Seven world champions in Xiamen compete for the National Games
A total of 75 contestants from Xiamen qualified for the finals, ranking second in history
Xiamen Daily News (Reporter Lu Pengyu）From September 15th to 27th, the 14th National Games will be held in Shaanxi. The reporter learned from the Municipal Sports Bureau that a total of 75 Xiamen players qualified for the finals, including the Shaanxi finals before the opening ceremony and the finals held in different places and during the opening and closing ceremonies. Compared with the largest number of participants in history and the 79 participants in the 2013 Liaoning National Games, Xiamen’s participation in the current National Games ranked second.
75 participants
7 people have participated in the Olympics 2 people have won the Olympics
Opening the list of Xiamen players representing Fujian in the Shaanxi National Games, two Rio Olympic champions Chen Long and Deng Wei are on the list. In addition to Chen Long and Deng Wei, there are also Zhang Binbin, Duan Jingli, Dai Xiaoxiang, Lin Wenjun and Ge Manqi who have participated in the Olympic Games. Among them, shooter Zhang Binbin won the silver medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics, and Duan Jingli won the rowing at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Women’s single sculls 2000 meters bronze medal, Dai Xiaoxiang is the 2012 London Olympics men’s archery individual bronze medalist.
The three Xiamen athletes who participated in the Tokyo Olympics were all the main players who won gold in the current National Games. The men’s badminton team led by Chen Long, the 100-meter, 200-meter and 4×100-meter relays that Ge Manqi participated in, and Lin Wenjun’s women’s 200-meter single rowing boat all possess strong strength. In addition, weightlifter Deng Wei, who missed the Tokyo Olympics due to injury, is very hopeful to win the gold medal in the National Games for the third consecutive time. The skateboarding of the last edition was a “mass event”, and it became an official event at this National Games. Li Xiaoang, who won the first place in the men’s bowl event in the preliminaries, is also worth looking forward to. In the preliminaries, Wang Xiao, who won the men’s epee team championship with his teammates, and Yu Linmin, Guo Lizhi and Pan Qiuyu, who won third place in the women’s gymnastics vault preliminaries, participated in the badminton women’s team, which were also gold points for Xiamen players.
The favorites to win
Among the 75 Xiamen players, Chen Long, Liu Cheng, Deng Wei, Zhang Binbin, Dai Xiaoxiang, Lin Wenjun, and Huang Minhao have won the world championship. In this National Games, most of them will attack medals and even gold medals. .
Geman Chess
Participate in 3 projects and win the most gold points
In the Tokyo Olympics more than a month ago, Chinese track and field athletes shined brightly. Although Xiamen player Ge Manqi failed to win a medal, he also created Chinese athletes in the women’s 100m and women’s 4×100m relay competitions. The best result in China’s 37-year Olympic Games, Gemanqi was the first player to reach the semi-finals in the women’s 100m event in the 37-year history of the Olympic Games. In the subsequent relay finals, she became the 6th best player in history with her teammates. Good results.
The Shaanxi National Games will be the second trip of Gemanqi to the National Games. In 2017, Gemanqi, which has experienced the baptism of the Olympic Games and World Championships, began to explode. In the final of the women’s 4×100m relay, she and Three other national teammates (including Lin Huijun of Xiamen) won the championship together.
The Chinese team, which won the 6th place in the women’s 4×100m relay in the Tokyo Olympics, will participate in the Shaanxi National Games with the original team. This gold medal is almost a certainty for Geman Chess. In the two individual events of the 100m and 200m, she was the champion in the preliminaries, and the final was naturally a big hit. However, Gemanqi is very low-key.
Match level
Ge Manqi said in an interview with reporters last night that there are too many uncertainties in the National Games arena, and he has recently caught a cold. He hopes to play the best in the game.
Chen Long
Will be the last time to participate in the National Games
The Tokyo Olympics won a silver medal, and Chen Long’s Olympic medals collected all colors. The 32-year-old veteran has won the Rio Olympic Men’s Singles Championship, the 2014 and 2015 World Championships Men’s Singles Championship, the 2017 Asian Championships Championship, the 2012 and 2014 Super Tournament Finals Men’s Singles Championship, and 2013 And the 2015 All England Men’s Singles Championship. At the same time, he also won three Thomas Cup team championships and three Sudirman Cup team championships with the team, and has achieved the “Grand Slam”. If Chen Long can win the Asian Games and the National Games singles championship, then he will unlock the “Grand Slam.”
The day before yesterday, Chen Long had already appeared on his tour of the 5th National Games. In the group match between the men’s team Fujian team and the Hong Kong team, Chen Long played as the second single, helping the Fujian team win the first men’s team victory 3-0. Chen Long said frankly that this will be the last time he will participate in the National Games.
face the challenge
Chen Long told reporters that for older players like him, the Olympics and the National Games are in the same year, with only one month apart, which is a huge challenge. “Of course I want to go all out to contribute to the team! I also hope that there will be a good result in the National Games!”
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