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On the WeChat official account of "Tsinghua Sports", a "Guide to the Chengdu Universiade" became the focus of Tsinghua students this summer. At this year's Chengdu Universiade, Tsinghua University has 30 students participating, with both the events and the number of participants reaching new highs. Among them, there are 18 athletes in athletics, making them a big contender. On August 1st, the track and field events of the Universiade will be fully launched. Students from Tsinghua University can be seen in various fields such as men's and women's long-distance running, men's high jump, women's javelin, and men's decathlon.

From Tsinghua Campus to Olympic Stadium

Hu Zhenzhuo, who served as the flag bearer for the Chinese delegation at the opening ceremony of the Chengdu Universiade, comes from Tsinghua University. He has followed the Beijing men's volleyball team to achieve excellent results in the national professional league, which can be regarded as a model of cultural learning and sports training walking on two legs.

In 2021, after Hu Zhenzhuo helped Tsinghua University men's volleyball team win the national university championship, Beijing men's volleyball coach Li Mu has been following Hu Zhenzhuo, and Xiao Hu also trains with the Beijing team during winter and summer holidays. Many industry insiders are deeply impressed by this young man who is not particularly tall. "Hu Zhenzhuo has outstanding competitive temperament, is active and intelligent in playing, and has played high intelligence volleyball."

Hu Zhenzhuo

Due to academic pressure, Hu Zhenzhuo could only use winter and summer vacations to train and compete with professional teams. "This is a kind of difficulty for me. Similarly, it is also a particularly interesting period in my life."

Hu Zhenzhuo admitted that his primary goal now is to complete his undergraduate studies well and strive for a smooth admission to graduate school. "When the academic burden in his sophomore year is heavy, he will focus on studying. During holidays and when there is more free time in his third and fourth years, he will invest more time in professional training to continue improving his strength." In addition to honing himself in the professional arena, Hu Zhenzhuo also has a wish, "I want to work hard in the national team and hope to reach this level."

Hu Zhenzhuo's dream is not unrealistic. Many of his senior students have gone from Tsinghua campus to the national team, and even to the Olympic arena.

Wang Yu, who graduated from the School of Economics and Management at Tsinghua University, is both a top student and a track and field athlete. He has won a gold medal in the men's high jump at the Asian Games and two championships at the National Games. Back then, he gave up the opportunity to be recommended as a sports talent student, persisted in the college entrance examination, and was admitted to the School of Economics and Management of Tsinghua University with excellent academic performance.

Wang Yu was deeply influenced by the academic style of Tsinghua University. "There is a saying at Tsinghua that emphasizes both personality and physique. I believe that physique and personality can progress together, but they need to be focused on key areas. For example, during exams, one should focus more on studying, and during competitions, one should pay more attention to training."

The Tsinghua Shooting Team was founded in 1956 and rebuilt in 1999. Over the past 20 years, the Tsinghua Shooting Team has trained nearly a hundred student athletes. The team members won more than 700 medals in competitions at the provincial and municipal levels, including about 360 gold medals. As of the Tokyo Olympics, the Tsinghua Shooting Team has trained 9 student athletes to step onto the Olympic stage. At the Tokyo Olympics, team member Yang Qian scored the first gold medal for the Chinese sports delegation.

In the men's 50m rifle three position team shooting competition at the current Universiade, Wang Yuefeng from Tsinghua University and his teammates from the Chinese team won the gold medal in the event. The sports spirit of implanting images into bone marrow

The combination of top students from prestigious schools and athletes is eye-catching. In the campus of Tsinghua University, sports have long been a conscious activity of every Tsinghua person. Its excellent sports tradition can be traced back to the beginning of its establishment. The development history of Tsinghua University is almost a history of the development of physical education in New China.

