Chao News reporter Shen Tingyu.
2023 is a big year for sports.
From the land of abundance to the bank of the Qiantang River, and then to the coast of the Beihai Sea, the 31st Universiade, the 19th Asian Games, and the first Youth Games were successfully held in Chengdu, Hangzhou, and GuangxiZheng Qinwen, Wu Yixuan, Qin Haiyang, Ding Liren, etc. continue to stage transcendence and breakthroughs in their respective fieldsMass events such as "Village Super", "Village BA", and marathons have stimulated more and more people's enthusiasm ......for sports
This year, the face of sports has become more and more colorful, bringing a gluttonous feast to everyone. Towards the end, Youfengjun took stock of the major sports events in 2023. Let's take a look, do you remember all this?
A sporting event that you can't forget.
From midsummer to golden autumn, the large-scale international and domestic sports events held one after another have not only left a moving picture of athletes from various countries and regions striving for transcendence and friendly exchanges, but also allowed more people to see the integration of sports and culture, and feel the myriad weather in all corners of the stadium and city.
Chengdu Universiade.
From July 28th to August 8th, the Chengdu Universiade was held after three postponements. More than 6,500 members from 113 countries and regions competed on the same stage and won medals in 12 major and 168 minor competitions, and also exchanged cultures and forged friendships outside the arena.
The beautiful scenery and delicious food of Chengdu have made young people from all over the world forget to return, and the national treasure giant panda has become the "top stream" for athletes to check in.
The Chinese university student delegation handed over a total of 178 medals with 103 gold, 40 silver and 35 bronze medals in Chengdu, setting a new record for the best results and ranking first in the medal list and gold medal list of this Universiade.
Eric Saintrond, secretary general of the International University Sports Federation, has said that this is the last Summer Universiade he will participate in as the secretary general of FISU, and it is also the best Universiade he has experienced in his life.
The opening ceremony of the Chengdu Universiade originated from Xinhua News Agency.
Hangzhou Asian Games.
From September 23rd to October 8th, the Hangzhou Asian Games were held. A total of 12,417 athletes from 45 national Olympic committees in Asia participated, the largest number in the history of the Asian Games.
From the autumn equinox to the cold dew, athletes, volunteers, staff, citizens and spectators gather together to create a feast of sports and culture.
In the arena, we saw the gymnastics legend Chusovitina veteran immortal, the perseverance of the Syrian athletes, and the sympathy between Zhang Yufei and Japan's Rikako Ikee who overcame the illness ......Outside the stadium, we felt the enthusiasm of the "Little Green Lotus", the support personnel, the construction personnel and the citizens, as well as the humanistic history and scientific and technological innovation of Zhejiang.
The Chinese sports delegation fighting at home won 201 gold, 111 silver and 71 bronze medals with a high spirited appearance, with a total of 383 medals in this Asian Games, and the number of gold medals reached a record high.
In the view of Singh, President of the Olympic Council of Asia, the Hangzhou Asian Games is the best Asian Games in his mind, and the value and voice it conveys will play an exemplary role in the future Asian Games.
The opening ceremony of the Hangzhou Asian Games, photo by Li Zhenyu and Zhu Haiwei.
Guangxi Youth Association.
From November 5th to November 15th, the Guangxi Youth Association was held. This is the first National Student Youth Games to be held in the context of deepening the integration of sports and education. It not only assumes the role of excavating and cultivating sports talents in the past city games and youth games, but also is based on the popularization of campus sports, hoping to create a stronger atmosphere for youth sports exercise.
The YMCA is not only the cradle of competitive sports, but also the stage of campus sports.
In the first event, a total of 6 people exceeded 11 world youth records 23 times, 1 person tied the world record, 2 people and 1 team exceeded 3 Asian records 3 times, and 1 person and 1 team exceeded 2 Asian youth records 8 times, in addition to a number of national records, national youth records and national youth records.
The scene of the closing ceremony of the Youth Association, ** originated from Xinhua News Agency.
Athletes, youthful and moving.
Looking back at 2023, we have seen the power of perseverance from the athletes again and again, and understood the meaning of hard work. In the pursuit of faster, higher, stronger and more united journey, they continue to break through, adding a touch of color to Chinese sports.
