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The opening ceremony of SCNU's annual sports meeting kicked off on November 22 on the sports grounds at the west side of the Shipai campus. This year, with the theme of "Cultivating youth with the Olympic spirit, starting new chapters with 75-year history", the two-day event involved 1,487 athletes from 33 schools in 25 sports events.
The sports meeting comprised two parts, one for faculty and the other for students. The sports meeting for students included various track and field events such as sprinting, long-distance run, high jump, long jump, shot put as well as team competitions. As a tradition, campus jogging and abundant fun games were designed for faculty. The games were broadcast simultaneously by live-streaming via the social media platform.
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The opening ceremony
Yang Chengwei, vice president of SCNU, extends an address at the opening ceremony.
Yang Chengwei, vice president of SCNU, addressed the opening ceremony. He noted SCNU has implemented the national strategies of "Building China into a Leading Sports Nation" and the "National Fitness Program" and achieved in its sports discipline and campus sports culture development. Additionally, the institution has strived to all-around developments of moral, intellectual, physical, aesthetic and labor education of its students and cultivate its campus sports culture featured vitality, unity and positiveness. Yang also hoped that SCNU's faculty and students could apply their striving spirits in sports to their study and work and then contribute to the school.
SCNU President Yang Zhongmin announces the opening of the sports meeting.
A national flag relay session was also held at the opening ceremony for the first time. The relay members comprised faculty and student representatives of the School of Physical Education and Sports Science including Chen Xiaojun, runner-up of the London 2012 Olympics, Wang Xueer, bronze medalist of the Paris 2024 Olympics, and other award-winning athletes from different sports games, those of other schools and the National Flag Escort of SCNU and they relayed the flag respectively. After the national flag had been raised and fluttered in the wind, all the people stood respectfully and sang the national anthem.
Chen Xiaojun, one of the faculty representatives in this session, said: "The national flag relay session symbolizes the inheritance to the young generation and also the inheritance of our nation's history." She hoped to pass down the sense of honor and responsibility to more people through being a member of this special session and then contribute to the nation's thriving and prosperous. "I hope to inspire more people to strive for excellence through my actions," Chen added.
Chen Xiaojun, one of the faculty representatives in the national flag relay session.
The logo of this year's games needs to be mentioned as it's designed by the National Flag Escort of SNCU to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, which was suggested in the number "75" displayed. Inspired by the logo of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, it centers around the Chinese character "师" (teacher), while using the art form of Chinese calligraphy to reveal it and then highlight teacher education of SCNU. For the logo, the designer has applied an artistic treatment to depict a soaring Loong and indicate the Year of the Loong. As for the color scheme, it blends the colors of the university emblem with those of the Olympic symbol in a transparent gradient, embodying SCNUers' commitment to putting the Olympic spirit into practice.
The logo of the sports meeting alongside the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics logo.
The flag featured the sports meeting logo flutters along with the national flag.
In the end, members from faculty staff fitness association led in the performance of the Ba Duan Jin (eight steps to healthy living), a form of qigong, which originated from traditional Chinese medicine for keeping healthy. All the participants joined in as a warm-up to get ready for the sports events.
All participants do the Ba Duan Jin following the instructors.
Campus jogging and fun games for SCNU faculty
First came the campus jogging and each team of faculty set off.
Faculty jog, carrying flags.
As a tradition, there were six collective competitions in the fun games held for faculty after the jogging. With an active atmosphere, faculty participated to have fun and the court was filled with laughter.
Obstacle race.
Pillow fight.
Basketball shooting.
Hua Shengya, associate professor of the School of Economics & Management, participated in the "pillow fight". He thought it fun and said, "It's a good way to relax. You need to pay attention to save your energy to throw the pillow as far as possible in the game, and so do the teamwork. The team should assign the tasks and set the strategies to jointly win the game." He then hoped there would be more such activities to promote exchange and health of faculty, so faculty could conduct teaching and research in a better health.
Hua Shengya, a teacher participant from the School of Economics & Management in the fun games.
Highlights and awards for SCNU students
There were 12 individual, 4 team sports events and 9 fitness challenge events during the two-day sports meeting. The individual sports events consisted of 6 track events such as 100 m, 200 m, 400 m, 800 m, 1,500 m, 3,000 m, 5,000 m, and 6 field events such as high jump, long jump, triple jump, javelin, shot-put and hammer throw. Team events included the 4x100 m relay, 4x400 m relay, 50 m face-to-face relay and the 10-person long jump relay. Nine fitness challenge events comprised a BMI test, spirometry, 50 m, sit and reach test, standing long jump, pull-up (men), 1-minute sit-up (women), 1,000 m (men) and 800 m (women).
In this year's sports meeting, Li Jing, a graduate student from the School of Optoelectronic Science and Engineering, broke the 28-year record on the 3,000 m and secured the championship. She also ranked first among the female competitors in the Universities 100 Miles Relay (G100 - Guangzhou Division) held one week before the sports meeting. During her training for the sports meeting, Li encountered performance bottlenecks and various physical issues, but she then overcame the challenges through timely adjustment and rest. Li expressed her gratitude to her teammates for cheering her and said, "May I pursue the shining stars, and with the spirit of Lin Liru, illuminate the city of Guangzhou."
Li Jing, the record-breaker from the School of Optoelectronic Science and Engineering.
Associate Professor Chen Baoling of the School of Physical Education and Sports Science, assumed the role of the deputy chief referee for the games. She introduced the referee team was mainly comprised of teachers and students from her school, including international, national, and first and second-level referees, which provided solid support for the competition. She then hoped SCNU students would continue to carry forward the spirit of perseverance, hone their resilience to setbacks and pursue their ideals.
Chen Baoling, deputy chief referee of the sports meeting.
Zeng Lin, an undergraduate student from the School of Information Technology in Education, took part in the preparation work for the opening ceremony as a student leader for the first time. She thought the sports meeting has provided a platform for SCNU students to showcase their athletic skills. She also hoped everyone will develop good habits for physical exercise and improve their physical fitness, and wished for better development of the school's sports.
Zeng Lin, a student leader in the preparation for the sports meeting.
Now, let's take a look at some wonderful moments during the competitions.
For the results of awards and awardees, click to see:
https://url.scnu.edu.cn/record/view/index.html?key=3dc58a47c815601c5e95e417c897c16b
Source from SCNU News Center
Translated by Li Jun, Tang Jingyue
Proofread by Edwin Baak
Edited by Li Jianru
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