Competitive sports “show your family background” (National Games Observation)
On September 24, as the breakdancing event kicked off at the Lishui Extreme Sports Stadium in Nanjing, Jiangsu, all the 35 competitive events of the 14th National Games made their debut. As a new project of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, this is also the first appearance of the breakdancing event at the National Games.
Comparing the competition rules of recent National Games, it is not difficult to find changes. In addition to the new Olympic events such as skateboarding, rock climbing, surfing, and breakdancing entering the National Games family, minor changes such as the increase and decrease of minor events and the adjustment of the age standards of athletes also reflect the organizers’ attempts to leverage the National Games competition. The ingenuity.
As the highest-level comprehensive sports event in the country, the National Games has been acting as the “baton” of competitive sports through its own reforms, and has gradually assumed the role of “booster” for mass sports. From Tokyo to Paris, in the new Olympic cycle, facing the ever-changing situation and realizing the comprehensive and coordinated development of sports, the exploration of the positioning and functions of the National Games cannot stop.
Swimming, track and field, the talent pool is constantly enriched
On the 19th and 20th, the two basic events of swimming and track and field in the 14th National Games started one after another. The outstanding performance of the Chinese Swimming Team and the Chinese Track and Field Team in the Tokyo Olympics has brought more attention to the National Games arena. Famous players such as Su Bingtian and Wang Shun have also lived up to expectations. They continued to provide brilliant performances in the 14th National Games. The former ran into the 10-second mark for the tenth time in his sports career and won the first National Games individual gold medal, while the latter won 6 gold medals. With a total of 15 gold medals, it created a new high in the number of gold medals won by swimmers in the National Games.
“As a post-00 player, Liu Zongyu swims very well in both the 400m and 200m events. I hope he, Tan Haiyang and I can take on more responsibilities for the Chinese men’s medley!” Wang Shun in the pool I have seen the efforts of young players. It is also on the stage of the National Games that generations of young players have come to the fore to the international arena.
The tilt in the National Games design also provides more possibilities for the accumulation of reserve talents. In the 14th National Games, two Tokyo Olympic champions Gong Lijiao and Liu Shiying won gold medals in individual events, and then represented their respective provincial teams in the competition for women’s throwing team events. The project includes shot put, javelin, hammer, and discus. It is a new project in the 14th National Games. The purpose is to promote the local teams to further consolidate the reserve talent base for track and field advantageous projects. In the end, the Hebei team, with strong players such as Gong Lijiao, Chen Yang, and Su Xinyue, won the championship.
Race walking is another traditional advantage in Chinese track and field. The men’s and women’s 20-kilometer race walking group events entered the project setting at the 2013 12th National Games. In the diving event, the 14th National Games has added team events and small age group competitions, and the constantly enriching talent pool has also continuously delivered vitality to the diving team.
Rock climbing, skateboarding, popularization effect is obvious
In consideration of cultivating talents for the Paris Olympics and Los Angeles Olympics, in addition to diving, many events in the Fourteenth National Games also set up competitions for young age groups. The biathlon of rock climbing is one of them. “The addition of the junior group competition is to take into account the greater correlation between rock climbing and difficulty, and the current competitive level of the Chinese team is relatively backward. It is necessary to tap reserve talents, promote training steadily, and play a good role in improving the competitive level. Basics.” said Li Guowei, director of the climbing department of the Mountaineering Management Center of the State Sports General Administration.
“The entry of rock climbing into the Olympics has brought a qualitative leap in the development of the project. This rock climbing is listed as an official event of the 14th National Games. It is hoped that the guiding role of the competition lever can be used to drive more provinces, regions and cities to carry out rock climbing.” Li Guowei introduced. According to the latest statistics, the participating population of rock climbing in China has reached more than 300,000, and the number of registered athletes has reached more than 3,000.
As a new event in the Tokyo Olympics and the Paris Olympics, skateboarding has also become a new sports event in the 14th National Games. In the skateboarding arena, the leverage of competition levers has been quite obvious in the development of the project. There have been great changes in the number of participants, the age and competitive strength of the athletes, and the venue.
“Whether it’s street style or bowling pool, the men’s and women’s groups of each event are full of entries. And the contestants are getting younger and younger, and the youngest athlete is only 9 years old.” said Cai Yongjun, the relevant person in charge of the national skateboarding team. Since then, Chinese skateboarding has achieved leapfrog development. In this National Games, the competitive strength of each team has been greatly improved. In this type of project, most of the contestants’ big tricks are done on the highest and most difficult props.”
Facing the future, innovation and development cannot stop
On the evening of the 24th, a joint team composed of members of the Chinese track and field team won the men’s 4×100m relay championship at the National Games. As one of the joint team members, Su Bingtian won the gold medal in the National Games for the fourth time. However, these four gold medals have their own origins. In 2009 and 2013, Su Bingtian represented the Guangdong team and won the championship. After allowing cross-provincial team formation in the 13th National Games in 2017, he teamed up with Wu Zhiqiang, Xie Zhenye and Zhang Peimeng to win the gold medal.
Su Bingtian’s relay gold medal reflects a branch line in the reform process of the National Games. Cancel the substitution of Olympic results, cancel the gold medal list, allow cross-province and municipal teams, and form joint teams… The trajectory of the recent National Games’ reform and exploration of competition rules has become more and more obvious. For example, in the men’s relay final of the 13th National Games, there was a team composed of students from Tsinghua University next to Su Bingtian and Xie Zhenye. The rules that allowed inter-provincial team formation allowed students from different provinces to form the Jinglu team. Enjoy that tournament.
With the all-round development of China’s sports industry, athlete training models and talent channels have become more diverse, and the traditional model of running competitions will also encounter unprecedented situations. “Opening the door to run the game” is the general trend of the future.
To give full play to the “baton” role of the National Games for competitive sports, we must center on athletes. On this basis, by absorbing and encouraging more social forces to participate, the National Games will also contribute more vitality to the future development of Chinese sports.
Our reporter Liu Shuoyang, Li Yang, Fan Jiayuan
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