"Shanghai has set a new benchmark!" International Olympic Committee President Bach praised the Olympic Qualification Series·Shanghai

Release time:May 18, 2024 16:40 PM

"Today the Chinese team won the championship, are you all happy? Come on for the Paris Olympics too!" On the 18th, the Olympic Qualification Series in Shanghai welcomed a heavyweight spectator, the 70-year-old International Olympic Committee President Bach.

On the same day, he first watched the women's freestyle BMX final under the scorching sun, witnessing Chinese players taking the top three places, and then attended the unveiling ceremony of the Asian branch of the UCI World Training Center. After the ceremony, he had a cordial exchange with the coaches and athletes of the Chinese cycling team, and also gave them lovely "little gifts."

Photo, Shanghai, May 18, 2024, International Olympic Committee President Bach watches the game from the stands. On the same day, in the Paris Olympic Qualifying Series Shanghai Station BMX Freestyle Women's Park Finals held in Shanghai, Chinese player Sun Sibei won the championship with a score of 95.86 points, while Sun Jiaqi and Deng Yawen won the runner-up and third place respectively. Photo by reporter Xu Yanan

On the morning of the 18th, in the women’s BMX freestyle finals of the Olympic Qualification Series Shanghai, China’s Reds swept the field. The three Chinese women who participated took the top three spots in the finals with their outstanding performance in the first round. Sun Sibei appeared in the finale of the second round and won the championship with a game-high 95.86 points. Sun Jiaqi and Deng Yawen ranked second and third with 93.68 points and 91.50 points respectively. The Chinese women's freestyle BMX successfully completed its mission in this event. Their ultimate goal is to win the gold medal in the Paris Olympics. At the same time, Bach, who was watching the game, also expressed congratulations, "It is an excellent start for the Olympic qualification series. I would like to thank and congratulate China and Shanghai for such an outstanding performance and achieving such outstanding results." In order to To maintain the popularity of the Olympics and attract more attention from young people beyond the ten days of the Olympic Games, the International Olympic Committee decided to establish an Olympic qualification series to expand the exposure of "Road to the Olympics". The first event is divided into two stops, namely in Shanghai from May 16th to 19th and in Budapest, Hungary from June 20th to 23rd.

This four-day Olympic qualifying series in Shanghai will focus on the four emerging Olympic sports of skateboarding, rock climbing, break dancing and freestyle BMX on the banks of the Huangpu River. Bach commented that Shanghai has set a new benchmark for this new event. He also joked: "I guess our Hungarian friends will be a little nervous after seeing such a perfect organization, such a beautiful venue and such an enthusiastic audience."

Photo, Shanghai, May 18, 2024, International Olympic Committee President Bach watched the game in the stands.

On the same day, in the Paris Olympic Qualifying Series Shanghai Station BMX Freestyle Women's Park Finals held in Shanghai, Chinese player Sun Sibei won the championship with a score of 95.86 points, while Sun Jiaqi and Deng Yawen won the runner-up and third place respectively.

Talking about why these modern and fashionable emerging projects are introduced into the Olympic family, Bach believes that these projects and traditional projects have a rich and complementary relationship with each other. "We introduce these new, young sports into the Olympics, giving them a broad stage around the world. If they were not included in the Olympics, these sports would not have such a broad stage. We have seen in the last Olympics To this point. We saw again today in Shanghai how good it is for traditional Olympic sports and athletes to come together with emerging sports and athletes to enrich each other.”

"Sending you a badge, I hope it will bring you good luck in Paris!" Liu Jiali, a Chinese track cycling women's all-around athlete, received a good wish while accepting the gift. This is encouragement from Bach.

In the afternoon of the same day, Bach came to the Shanghai Velodrome located at the Chongming Sports Training Base in Shanghai to participate in the unveiling ceremony of the Asian branch of the UCI World Training Center - this is the ninth branch center of the UCI World Training Center after India, The fourth branch center after Japan and South Korea.

The establishment of the Asia Branch of the World Training Center has established a bridge of exchanges and cooperation between cycling associations in Asia and with strong international teams. It has also injected new momentum into Shanghai's acceleration of building a world-famous sports city. Shanghai will provide necessary resources and continue to support the development of the sub-center.

Lapatian, Chairman of the UCI, said that the brand-new Shanghai Velodrome and its perfect facilities and supporting facilities provide athletes with a good training and recovery environment. He is looking forward to the UCI Track Cycling World Championships to be held here in two years. He believes that the establishment of the Shanghai International Training Center Asia Branch is an important step in the sustainable development of Asian cycling, and looks forward to future cooperation to help athletes reach the highest level.

After the unveiling ceremony, Bach had a cordial exchange with the athletes and coaches of the Chinese cycling team. Facing the athletes who have already obtained seats for the Paris Olympics, Bach encouraged them to strive for good results in the competition and win medals. Facing more young cyclists, Bach encouraged them to keep working hard, improve their performance, and launch an impact to qualify for the 2028 Olympic Games. Bach smiled and high-fived the athletes and said: "Remember, you have already made this agreement with me!" Bach also gave the small gifts he brought - International Olympic Committee heart-shaped badges to everyone present. athlete.

International Olympic Committee President Bach, State Sports General Administration Director Gao Zhidan, UCI Chairman Lapadian, Chinese Cycling Association Chairman Cui Dalin, and Shanghai Vice Mayor Xie Dong jointly unveiled the Asian branch of the International Cycling Union World Training Center .

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