In 1911, Dr. Xiumeike applied to Tsinghua University and later became the Director of the Sports Department. In a 1920 paper published in the United States, Mr. John Ma, a famous sports educator in our country, praised Huemaker in this way——

"He did two great things for Tsinghua: first, he established various modern sports training systems that are currently not available in other parts of China. Secondly, he won honors for Tsinghua through a strong and winning sports representative team trained by him."

In order to increase students' participation in sports, it was initially "forced exercise". In the "Recent Chapters of Beijing Tsinghua School", it is explicitly stipulated that "our school hires one physical education instructor, who allows each student to exercise for ten hours every morning and one hour every afternoon, practicing various sports techniques." This is also the soft gymnastics and "forced exercise" that students later recalled.

In the 1950s and 1960s, Tsinghua students engaged in extracurricular long-distance running exercises. In the summer of 1914, Mr. John Ma, who had a great influence in the history of Tsinghua University, applied to teach at Tsinghua University. Mr. Ma John proposed the theory of "the transfer value of sports". He believed that the educational value of sports is not limited to the sports field, but can also affect the entire society.

Mr. Ma John once said to his students, "You should exercise well, be brave, not afraid, be energetic, and work hard. When others play baseball or football, you should also play and play. Whatever they can play, you should also be able to play. Don't embarrass the Chinese people when you go out. Don't let them push you and you will fall, and when they give you a hard blow, you will be afraid. When others stare, you will tremble."

Mr. Ma John strongly advocates for diversified competitions and extracurricular sports, "to ensure that all students are physically strong", and "to enable athletes to represent Tsinghua University and make a name for themselves", thus strengthening scientific guidance and training for the representative team. At that time, Tsinghua's sports achievements were well-known in North China and even throughout the country.

In April 1919, the proud gymnasium of Tsinghua University was completed, which was one of the four early buildings of the school and also the most advanced gym in China. The completion of the gymnasium marks the first heyday of Tsinghua Sports: the school officially opened physical education classes, including gymnastics, ball games, athletics, and swimming, and students must take two hours of physical education classes per week.

Mr. Ma John explained sports knowledge to the students. At that time, most students at Tsinghua University dared not underestimate sports because only by passing the "Five Sports" standard test before graduation can they be qualified to graduate and study abroad. Western literary figure Wu Mi and famous literary critic Liang Shiqiu were able to graduate and study abroad only after failing the long jump and swimming exams and passing the make-up exams.

Under the influence of this atmosphere, Tsinghua students swore to completely abandon the humiliation of the "sick man of East Asia", and their love for sports also transcended the simple concept of physical fitness and sublimated into a special significance.

"No sports, no Tsinghua." Nowadays, Tsinghua Sports is constantly reforming and innovating: in terms of teaching, it has formed a curriculum system that runs through four years of undergraduate education, offering more than 50 courses, emphasizing that "failing physical education cannot graduate"; Persist in making long-distance running and swimming a characteristic project of the school, require male students to test 3000 meters and female students to test 1500 meters in physical education classes, and adhere to "sunshine long-distance running" outside of class; Starting from 2017, swimming has been a mandatory activity for students, and those who fail the swimming test cannot obtain graduation qualifications; Add physical fitness tests and resume the first physical education class for freshmen in independent enrollment. These innovative measures have had a significant impact on society.

Since 2015, Tsinghua University has held a campus marathon. The picture reads "Go for a run at 7 o'clock in the early morning of the cold winter." Several years later, a Tsinghua graduate still remembers the monthly running check ins vividly.

Once, the founder of Meituan, Wang Xing, joked that the Chinese men's football team could not run as fast as ordinary boys at Tsinghua University, which sparked heated discussions among netizens and even sparked resentment among football industry professionals. Wang Xing roast that when he was in the physical education class at Tsinghua University, the boys' 3000 meter results were excellent. It can be seen that Wang Xing has confidence in saying these words, and compared to the "12 minute run" of the Chinese men's football team at that time, there were indeed some professional players who could not run the ordinary boys at Tsinghua University.