2023-09-13 09:10:00
On September 12, the founding meeting of the Chinese Sports Delegation for the 19th Asian Games was held. It was introduced at the meeting that the total number of Chinese sports delegations at the Hangzhou Asian Games is 1,329, including 886 athletes.
China on Tuesday announced a delegation of 1,329 members, including 886 athletes, for the 19th Asian Games.
On September 12, members of the Chinese sports delegation sang the national anthem at the inaugural meeting. On the same day, the founding meeting of the Chinese Sports Delegation for the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou was held in Beijing. (Photo source: Xinhua News Agency)
【Knowledge Points】
The total number of Chinese sports delegation at the Hangzhou Asian Games is 1,329, including 437 female athletes and 449 male athletes. The average age of the athletes is 25 years old. The oldest is bridge player Dai Jianming, 60 years old; the youngest is skateboarder Cui Chenxi, 13 years old. Among the participating athletes, there are 71 ethnic minority athletes from 19 ethnic groups including Hui, Mongolian, Zhuang, Miao, Manchu, Uyghur, and Tibetan. The delegation will participate in 38 major sports and 407 minor sports except kabaddi and cricket.
Since the ninth Asian Games in 1982, the Chinese sports delegation has won the first place in the total number of gold medals for ten consecutive games. Gao Zhidan, head of the delegation, director of the State Sports General Administration and party secretary, pointed out at the delegation’s founding meeting that the overall goal of the Chinese sports delegation in the Hangzhou Asian Games is to achieve both sports performance and spiritual civilization. There are four specific requirements: first, to carry forward the Olympic spirit and the spirit of Chinese sports, and to show the country’s image with the good spirit and sports ethics of the Chinese sports delegation; second, to participate cleanly and ensure that anti-doping, competition style and competition discipline are maintained There will be no problems in terms of civility and etiquette; third, we should exert our due competitive level, strive to achieve excellent results, continue to top the gold medal list and medal list, comprehensively train the Paris Olympic team, and accumulate practical experience in preparation for the Paris Olympics; fourth, be a good host. , conduct extensive friendly exchanges, demonstrate China’s good image of reform and opening up, economic development, and social progress to Asia and the international community, and contribute to the promotion of the construction of an Asian community of shared future and the complete success of the Asian Games.
【Important speech】
We must adhere to the goal of strengthening people’s physical fitness and improving the physical quality and quality of life of the entire nation, attach great importance to and give full play to the important role of sports in promoting people’s all-round development, continue to promote sports reform and innovation, strengthen sports science and technology research and development, and improve national fitness system, enhance the awareness of sports and fitness among the general public, especially young people, enhance the comprehensive strength and international competitiveness of my country’s competitive sports, and accelerate the pace of building a sports power.
We must aim at building up people’s physique, improving their physical health and raising their living standards, and fully leverage the important role of sports in advancing people’s well-rounded development. We will continue to promote reform and innovation in sports and enhance development and research in sports science and technology. We will improve the public fitness programs and raise awareness of sports and fitness among our people, the young people in particular. We will promote the country’s overall strength and competitiveness in international competitive sports, and step up efforts to build China into a country strong on sports.
——In April 2022, Xi Jinping pointed out in his speech at the Summary and Commendation Conference of the Beijing Winter Olympics and Paralympics
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