Xinhua News Agency, Xi’an, September 27th Question: Echoes of History, Healthy Footsteps-“China’s Answers” for Building a Powerful Sports Country
Xinhua News Agency reporters Sun Bo, He Zhanjun, Wang Yong, Yao Youming
On September 21st, at the Mid-Autumn Festival on the bright moon night, at the Xi’an Olympic Sports Center, Su Bingtian, known as the “top traffic” of the 14th National Games, opened the “ten seconds mark” for the tenth time and created the National Games in 9 seconds 95 The record result of the match won the first individual gold medal in the men’s 100m at the National Games.
“I want to tell everyone through my own training that I can still run faster if I am over 30. I want to tell young people that even if they are 25 years old, there are still two Olympic Games time left for them to work hard and not be let alone by the predecessors. Some words passed down limit oneself!” Su Bingtian said.
Behind the success of Su Bingtian, it originated from the great motherland who is striving to build a sports power. Scientific training, rigorous self-discipline and high-quality stadium facilities have fulfilled his sports dream.
The dream is realized not only by athletes, but also by Shaanxi, a province in the western region that hosted the National Games for the first time. To build a moderately prosperous society on the land of China, more people will not only have the opportunity to see the Olympic champions at their doorsteps, but also have the opportunity to experience the ever-increasing equalization of public sports services, which will contribute to the establishment of a “healthy China” by 2035.
Standing at the historical intersection of the “two centuries”, the Shaanxi National Games is an epoch-making sports event. On the road to embarking on a new journey of building a modern socialist country in an all-round way, a “China answer sheet” of building a healthy China and a sports power is slowly unfolding.
On September 21, Guangdong team player Su Bingtian (fourth from right) won the championship with a time of 9.95 seconds in the men’s 100 meters final at the National Games.Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Wang Xi
Struggle with me
After returning from Japan, Liu Lingling, the silver medalist in the women’s trampoline at the Tokyo Olympics, suffered a recurrence of her old hip injury. From the release of isolation to Xi’an to participate in the competition, Liu Lingling received treatment for too short a time, and the treatment effect was not good.
At the critical moment, the “trampoline goddess” endured the pain and insisted on playing for the National Games after two shots were closed. After playing all three games in three days, Liu Lingling repaid her efforts with a bronze medal in women’s individual events.
In the track and field, after the women’s pole vaulter Li Ling won the championship with 4.70 meters, despite exhaustion, she still decided to raise the crossbar height to 4.75 meters, and launched an impact on the 4.72 meters she set in 2019 in Asia.
After two failed challenges, Li Ling and the coach discussed briefly to replenish water, lay on her side on the ground, and started a short rest mode. At this time, the track event on the venue has ended. When the audience saw Li Ling starting to meditate like Isinbayeva did, they calmed down. The huge Xi’an Olympic Sports Center Stadium fell into silence.
Although, in the end, Li Ling’s third attempt ended in failure, but what she reaped was the endless applause from the audience. People are willing to dedicate cheer to champions, but they are more willing to dedicate it to brave people who dare to fight and challenge themselves.
The fighting style is not only exclusive to the veterans. In the men’s basketball U19 arena for the bronze medal, the lads of the Jiangsu team were 26 points behind in the half and staged a reversal in the second half and finally defeated Shandong 83:81. Team, stand on the podium.
This is the exterior scene of the Xi’an Olympic Sports Center Stadium taken on September 15.Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Wu Gang
“The loss in the semi-finals really affected us a lot. During the intermission, the coach asked us to calm our minds, do ourselves well, and perform at our level.” The audience scored 28 points and grabbed 11 rebounds. Zhang Chen Zhifeng, a Jiangsu team player, had perseverance in his eyes after the game. After a big game, people saw that the younger generation of Chinese basketball had completed the tempering of their physical and psychological limits. Everyone’s good expectations for the future of this project are slowly spreading out from here.
