China Daily, April 23 rd, the opening ceremony of the 2023 China Track and Field Street Tour was held at Zhongshan Road, Xiamen at 19:30 on April 22 nd, co-sponsored by the China Athletics Association and the Siming District People’s Government of Xiamen; Xiamen Siming Culture and Tourism Bureau, Xiamen Siming District Zhonghua Sub-district Office, Xiamen Siming District Education Bureau, Xiamen Athletics Association, Xiamen Xinzhonghua Investment Co., Ltd., with the strong support of Xiamen Sports Bureau and the exclusive operation of Austrian Sports Management (Beijing) Co., Ltd., once again presented a street-focused track and field for Xiamen citizens and tourists.
In 2022, Xiamen became an important landing city for the street race tour program. On his first trip to Xiamen, witnessed by Zhongshan Road for a century, Ding Bangchao set a new record for the men’s pole vault with a score of 5.71m.. The Xiamen Station of the 2023 Street Race started, and all of them went all out to make great contributions.
The record-breaking battle of high street in Asia started in Xiamen night sky.
Women’s pole vault is the event in Xiamen Station of 2023 Street Race, and the participating lineup is assembled with Li Ling, the Asian record holder of women’s pole vault, Niu Chunge, the U18 world champion, Chen Qiaoling, the champion of Asian Championship, and several excellent female pole vaulters in China.
Li Ling has rich experience in participating in world competitions. He has participated in the Olympic Games and World Championships for many times, and won the World Cup and Asian Games in track and field. It is also one of the goals of this competition to set a new record for street competitions. In this competition, Li Ling started to take off from the height of 4.32 meters, passing 4.32 meters and 4.52 meters respectively, breaking the record of 4.51 meters set by Chen Qiaoling last year. But at the height of 4.62 meters, three attempts failed.
Niu Chunge took off at a height of 4.32 meters and directly challenged 4.62 meters. The second attempt was successful, which raised the record of the tournament just created by Li Ling by 10 centimeters again, and set a new personal best. At the same time, Niu Chunge finally broke the record of the tournament with a score of 4.62 meters, and achieved the four-time champion in the street.
In the end, Li Ling won the runner-up with a height of 4.52 meters, and Chen Qiaoling tied for the third place with a score of 4.17 meters.
Pay tribute to the famous track and field houses and pass on the light of sports
In this year’s Xiamen Station, the street race added key links to the schedule, and continued to create opportunities for the audience to get in close contact with the famous figures in track and field.
In this competition, Liang Xueren, known as the "trapeze artist", was invited to attend the "pole-lifting ceremony". Liang Xueren has set a new Asian record for men’s pole vault seven times. On the spot, he placed the pole vault crossbar as a special guest and pressed the "start button" for the competition.
Since the street race was founded, famous track and field houses have been invited to watch the race on the spot many times, and feel the innovation and eternal sports core of street track and field at present. In last year’s Xiamen Station, Ma Yuehan, the pioneer of sports, was introduced in the street race in the sports exhibition to pay tribute to a flag of new China sports. Previously, Zheng Fengrong, the first high jumper from China who broke the world record, and Zou Zhenxian, who held the Asian triple jump record for 28 years, were invited to the street race site to tell the legendary story of track and field people to the audience in cities all over the country, so that more sports fans could know the glorious road of track and field legends.
Outline the other side of track and field nine-year city tour and upgrade again
Since 2015, China Track and Field Street Tour has toured the streets and lanes of the city for 9 years. It has created wonderful track and field scenes in dozens of cities and landmarks, and also cheered for the glory and hard work of athletes with tens of thousands of spectators inside and outside the stadium. On the occasion of the ninth anniversary, street races continue to bring a deeper experience to the audience and sports lovers.
In the street experience space of track and field supporting this year’s street competition, the experience project of mass zero-threshold pole vault was creatively realized. Participants can actually feel the moment when athletes break through gravity by relying on the protection measures on the spot. In addition, they can take you personally to experience the pace of marathon world champions through scientific means and restore the distance of triple jump world champions through sound and light. As the wall breaker of the track and field universe, street track and field strives to create a vision of "track and field everywhere" for the public and create more opportunities to appreciate the beauty of track and field.
Entering Siming Sports Fashion Season to Create a New Model of Urban Sports Integration
Since 2018, Siming District of Xiamen has focused on creating a "sports fashion season" to create an urban sports atmosphere and enhance the image of the city. Siming Sports Fashion Season is an exclusive sports industry IP created by Siming District on the basis of implementing the spirit of the documents such as Opinions on Promoting National Fitness and Sports Consumption to Promote High-quality Development of Sports Industry and Outline of Building a Powerful Sports Country by the General Office of the State Council, closely following the industrial upgrading requirements of ten key areas in its jurisdiction, based on its own characteristic resources and aiming at the pain points of current sports industry development.
Street race is one of the masterpieces that can perfectly integrate urban attributes with sports atmosphere. It has become the highlight of sports fashion season in Siming District, which conforms to many labels such as fashion, vitality and novelty featured by the IP. This time, Xiamen Station sits next to Zhongshan Road, a century-old commercial street in Xiamen, facing Gulangyu Island, a "sea garden", lighting up the Siming coastline with the "aerial ballet" pole vault project, and depicting the fascinating street track and field night with fashionable event packaging and professional event organization. Pole vault star athletes will also lead teams to participate in supporting public welfare activities, promote track and field sports on campus, and carry out patriotic education for primary and secondary school students in Xiamen. The three-day street race and its supporting activities open up new ideas for enhancing the IP value of Siming’s "Sports Fashion Season", creating an urban sports atmosphere and driving the vitality of the city.
