The dazzling lights illuminate the calm river, and the magnificent modern stadium slowly opens its doors. In the footsteps of the athletes' eagerness to try, in the "refueling" voice encouraged by the enthusiastic audience, on the evening of May 21th, the 2019 IAAF World Challenge (Nanjing Station) officially kicked off. The eyes of the whole world are focused on the stadium of the Youth Olympic Sports Park in Nanjing, watching the speed and passion of the sports feast, igniting this passionate and dying six ancient capital.
The 2019 IAAF World Challenge (Nanjing Station) is another major international event held in Nanjing following the 2014 Youth Olympic Games, the 2017 All-Roll World Skating Championships, and the 2018 Badminton World Championships. Preheating and promotion of the IAAF World Indoor Athletics Championships. The IAAF World Challenge is a high-level event after its Diamond League. There are 9 stations in 2019 and Nanjing is the fourth. There are 16 events setting in Nanjing including 100m, 800m, 3000m steeple, high jump, triple jump, javelin, long jump, 110m hurdles, 400m hurdles, women 200m, 800m, 1500m, 100m hurdles, long jump, hammer and shot.
The competition attracted a total of 178 athletes from 46 countries and regions around the world, including many domestic and international athletes in track and field. In the 16 competitions for men and women in this challenge, the Chinese team achieved 3 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze. Chinese player Wang Zheng won the Women's hammer championship with 75.27m and helped the Chinese team won the first gold. In the Women's shot put event, Chinese player Gong Lijiao won the championship with 19.84m. On the Men's events, the high jumper Wang Yu added another gold to the Chinese team by jumping over the advantage of 2.31 meters. In the long jump competition, Zhang Yaoguang and Gao Xinglong won the third respectively.
It is worth noting that in order to expand the influence and participation of the athletics, on May 20th, the organizing committee arranged the men's long jump event in Wanda Plaza, Hexi, Nanjing, in the open manner of the street track and field competition. The dazzling light show, the colorful and interesting carnival and the wonderful professional competition broke the public's inherent impression of track and field competition.
Nanjing is a city full of vitality. For Nanjing people, the World Challenge hold in Nanjing is definitely cannot be missed. As an old and long-lasting sport, track and field is increasingly popular among young people. In the playground, in the community, in the greenway, more and more citizens join the track and field sports.
In recent years, with the increasing number of sports events hosted by Nanjing, the awareness of national fitness has gradually increased. The holding of the Challenge will not only make more and more people pay attention to and love the track and field, but also constantly improve the physical quality of the whole people. Only when the national sports develop well can it help Nanjing's urban construction to be stable and far-reaching.
In the post-match interview, when talking about the feelings of playing in Nanjing, the enthusiasm of the Nanjing audience made Gong Lizhen impressed: "The atmosphere at the scene is very good, the audience is very enthusiastic, I like this feeling very much, and I am looking forward to the world indoor track and field competition in Nanjing next year. This competition will be a warm-up for next year."
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