Wu Yiyun: Won the first ATP Tour singles title in individual and Chinese mainland men's tennis.
In February this year, the 24-year-old young man from Hangzhou shook the world. He won his first ATP Tour singles title in the ATP 250 Dallas men's singles final, both individually and in Chinese mainland. At that time, it refreshed the highest ranking of Chinese men's tennis players and rewrote the history of the Chinese men's tennis team.
He was introduced to tennis at the age of 4, was selected for the provincial team at the age of 8, won the Chinese Tennis Grand Prix at the age of 18, won the men's singles and men's doubles championships in the US Open junior group at the age of 18, and turned to professional tennis at the end of the same year. Then he was plagued by injuries and was suspended for a while. After returning to the international arena in April 2022, in less than a year, he won three Challenger titles, one tour title, and entered the top 60 in the world ranking for the first time, opening up a new chapter for the Chinese men's tennis record.
He is not afraid of setbacks, cheerful and sunny, and stands on the world stage with one victory after another, so that more people can see the vivid posture and confident image of Chinese young athletes.
*Originated from Xinhua News Agency.
Ding Liren: Became China's first world chess champion.
On April 30, at the 2023 FIDE World Chess Championship held in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan, Chinese chess player Ding Liren from Zhejiang defeated Russian chess player Nepomniachtchi in the last game of the rapid chess play-off, with a score of 25:1.5 wins, becoming the 17th world champion in the history of chess and the first national chess world chess champion from China.
This victory marks another historic breakthrough for Chinese chess after Xie Jun won the women's individual world championship for the first time in 1991, the Chinese women's team won the Olympic team championship for the first time in 1998, and the Chinese men's team won the Olympic team championship for the first time in 2014. The "four moves" strategic goal of Chinese chess has been completed, and the rise from quantitative change to qualitative change has been realized.
*Originated from Xinhua News Agency.
Huipu Middle School: Won two national championships in high school and junior high school.
On May 14, in the men's finals of the 2022-2023 China High School Basketball League National Finals, the Zhejiang Linhai Huipu Middle School team defeated the team of the High School Affiliated to Tsinghua University 74-73 and won the championship again after six years.
On August 12, at the 2022-2023 China Junior High School Basketball League National Finals, the men's basketball team of Linhai Huipu Experimental Middle School defeated Changsha Mingde Huaxing Middle School 85-82 and won the first championship of the Huipu Junior High School men's basketball team in this national event.
The basketball team from a small town in Zhejiang exploded the country overnight. They dare to fight and have a tenacious style, which allows everyone to see the sparkling team spirit and the inheritance and persistence of the generations of coaches behind them, and it has become the best realistic interpretation of "small cities have big dreams".
The trophy wall of Huipu Middle School** originated from Xinhua News Agency.
Chinese women's basketball team: regain the Asian Cup championship.
On July 2, in the final of the 2023 Women's Basketball Asian Cup, the Chinese team narrowly defeated the Japanese team 73-71, winning the championship trophy of the event again after 12 years.
Looking back on the journey of the Asian Cup, the Chinese women's basketball team overcame various difficulties and defeated the South Korean team, the Australian team and the Japanese team all the way. Looking further, from the 2015 Asian Cup final 35-point defeat to Japan, to the 2016 Rio Olympics to the 10th place in the Rio Olympics suffered the worst record;From winning the World Cup again in 28 years in 2022 to winning the Asian Cup in 2023 after a 12-year absence. In the past 7 years, the Chinese women's basketball team has come out of the trough and tempered in success or failure, which is even more admirable.
As Yao Ming said, the Chinese women's basketball team has not been smooth sailing along the way, before winning the Asian Cup this year, it has missed the championship in 5 consecutive Asian Cups, and there have been many failures in history, and it has also missed the Olympic Games, "The greatest glory in life is not to never fall, but to be able to stand up after every fall." Not only did they stand up, but they stood again where they had been. ”
The scene of the women's basketball team winning the championship originated from Xinhua News Agency.
Sporting events are happening everywhere.
In 2023, many international sports events will be held in China, and more and more cities will continue to stimulate the public's enthusiasm for sports participation by holding mass sports competitions such as football, basketball, and marathons.
