Xinhua News Agency, Shanghai, May 1st issue: Shanghai welcomes the wonderful sports event of “red may” and keeps watching a lot
Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhu Di, Guo Jingdan, Xu DONGWON
bid farewell to the rainy and uncertain at the end of April, on the May Day labor day, Shanghai finally welcomed the warm sunshine. With the good weather, Shanghai has also ushered in the annual “Red May”-international events, including the IAAF Diamond League, the universal equestrian championship, and the ring Chongming Island cycling race, which are overwhelming. What are the highlights of these events this year?
On the third day of the May Day holiday, the 2019 Shanghai global equestrian championship will open at the racecourse on the south side of China Art Museum. The equestrian championship, which was introduced into China in 2014, is the highest five-star steeplechase challenge of the International Equestrian Federation. The competition will last until 5 days.
On May 9-11, the beautiful Chongming district of Shanghai will welcome the annual International Self-League Women’s Road World Tour China (Chongming) station event. There are 23 stations in the world tour of women’s road in 2019, including 8 stations in China (Chongming) and the United States. The huanchong race is not only the 10th stop of this year’s Tour, but also the first battle of the 8-stop multi-day race, which will test the continuous combat capability of the drivers.
One week after the Huan Chong match, the IAAF Diamond League Shanghai station will start at the 80,000-person stadium in Shanghai. As the second stop of the Diamond League this season, the events in Shanghai are various.
Xie Wenjun, a local player in Shanghai and a famous 110-meter hurdle, has performed well this season. In the recent Asian track and field championships, Xie Wenjun won the championship with a score of 13 seconds 21, breaking the record of 13 seconds 22 that senior brother Liu Xiang ran in 2011.
The rapid development of Chinese track and field in recent years has made the Diamond League Shanghai station have more “China expectations”: Su Bingtian won the 100-meter championship in Shanghai station in 2017 to create history, will Su Bingtian “ride out of the Dust” when he comes to Shanghai this time “? She is a well-deserved “Queen” in the field of women’s shot. Apart from winning gold in Shanghai this year, does she still want to challenge her personal best results? The javelin celebrity Lv Hui is in the same state. In this year’s Asian Championship, she won the first gold for the Chinese team with a score of 65 meters 83, and broke the record of the tournament. As the champion of women’s javelin at Shanghai station in 2015 and 2018, the Lv Hui meeting, who is now the world’s No. 1 women’s javelin, is it also the combination sets meal of “winning gold + brushing records?
In addition to the above events, other events in shencheng are also worthy of attention. The Archery World Cup Shanghai station will start in the middle of May; The Asian Champions League will usher in the final of the group match. Shanghai, currently the second largest in the group, will be able to break through the group?
In Shanghai in May, sports is a high-frequency word; In Shanghai in May, sports is a charming business card.