoil board. In 2019, he won the Beihai Station Championship of the National Kiteboard Championship and the runner-up of the Asian Kiteboard Championship. This year, Huang Qibin won three gold medals in the National Kiteboard Championships, namely the men’s individual track championship, the men’s and women’s mixed relay race championship and the men’s and women’s mixed long distance championship, and then made a strong entry into the National Games finals.
Will participate in the World Championships
Go straight to the Olympics
On December 8, 2020, the International Olympic Committee included the hydrofoil kite board in the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, and the General Administration of Sport of the People’s Republic of China immediately included the item in the 14th National Games. This is a huge opportunity for Huang Qibin. Huang Wensheng also bluntly said that Huang Qibin’s goal is the Olympic Games in three years.
A month later, Huang Qibin and Chen Jingle, a Fujian player who lost 1 point yesterday and won the runner-up runner-up of the women’s hydrofoil kite board in the National Games, will represent China in the hydrofoil kite board world championship held in Italy. This is the first time for a Chinese player. Participate in the World Championships of the project.
It is reported that the hydrofoil kite board national team will be established after the World Championships. Huang Qibin will receive a higher level of training. He will continue to temper himself through the competition in the Hangzhou Asian Games next year. Huang Wensheng said that “Huang Qibin is in a rising period and hopes to qualify for the Olympic Games as he wishes, win glory for the country, and win honor for Xiamen.”