All the people move forward with one heart. Not only professional athletes, but ordinary people can also show their fitness achievements on the stage of the National Games. There are 19 major events and 185 minor events in the mass events of the National Games. Among the 1,423 athletes who came to Shaanxi to participate in mass events, many of them were able to eat and live in the well-equipped athletes’ village like athletes in competitive events.
It’s not just the “Star’s National Games”, it’s also the “You and Me National Games.” Today, when sports is recognized as a means of education and incentives, more and more people have the consensus: To build a sports power and a healthy China by 2035, the mission is on your shoulders, and I am struggling, and no one will fail this. Great times.
On September 5th, Liu Lingling of the Fujian team competed in the women’s trampoline finals at the National Games.Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Xu Yanan
Western power
Shaanxi, which witnessed the supreme beauty of Chinese civilization in the Zhou, Qin, Han and Tang Dynasties, and Shaanxi, which witnessed the red sports industry on the Loess Plateau and helped the Chinese revolution, failed twice in its bid to host the National Games after entering the 21st century.
The level of economic and social development is relatively backward, Xi’an’s urban traffic is congested, stadium infrastructure is insufficient, subway project budget estimates are inaccurate, and there is room for improvement in the development of national fitness activities… Each of the unfavorable factors are superimposed, so that Shaanxi Province is in the middle. The eastern provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) have completely fallen behind in the contest for the right to host the National Games.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at the core has been concerned about Shaanxi Province’s poverty alleviation and prosperity and accelerated development. On the eve of the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China, in the critical period of poverty alleviation, Yan’an, the revolutionary mecca, declared farewell to absolute poverty to the world. This was described in Edgar Snow’s writing as “the poorest area I have seen in China.” One”, 2.26 million people in the old district are moving towards a new life of a well-off society in an all-round way.
On September 22, Zhejiang team player Li Ling in the women’s pole vault finals of the National Games.Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Song Yanhua
During the “Thirteenth Five-Year Plan” period, Shaanxi Province closely followed up with the goal of surpassing its goals and the “five solid” requirements, and steadily promoted sustained and healthy economic development. According to statistics, in 2016, Shaanxi’s GDP was 1,916.535 billion yuan, and in 2020, this figure increased to 2,618,186 million yuan. Even in the face of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, Shaanxi still handed in high-quality and high-scoring answers. The broad masses of cadres and the masses inherit the red gene in the new era, gather new majestic forces, and strive to paint a magnificent picture of the new era.
“Hold a meeting well and invigorate a city.” Xi’an, the capital of Shaanxi Province, seized the opportunity of the main venue of the 14th National Games to accelerate the construction of the national central city and rejuvenate the ancient capital of the millennium: the total operating mileage of subways reached 259 kilometers, 17 expressways and 11 large interchanges were built. Renovate and upgrade 599 back streets and alleys, and the newly built “three rivers and one mountain” ecological greenway and “happy forest belt” have become a good place for citizens to relax and entertain.
The 53 sports venues built or renovated to host the 14th National Games are distributed throughout Shaanxi Province, many of which have become new landmarks in the cities where they are located.
This is the “One Field and Two Pavilions” of Xi’an Olympic Sports Center (UAV photo) taken on June 30, 2020.Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Shao Rui
In order to ensure that the Fourteenth National Games will be held successfully, some middle schools and universities in Shaanxi Province have undertaken part of the task of hosting the games. When Xi’an Middle School was preparing to host the 14th National Games, teachers were selected to participate in the competition. “Many teachers normally teach in the teaching area in the morning, and work in the competition venues in the afternoon and evening, and often work overtime until midnight,” said Xue Dangpeng, the vice principal of Xi’an Middle School.
As a comprehensive university with 119 years of history and cultural accumulation, Northwestern University takes “high professional level, high efficiency guarantee, and high quality service” as its working standards, and it does a good job in competition organization, epidemic prevention and control, Media broadcasting, volunteer services, etc., have established a highly efficient, smoothly coordinated, standardized and standardized work system, and successfully completed the guarantee work for trampoline and rhythmic gymnastics. The gymnasium on the Chang’an campus of Northwest University has also been called the “best competition area” for the National Games by many media people.
