Rock Climbing Competition at the First Student (Youth) Games
Host Guangxi Emerges as the Biggest Winner
The rock climbing competition at the first Student (Youth) Games came to a thrilling conclusion, with host Guangxi securing a total of 7 medals, including 3 gold, 3 silver, and 1 bronze, making them the standout performers of the event. The competition, held from November 8th to 11th at the climbing hall of Guling Town Junior High School, Mashan County, Nanning City, saw a total of 6 gold medals and 18 medals awarded in various categories.
In the random speed competition, participants from Nanning City, Guangxi Province, and Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province, showcased their skills, claiming top positions. Whereas, in the official events of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, contestants from Shanghai, Beijing, and Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province, displayed their taming of speed racing and biathlon events.
Furthermore, the biathlon, characterized by the rock climbing competition stage and difficulty competition stage, demonstrated intense competition, particularly in the women’s category, where participants from Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province, and Chengdu City, Sichuan Province, vied for the championship.
The success of the competition is a testament to Guangxi’s commitment to promoting rock climbing in schools, with Mashan County being recognized as a “National Demonstration County for the Promotion of Rock Climbing in Schools” by the Mountaineering Management Center of the State General Administration of Sports and the Mountaineering Association of China.
While the rock climbing competition has concluded, the legacy of the event will continue to inspire young climbers to pursue their dreams. The Youth League, a platform that combines sports and education, aims to improve the physical fitness of teenagers and students and cultivate competitive sports reserve talents.
Organized by the Ministry of Education, the State General Administration of Sports, and the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League of China, the rock climbing competition received essential support from the People’s Government of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and the People’s Government of Nanning Municipality.
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The rock climbing competition ends: host Guangxi won 3 gold, 3 silver and 1 bronze to become the biggest winner
China News Service, November 12. From November 8th to 11th, the first Student (Youth) Games rock climbing competition was successfully held in the climbing hall of Guling Town Junior High School, Mashan County, Nanning City. 6 gold medals and 18 medals each went to their respective owners. The host Guangxi won 3 gold, 3 silver and 1 bronze, becoming the biggest winner.
The scene of the rock climbing competition at the first Student (Youth) Games. Image source: China Mountaineering Association
The rock climbing competition is an open category event of the first Student (Youth) Games, and preparations will start in October 2022. In terms of event settings, based on the Paris 2024 Olympic Games and the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games , there will be random speed events, speed events and dual overall events, divided into two categories: men’s and women’s. At the same time, in order to train and retain talent for the Olympic Games, the competition committee has limited the age of the competitors to 12 to 15. The reason is that 12-year-old competitors can participate in the Los Angeles Olympic Games Qualifying Tournament to be held in 2027 in four years. .
The scene of the rock climbing competition at the first Student (Youth) Games. Image source: China Mountaineering Association
From August 23 to 26, the preliminaries of the rock climbing competition (qualifications) were held at the Qingzhen Sports Training Center in Guizhou Province, With cities (prefecture level and above) as participating units, 28 teams from 23 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities and 1 It took a total of 231 overseas Chinese competitors participated. After fierce competition, 140 athletes qualified to take part, of which 137 took part in the final stage of this rock climbing competition.
The scene of the rock climbing competition at the first Student (Youth) Games. Image source: China Mountaineering Association
In the random speed competition, He Xin and Huang Junning from Nanning City, Guangxi Province won the championship and second place respectively, Zhi Qiwei from Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province won the third place; Li Yantan and Ma Xueying from Beihai City, Guangxi Province won the championship and came second respectively, and Zhou Jinhe from Guangzhou won the third place.
As official events of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, speed racing and biathlon have attracted a lot of attention. Among them, the speed race is an international standard track and has never changed since its establishment in 2007. What everyone competes for is control of details and a strong psychological ability to withstand pressure. In the end, Zhao Yicheng from Yangpu District, Shanghai, Xu Jianxun from Dongcheng District, Beijing, and Yan Mingyang from Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province won the men’s speed championship, second, and third place respectively; Huang Xinyi and Meng Huiying from Nanning City, Guangxi Province, from Yunnan Province Bai Yumei from Kunming City won first, second and third place respectively in the women’s speed competition.
The scene of the rock climbing competition at the first Student (Youth) Games. Image source: China Mountaineering Association
The biathlon is divided into a rock climbing competition stage and a difficulty competition stage, which is the event that best reflects the characteristics of rock climbing. In the preliminaries of the biathlon held on the 10th, the men’s team showed a competitive position: the difference between first and fourth place was only 7.1 points, and anyone could win; the women’s team was “double without peers” “Proud”: Li Meini from Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province first place with 199.7 points, Chen Xuazhen from Chengdu City, Sichuan Province second with 199.6 points, and third with a score of 138.3. “Who can win the championship, Li Meini or Chen Xuazhen” has become the biggest obstacle.
In the end, Huang Heming from Yangpu District, Shanghai, Wang Bingtang from Jiulongpo District, Chongqing, and Zhu Yufan from Nanning, Guangxi won the championship, second, and third place respectively in the men’s duathlon; Li Meini, Chen Xuazhen, and Tan Youtian from Suzhou, Jiangsu Province won the championship, placed second and third respectively in the women’s duathlon.
As the host, Guangxi had 14 athletes from two teams from Nanning and Beihai participating in the competition and won a total of 7 medals, 3 gold, 3 silver and 1 bronze, becoming the biggest winner. In particular, Mashan County, where this competition is held, has built 23 rock climbing schools by the end of 2022, benefiting more than 18,000 students. It was rated as a “National Demonstration County for the Promotion of Rock Climbing in Schools” by the Mountaineering Management Center of the State General Administration of Sports and the Mountaineering Association of China. .
The scene of the rock climbing competition at the first Student (Youth) Games. Image source: China Mountaineering Association
Although this great gathering with a rock climbing theme has come to an end, the young rock climbers will go to the mountains and seas to continue “chasing dreams in the new era” on a youth track.
The Youth League is a product of the integration of sport and education and is an important platform to test the results of the integration of sport and education. Before these Youth Games, my country has held a number of National Youth Games and National Student Games. The Youth Games were united from the two events, namely to promote the reform and development of youth and school sports in the new era, and to improve the physical fitness of teenagers and students. , An important measure to promote the cultivation of competitive sports reserve talents, very significant to speed up the work of building a powerful country in education and sports.
The Youth Association Rock Climbing Competition is sponsored by the Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China, the State General Administration of Sports, and the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League of China, hosted by the People’s Government of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, and jointly organized by the People’s Government of Nanning Municipality.
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