Ningbo won a new title again!
Recently, China Olympic Committee awarded Ningbo the title of "City of Olympic Championship". Director of the General Administration of Sports of China and Chairman of the China Olympic Committee Gao Zhidan personally presented the commemorative trophy. The title of
is very important: it was specially established for cities that have made outstanding contributions to the Chinese sports delegation at the Olympic Games. Ningbo is the first city in the country to win this honor, and it is also the only sub-provincial city to win this honor. What exactly is Ningbo worthy of
?
The first keyword is: strength.
The Tokyo Olympics held last year, Ningbo shined: with "one city hardware", it has become the local city with the most Olympic gold medals in the country.
Yang Qian not only won the first gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics, but also set a record: becoming the first Chinese shooting athlete to win two gold medals in the first Olympics .
Shi Zhiyong overcomes injuries and wins the championship again in the Tokyo Olympics after in 2016 Rio Olympics, becoming the "double champion".
Wang Shun is known as the "big brother" of the Chinese swimming team. He won gold in the 200m medley event, breaking the 17-year monopoly of athletes in the event in European and American countries.
Guan Chenchen won the Women's Balance Beam Championship with outstanding performances of high difficulty, high quality and high stability.
's strength has to give people a thumbs up.
Go deeper, let’s look at the second keyword: origin.
Ningbo and the century-old Chinese Olympic Games have a deep connection.
When it comes to the history of the Chinese Olympic Games, many people in Ningbo must be mentioned.
Like the first International Olympic Committee member Wang Zhengting , he is from Fenghua, Ningbo. In 1922, he was elected as a member of the International Olympic Committee.
Wang Zhengting is known as the "Chinese Olympic pioneer": he was the first to propose that China should join the international Olympic family , he was the first to promote Chinese sports athletes to participate in the Olympic Games, he was the first to recommend Chinese people to serve as members of the International Olympic Committee, and he was the first to formally propose that the Chinese government bid for the Olympic Games.
Shuhong is also from Ningbo. He is one of the first international referees in China to be recognized by international organizations. At the 1936 Berlin Olympics , he held the whistle and made his first basketball final in the history of the Olympics.
There are many Ningbo people related to the Olympics. Like Wei Jizhong, he is from Yuyao and served as secretary of the China Olympic Committee for 12 years. He promoted the return of the new China to the Olympic family and successfully won the Beijing Olympic bid for .
The origin of history often arouses people's pride and enthusiasm for investment.
But what origin means is just the past after all.
has to go deeper and look at the present.
This time I will see another keyword: chain. The charm of
competitive sports lies in the uncertainty of its results, and how to find certainty in uncertainty.
The reason why an Olympic champion is "generated" is because he has a talent training system behind him, and he achieves this goal through struggle.
Now, the "chain" formed in Ningbo is: a training base matrix with Ningbo Sports Brigade as the leader, including the Municipal Sports School, Municipal Second Young Sports, Municipal Water (Swimming) Sports School and Municipal Ball Training Center, and there is also a "one-stop" sports talent development system.
Like Yang Qian, she studied at Ningbo Sports School for 6 years before entering the national team. Many places also have a talent training system like
. Why is Ningbo particularly strong?
goes deeper and looks for the answer.
The keyword this time is: basic. There is a phenomenon that is very confusing to understand in the
Olympic stadium: some countries, especially some developed countries, are not large in area and have a large population, but they have won a lot of medals. The most typical example is Norwegian , with a national population of only 5 million, but this year's Winter Olympics ranked high on the medal list.
Check the reason and find that the population base of them participating in a certain sports is very large, far exceeding some large-scale population countries. For example, Norway, there are 15,000 clubs related to ice and snow sports in the country, and an average of one in 300 people.
For competitive sports, the larger the number of participating population, the larger the reserve talent pool.
The reason why Ningbo is so strong is also this.
In 2021, Zhejiang Province conducted a survey on the status of national fitness activities. The results showed that the proportion of people who regularly participate in physical exercise in Ningbo reached 30.62%, the highest in Zhejiang.
In recent years, among the people of Ningbo, Sports Park and sports venues have been emerging. The larger ones include Ningbo Olympic Sports Center , Yafan Center, Ningbo Zhongsport City, etc., providing a foundation for national fitness.
Ningbo Olympic Sports Center
Ningbo has also held many large-scale events, such as the World Women's Volleyball League, the 14th National Games Sailing Competition (Ningbo Division), Dragon Boat World Cup National Sailing Championships , National Youth Sailing Championships, etc., which can be appreciated by the people at their doorstep.
These are conducive to the development of mass sports and can achieve the goal of killing two birds with one stone: on the one hand, it will make the people healthier, and on the other hand, the reserve talent pool for competitive sports will be more sufficient.
Why does Ningbo City become the "City of Olympic Championship"? It not only relies on the spirit of striving and never giving up on the field, but also on the spirit of people from Ningbo and Zhejiang people running forward for a while.