On September 23, in the men’s under-19 men’s five-a-side basketball bronze medal match at the National Games, Jiangsu team coach Tang Lun (second from right) celebrated with the players after the match.Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Sun Fanyue
Dream of being strong
On the evening of the 25th, the scene of naturalized athlete Zheng Ninali and her grandfather, Duan Qiyan, the champion of the men’s high jump at the first National Games, were moving on the podium of the women’s heptathlon at the 14th National Games.
“Our country’s full support and guarantee for athletes is totally unimaginable abroad. I have made great progress this season when I returned to my country to train. I hope to win the Asian Games next year and win glory for China!” Zheng Nina said.
If sports are strong, China will be strong, and national sports will flourish. From the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China clearly stated the goal of “widely launching nationwide fitness activities and accelerating the construction of a strong sports nation”, to the “14th Five-Year Plan” and the 2035 long-term goal outline clearly stated that by 2035, “building a sports power”, sports have already Become a landmark cause of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
This is an aerial view of Xi’an Fenghe Liangjiatan Sports Park, which looks like two leaf green lungs (photo taken on May 25th, drone photo).Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Shao Rui
Since the Beijing Asian Games in 1990, in just over 30 years, my country has successively hosted top world and intercontinental competitions in Beijing, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Nanjing and other places. . After the 2008 Beijing Olympics became an unparalleled event in the history of the Olympics, the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, which will be held more than 100 days later, will make Beijing the first in the world to host both the Summer Olympics and the Winter Olympics. Double Olympic City. Beijing, a thousand-year-old capital, is full of vitality. Other cities hosting comprehensive sports games are also developing fast and healthy.
The next National Games will be jointly hosted by Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau. The Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Carrie Lam said that being able to co-host the 15th National Games with Guangdong and Macau is a major measure to boost the development of Hong Kong sports following Hong Kong’s historic success in the Tokyo Olympics.
Many people in the industry believe that the entry of the National Games into Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau will not only help the Greater Bay Area to continue its development in open innovation, but also help the Games themselves to keep pace with the times.
The award ceremony for the women’s 500-meter straight track of the Dragon Boat event of the National Games mass competition was filmed on September 22. Issued by Xinhua News Agency (Photo by Su Qiao)
The National Games witnessed the historical transformation of New China from being poor and white to building a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way. The first National Games held in 1959 responded to the call of the times of “developing sports and enhancing the people’s physique”.
With the continuous deepening of reform and opening up and the tremendous progress made in my country’s social and economic development, from the “sick man in East Asia” a hundred years ago to today’s sports power, in 2021, the historical moment of building a well-off society in China has been given a brand new one. The connotation and extension of sports are once again condensed into a kind of positive energy that shakes the earth and inspires the Chinese people to continue to advance on the journey of realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
Although the development of sports in our country is changing with each passing day, there is still a gap between the achievements and the people’s expectations for a better life. From the perspective of national fitness only, resolving the contradiction between the supply of sports services and the increasing individual and diversified needs of the people, and reducing the imbalance and insufficient development of national fitness infrastructure between different regions is the next step. The direction is located.
On September 25, Shanxi team player Zheng Ninali (left) and grandfather and coach Duan Qiyan at the National Games Women’s Heptathlon Award Ceremony.Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Peng Ziyang
The Fifth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China has sounded the marching horn of “Building a Sports Power” and “Healthy China”. The Fourteenth National Games worked hard to overcome the adverse effects of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, and held the games in a simple, safe and wonderful way, which strengthened the confidence and energy of the Chinese people to answer the new question of “Sports Power” and “Healthy China” on the new historical coordinates.
The mission is on our shoulders, and I am struggling. To build a powerful modern socialist country in an all-round way, we need to be strong in all aspects, and Chinese sports will definitely be strong, and will gradually get better in the “best times”.
This is the flag handover ceremony of the People’s Republic of China at the closing ceremony of the 14th National Games taken on September 27.Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Song Yanhua
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