The three-day 2022 National Water Skiing Championships have concluded in Haikou, Hainan Province. This championship is the highest level of domestic water skiing event, the event consists of wakeboarding and wakeboarding two major events, including pattern, roundabout, wakeboarding, barefoot and other 14 minor events, attracting a total of 22 teams and nearly 100 players. After fierce competition, all the champions were produced, of which the Chengdu team harvested 4 gold, 3 silver and 1 bronze, becoming the biggest winner.
An 11-year-old girl from Chengdu becomes the national champion
Chengdu team leader Wang Tao told reporters that the competition Chengdu team a total of 15 players to participate, the oldest of whom is 25 years old, the youngest is only 11 years old. The Chengdu team won gold MEDALS in women's tailwave, women's roundabout, men's barefoot and Tailwave team. "Among them, the tail wave team gold medal weighs the most, a total of 3 men and 3 women participated in the team competition, which can best see the comprehensive strength of a team, after a wheel battle, Chengdu team won the team gold medal steadily." "Wang Tao said.
The Red Star news reporter learned that there are two world champions Xu Lu and Yu Meiling in the Chengdu team, who did not participate in the competition due to injury. In the absence of the main players, the young players of the Chengdu team stepped up. "This time to win the women's tail wave gold medal Chengdu girl Xiong Yin Yin, only 11 years old, is the team's junior sister, she can win the title, fully shows the rise of Chengdu water skiing reserve talent." "Wang Tao said.
The team will fully prepare for the World Games in Chengdu
In Wang Tao's view, the Chengdu team achieved such results is not accidental, in last year's national water skiing championship, the Chengdu team also got 4 gold MEDALS, has become a king of the national water skiing team.
"First of all, Chengdu water skiing team has a fine tradition, the team was built earlier, the players have been in contact with water skiing for a long time, and the implementation of the old with the new, the age composition of the players is reasonable; At the same time, we also have an excellent coaching team, the usual training quality is very high, training methods are scientific, which keeps the athletes at a high level for a long time." According to Wang Tao, the Chengdu team has been training in places rich in water resources such as Yunnan and Leshan all year round to lay the foundation for good results in official competitions.
In recent years, the Chengdu team has represented the Chinese national team abroad for many times to participate in international competitions, and its strength is first-class in the whole Asia. "Now we are actively preparing for the water skiing competition at the 2025 World Games in Chengdu and strive to achieve good results at home." "Wang Tao said.
New water sports are favored in Chengdu
In fact, Chengdu, as an inland city, is in a leading position in the country in water skiing, and various extreme sports and emerging water sports have been widely carried out in Chengdu in recent years.
In Luke Island, Jincheng Lake Park, Jiangjia Art Park and other water-rich areas, kayaking, paddleboarding, surfing, diving and other fashionable sports are favored by young people. For them, sports is not only a kind of exercise behavior, but also a way of life. Through various emerging sports, they can explore the city and feel life in multiple dimensions, and establish a harmonious symbiotic relationship between people, nature and sports.
The emerging fashion movement in Chengdu has also laid the foundation for the popularity of new sports consumption scenes. This summer, Decathlon Chengdu regional data show that paddleboard sales growth alone exceeded 500% in the same period. The deep natural experience of water sports and the immersive and exciting water lifestyle have entered the vision of more and more Chengdu people.
According to the "14th Five-Year Plan" of Chengdu City for the construction of World Event cities, Chengdu will also actively expand water sports, extreme sports and other projects with a high degree of marketization and suitable for international cities; We will vigorously develop the sports industry led by outdoor sports such as water sports and mountain sports and fashion sports such as extreme sports and ice and snow sports. It is understood that the relevant districts and counties in Chengdu are planning to build a ropeway water ski park, and once the project lands, the Chengdu water ski team will have its own training base.
What is water skiing? Water Skiing is a popular sport on the water. As long as you find a water field, with a boat or other power traction, you can easily experience the thrill of high-speed water gliding. Water skiing usually involves wearing "water shoes" (i.e. water skis) and completing various movements on the water surface, depending on the type of water skis used or not used by the water skis. It can be roughly divided into Tricks, Slalom, Jumping, Wakeboard, Kneeboard, Ski Racing, Barefoot and other events. Because of the sufficient traction power, it is not necessary to require high balance and coordination like surfing at sea, and small white players can easily get started in just a few days.