On the evening of March 4, with the end of the last competition event - the men's 1500m freestyle award ceremony, the "Qingdao Industrial and Commercial Bank Cup" 2024 National Spring Swimming Championships officially came to an end.
Young players have emerged and the echelon construction has been fruitful.
As the first national-level A-level swimming event to be held in 2024 and one of the highest-level events in the national swimming industry, nearly 700 athletes from 26 provincial and municipal teams across the country competed fiercely in the four-day competition, and a total of 28 medals were decided, staging a wonderful "battle" in the swimming world. The Shandong team topped the standings with 8 gold medals, and the Zhejiang team and the Jiangsu team ranked second and third respectively.
It is understood that most of the young players in this event are young players, and the youngest contestant is only 11 years old. In the end, 269 runners reached the A standard, including 146 male athletes and 123 female athletes, and the runners who met the standard will have the opportunity to participate in the National Swimming Championships to be held next month and show their youthful demeanor again. The young players represented by Wang Xueer of the Guangdong team, Kong Yaqi of the Zhejiang team, and Gong Zhenqi of the Chongqing team have reached the FINA score of more than 850 points. In this regard, Ding Lingdi, a technical representative, said that thanks to good training conditions and rich event activities, young athletes have gradually emerged in the competition, which is of great significance for the echelon construction of Chinese swimmers.
Online and offline hot viewing of the swimming craze has set off again.
The competition is not only open for ticket sales, but also provides research tickets for the majority of primary and secondary school students to cultivate more future swimming stars. Nearly 10,000 enthusiastic spectators flocked to the Guoxin Swimming and Diving Hall on the four competition days to see the swimmers. The cheers and shouts on the scene came and went, and the encouraged athletes also used their all-out performance to dedicate a wonderful and fierce competition to the audience, and the scene presented a hot atmosphere.
The online live broadcast is also popular, the game was broadcast live on the "Qingdao Guoxin Sports Center" Douyin account, with a total of more than 20 million people, and netizens cheered for the athletes and the team's comments in the live broadcast interactive area. The high-standard, high-platform, high-spectacle and high-frequency appearance of the new swimming stars of the event have effectively enhanced the popularity of the event and the reputation of the city. In addition, the newly upgraded mascot "Little I" doll, ** circle, spinning pen, and keychain have also become hot spots for check-in, and the swimming craze has been set off again.
The national swimming event has landed in Qingdao for 7 times, and the professional team has successfully guaranteed it.
It is understood that Qingdao Sports Development Group has given full play to the advantages of holding major events over the years, carefully prepared and strictly organized. Four hotels, including Qingdao Guoxin Sports Center Hotel, provide event services and strictly control hotel services and food safety. The strong event support team ensured the success of the competition, provided the best competitive environment for the athletes, and presented a wonderful swimming event for the national audience.
Qingdao has a strong swimming atmosphere and a good mass base, and the national swimming events have landed in Qingdao for 7 times, which not only further drives the local swimming enthusiasm, but also adds new luster to the reputation of "swimming hometown". In the future, Qingdao Sports Development Group will further cultivate the urban sports atmosphere, enrich the city's sports brand, polish Qingdao's sports business card, turn the influence of high-level events into a driving force for high-quality development, fully demonstrate the sports responsibility of "a vibrant marine city, a wonderful and pleasant city", and help Qingdao build a world-renowned sports city and a national sports center city as soon as possible.