Shaanxi general Luo Zhilu made history by winning the third place in the Rock Climbing World Cup
2022-06-12 20:07:04Source: Xi’an News Network
In the final of the 2022 IFSC Climbing World Cup fifth stop in Brixen, Italy, on June 12, 16-year-old Luo Zhilu from our province won the bronze medal. This is also the first time that a Chinese athlete has won the award in a single event of the Climbing World Cup. tower.
Rock climbing, known as “rock ballet”, is a project derived from modern mountaineering and is a sport for human beings to challenge their own limits. my country officially introduced rock climbing in 1987, but it has developed slowly for a long time before. In August 2016, rock climbing officially entered the Olympic family and became an event of the Tokyo Olympic Games. In order to benchmark the Olympic Games, the 13th National Games in 2017 set up a rock climbing event in the mass group competition. In the 14th National Games last year, rock climbing became a competitive event for the first time. In the 14th National Games, our province’s players performed well. Luo Zhilu won gold in the women’s all-around event under the age of 16. Xiang Hongchun and Yang Xuebian also won the senior women’s all-around event and the senior men’s speed event respectively. silver medal.
As a star of hope in domestic rock climbing, Luo Zhilu is not only a key player in the Hangzhou Asian Games, but also a key training target for the Paris Olympics. In the fifth round of the Rock Climbing World Cup, Luo Zhilu qualified for the semi-finals with a tie for third in the preliminaries, and in the semi-finals on the 11th, he entered the final with a total ranking of fourth. In the final final, Luo Zhilu continued to play well and finally won a precious bronze medal.
Text/Xi’an Newspaper All Media Chief Reporter Yan Bintu/File photo