Weifang Whiz Kid Strikes Gold: Local Teen Triumphs at World Summer Games

Weifang News Network 2024-10-29 14:52:39

　Weifang Daily Weifang Media News On the evening of October 24, local time, the 2024 World Summer Games (hereinafter referred to as the Summer Games) hosted by the International Federation of Secondary School Sports opened in Bahrain. The event attracted more than 5,300 athletes from nearly 70 countries and regions around the world. Swimmer Zhao Yipu, who was trained and sent by Weifang Children’s Sports School, won 1 gold and 1 bronze in the competition.

Zhao Yipu

A total of 103 athletes from all over the country were selected for the Chinese delegation to this year’s Summer Games, including 55 female athletes and 48 male athletes. They participated in track and field, swimming, three-on-three basketball, beach volleyball, table tennis, badminton, tennis, There are competitions in 17 major events and 124 minor events including taekwondo, karate, judo, wrestling, orienteering, fencing, aerobics, rhythmic gymnastics, sports dance, and chess.

In the first swimming competition on October 25, Zhao Yipu, who was trained and sent by Weifang Children’s Sports School, relied on his excellent on-the-spot performance and perfect cooperation with his teammates to win the first medal for the Chinese team in the men’s 4X100 meter freestyle relay. Swimming gold medal. Subsequently, Zhao Yipu won another bronze medal in the men’s 200-meter freestyle final. It is understood that Zhao Yipu will also participate in the 50-meter, 100-meter, 400-meter, and 800-meter freestyle competitions at this Mid-Summer Games.

Weifang Daily All-Media Reporter: Fu Dongsheng/Text and Photos

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