Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, April 19The launch ceremony of the fun running Forest JFR cross-country series (No. 1 station) of the 50-kilometer cross-country race on the Yellow River Road in xiazin 2019 was held in Beijing on the 18th. The competition will be held in July.
Zhang Zhijian, deputy director of the Mountaineering Management Center of the State General Administration of Sports and secretary general of China Mountaineering Association, pointed out that the fun running Forest JFR cross-country series 2019 is a series of events containing rich outdoor sports elements, it is a new brand combining high-level competition and national fitness sports, and it is also a set of sports, tourism, culture, customized with the carrier of National Forest Park, Forest City, Forest Town and forest village, comprehensive sports activities integrating public welfare and mountain outdoor sports.
It is reported that the event is conducted in the form of map navigation throughout the whole process. In addition to having certain physical fitness, athletes also need to have certain mapping orientation skills, reasonable route planning and team spirit. In addition, compared with other long-distance cross-country running events, the fun running groups, team groups and parent-child groups of this event broke the high threshold of traditional long-distance cross-country running for athletes, allowing more people to participate.
“I am looking forward to the arrival of the fun running Forest JFR International over 100 off-road series.” Olympic champion Wang Liping said. At the launch ceremony, the three world champions Wang Liping, Xing Aowei and Mo Huilan signed the memorandum of cooperation between the fun running Forest JFR Olympic champion and the world champion with the organizers, “We are willing to help the construction of ‘Healthy China, to improve the popularity of the fun running Forest JFR international cross-country series, we have made a modest contribution.” Wang Liping said.
Cai Yupu, secretary of Xia Jin County Party Committee and director of Xia Jin fun running Forest cross-country competition committee, said that fun running Forest cross-country competition was a great event and happy event to promote the development of sports and culture in Xia Jin County. I hope friends from all walks of life will pay attention to the competition and focus on Xia Jin, so that more friends can enter Xia Jin, understand Xia Jin, support Xia Jin and participate in the competition. “We have the determination, confidence and ability to make this international cross-country event a harmonious, civilized and wonderful sports event.”
The fun running Forest JFR cross-country series takes crossing 100 Most Beautiful Forest towns in the country as its theme, and is composed of China Mountaineering Association, 100 alliance of the most beautiful forest towns in the country, the 4th Beijing international new urbanization Industry Expo and “The Belt and Road Initiative” project cooperation summit organizing committee, Xia Jin County Committee of the Communist Party of China, Xia Jin County People’s Government, and fun running Forest (Beijing) Sports Culture Co., Ltd.