Original title: The national sailing and windsurfing team won 5 more golds and has qualified for the Paris Olympics 9 times.
On December 19, 2023 local time, the Asian Sailing Championships and the Asian Qualifying Tournament for the Paris Olympics ended in Pattaya, Thailand. Chinese sailing and windsurfing athletes fought bravely in the competition, won 5 championships, and qualified for the Paris Olympics in 5 small events in one fell swoop.
The Asian Championships and the Asian Qualifying Tournament for the Paris Olympics will have a total of 6 Olympic levels, and a total of 8 Olympic qualifications will be issued. After many rounds of fierce competition, in the end, China's Xu Ming and Tu Yahan won the mixed 470 class sailing championship, Wen Zaiding and Liu Tian won the men's 49-person fast boat championship, Hu Xiaoyu Shan Mengyuan won the women's 49-person fast boat championship, Mai Huicong and Chen Linlin won the mixed Nokara 17-class catamaran championship, and Gu Min won the women's Elka 6-person single boat championship.
At the World Championships in The Hague in August this year, Yan Zheng, Chen Jingle and Huang Qibin respectively won the qualification for the Paris Olympics in three events: women's hydrofoil windsurfing, women's hydrofoil kiteboard and men's hydrofoil kiteboard. In the subsequent Hangzhou Asian Games, Bi Kun qualified for the men's hydrofoil windsurfing Paris Olympics for the national sailing and windsurfing team. So far, the national sailing and windsurfing team has qualified for the Paris Olympics nine times.
On December 20, each group of the national sailing and windsurfing team will return to China and go to Shanwei, Guangdong Province for the first time to prepare for the Paris Olympic Games. (Reporter Ou Xingrong).
*: People's Daily Online].