Sail hard and keep moving forward ——2023 JIAOZHOU athletes’ good news is frequently reported and fruitful.

Peninsula all-media reporter liujing correspondent Zangbo

Recently, Peninsula reporter learned from jiaozhou city Sports School that with the leadership and support of jiaozhou city Education and Sports Bureau, JIAOZHOU Sports School achieved excellent results in 2023, and JIAOZHOU athletes transported by the sports school achieved fruitful results in various competitions.

In 2023, with the correct leadership and strong support of jiaozhou city Education and Sports Bureau, jiaozhou city Sports School achieved excellent results. Athletes from Jiaozhou won 3 world champions, 2 Asian champions and 13 national champions in all competitions. Among them, Yin Mengdie won the women’s 500m four-person boat race in Hungary, the first stop of ICF Canoeing Still Water World Cup, and won the women’s 500m double and 500m four-person Asian Games in Hangzhou Asian Games in 2023, which achieved a breakthrough in the gold medal of the Asian Games in Jiaozhou history. Zhang Kai won the Taekwondo-80kg class in the 2023 Chengdu Universiade, which achieved a breakthrough in the gold medal of the Universiade in Jiaozhou history. Zhuang Wenna won the women’s -48kg class at the 2023 Judo European Open in Poland; At the first National Student (Youth) Games in 2023, JIAOZHOU athletes won 2 gold medals and 5 bronze medals, among which Wang Jiayang won the men’s basketball U16 championship and was selected for the national junior training team, and Shan Erfei won the men’s football championship.

It is reported that jiaozhou city Sports School was awarded the "National High-level Sports Reserve Talent Base" by the State Sports General Administration in 2008, 2012 and 2016 for three consecutive Olympic cycles, and was awarded the "National Sports Reserve Talent Base" by the State Sports General Administration in 2023. In the evaluation of the reserve talent bases of the 26th Provincial Games in Qingdao, JIAOZHOU has won three first-class bases, seven second-class bases and two third-class bases. In 2023, jiaozhou city Sports School will select and test more than 500 athletes, and send 72 athletes to superior sports schools and excellent sports teams.

At the beginning of the new year, Liang Qifan, a skier and mountaineer, will take part in the finals of skiing and mountaineering short distance and mixed relay at the upcoming 14th National Winter Games. Yin Mengdie has qualified for the women’s kayak event of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games and is currently actively preparing for the competition. I wish JIAOZHOU-born athletes excellent results and greater glories!