Yangzi Evening News, June 28 (Correspondent Song Xuan, reporter Chen Yong) On the 28th, the 2022 "Grand Canal" Cup Youth Fencing Series (Summer Competition) and Yangzhou "U Series" Youth Fencing Club Elite Competition, Held at the Songjia City Sports and Leisure Park Ball Complex, this competition lasted for 2 days. It was officially guided by China Fencing Association , hosted by Yangzhou Sports Bureau, and hosted by Yangzhou Fencing Association.
Fierce competition
Little contestants from all walks of life
As the national branch venue of the 2022 "Running Youth" children and adolescents themed fitness activities, this youth series has four age groups: U8, U10, U12, and U14, with flowers performed separately. A total of 46 teams/clubs from across the country participated in the competition of sword , epee and saber. It is the second Chinese Fencing Association-certified event in Yangzhou this year after the "Grand Canal" Cup Spring Competition.
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Beautiful Song Jiacheng
It is understood that the Yangzhou Fencing Association upgraded the "Song Jiacheng" Cup IP to the "Grand Canal" Cup Fencing Grand Prix, further highlighting the brand of the event. In 2021, the "Grand Canal" competition became the first batch of officially certified events by the Chinese Fencing Association and was included in the official calendar of the Chinese Fencing Association. The 2021 "Grand Canal" competition was originally planned to be held in August, and the number of applicants reached 2,200 in just one week during the registration period. It was later postponed due to the epidemic. At the end of that year, the Yangzhou Fencing Association reformed the schedule of the "Grand Canal" competition and divided it into spring, autumn, summer, finals and grand prix. Among them, the spring, autumn and summer games are Class D certified events, and the finals are Class C certified events, forming a complete annual IP event system with the Class B certified events of the original "Grand Canal" competition. According to the relevant person in charge of
, in May this year, the "Grand Canal" Cup Spring Competition was successfully held and was recognized and praised by the Chinese Fencing Association. This year marks the 70th anniversary of Comrade Mao Zedong’s inscription “Develop sports and enhance people’s physical fitness.” The State Sports General Administration has launched nationwide fitness-themed activities to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the inscription, and the “Grand Canal” Cup summer competition has been included in the theme activities.
reporters learned that the biggest highlight of this competition is that the venue is located in an AAAA-level park. Songjia City Sports and Leisure Park is 80% covered by vegetation and enjoys the reputation of "natural oxygen bar". It is a model of the perfect integration of nature and sports. Secondly, this competition is organically combined with the Youth U Series, allowing Yangzhou youth fencers to come into contact with high-level athletes from all over the country. Another highlight of this year's "Grand Canal" Cup is the "Flower of the Canal" medal, which has attracted much attention from fencing enthusiasts across the country. Wu Wei, president of the Yangzhou Fencing Association, said that the competition organizers designed the medals for the spring, summer, autumn quarterly competitions and finals into a combinable whole. The shape of each medal is designed in the shape of Qionghua petals, and the overall combination of the relief on the back of each medal can be spliced into a complete dragon pattern. After participating in the quarterly competition and the finals, contestants can combine the medals obtained at each station into a complete Qionghua, which fully reflects the long-standing cultural heritage of the Grand Canal and the hospitality meaning of Qionghua's "gathering of eight immortals". The organizer of
said that according to the epidemic situation, the next step will be to hold a higher-level B-level event in August. This is the only B-level event in Jiangsu.
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