Village BA" triggered the whole network to swipe the screen.
This summer, the village basketball game in Taijiang County, Guizhou Province, attracted people from all over the country.
The explosion of the ball game is because of a **-li, an open-air basketball court without a roof, and the stands around it are full of people. The audience held pots and pans and mineral water bottles as drums to cheer and shout for the teams they supportedThe outermost audience can't see it, prop up the ladder, climb up and watch it.
This basketball game full of village flavor has nothing to do with the word "professional", but it makes Yao Ming and other basketball stars stand on the platform. Because many people see the true nature of sport: love, purity, and participation by all.
Since then, the "village competition" represented by "Village BA" and "Village Super" has continued to infect more people. Even as a phenomenal mass event and social topic, going abroad has attracted the attention of overseas leaders.
A "village BA" scene, ** originated from Xinhua News Agency.
The marathon ushered in a big explosion.
In 2023, road running events will usher in a big explosion again.
Wuxi Marathon, Xiamen Marathon, Beijing Marathon, Shanghai Marathon, Hangzhou Marathon ......From the beginning of the year to the end of the year, it has almost returned to the most prosperous stage of 2019. "A visa is hard to find" is still the "standard" for many marathon events. At the same time, the record of a single marathon event has been repeatedly rewritten and breakthroughs have been made.
Today, the marathon has become a microcosm of the vigorous development of mass sports in China.
In a marathon, in addition to the traditional marathon, there are often cross-country runs, health runs, couple runs, family runs and other events that are closer to the needs of public sports. As a result, we can see not only professional long-distance runners on the marathon course, but also newcomers to the sport, perhaps gray-haired seniors, and children competing with their parents. Marathon courses of different distances and forms allow more people to run.
Behind the marathon craze, in fact, the concept of sports to make life better is constantly taking root in the hearts of the people, and attaching importance to health and enhancing physical fitness has become a national consensus.
The scene of the Hangzhou Marathon, ** originated from Xinhua News Agency.
All kinds of sports single international events have been settled.
On December 17, the 2023 BWF World Tour Finals came to an end in Hangzhou. As the year-end pinnacle of the world badminton world, 63 top badminton players carried out hearty peak duels in Hangzhou, and the games were almost full. And this event will last for 4 years to settle in Hangzhou.
At the same time, the 2023 World Women's Volleyball Club Championship kicked off in Hangzhou, which is the first time in 4 years that this top international event has landed in Zhejiang. Six of the world's top women's volleyball clubs from China, Turkey, Brazil and Vietnam gathered in Hangzhou to compete for the honor of the strongest women's volleyball club on the surface.
In addition, in May, the 2023 Sudirman Cup was held in Suzhou, and the Chinese badminton team achieved three consecutive championshipsIn December, the Table Tennis Mixed Team World Cup settled in Chengdu, which was the first time that the ITTF held the Mixed Team World Cup, and the national table tennis won the championship ...... in nine games
This year, many international sports events have been held in various cities in China, further stimulating the public's enthusiasm for sports.
As IOC Vice President Samaranch Jr. said during the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China may have become "the world's most important force in hosting the Games".
Women's doubles final of the BWF Tour Finals, photo by Ni Yanqiang, Zhu Haiwei and Wang Jianlong.
Looking forward to the new year, sports in 2024 is even more exciting.
In the near future, the 14th National Winter Games will be held in Inner Mongolia, which is the first large-scale national winter sports event to be held after the Beijing Winter Olympics. The competition will be the largest, most and highest standard of the 2026 Milan Winter Games. At that time, China will once again set off a boom in ice and snow sports.
In July next year, the 33rd Summer Olympic Games will be held in Paris. Throughout the Paris Olympic cycle, China has both famous players and newcomers in diving, swimming, badminton and other sports, and athletes are ready to go.
Competitive sports are in full swing, and mass sports have always been booming. It can be seen that "sports events at the doorstep" are widely popular, more and more people have begun to regard sports as a part of their lives, and the cause of national fitness is bursting out with great vitality and potential.
In 2024, there will always be some touches that will be born because of sports.
Youfeng Jun will run and move with everyone, and see passion and vitality through the mirror of sports.
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